Janus Drachmann
Drachmann in 2012
Personal information
Full name Janus Mats Drachmann[1]
Date of birth (1988-05-11) 11 May 1988
Place of birth Frederikssund, Denmark[2]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Horsens (staff)
Youth career
1994–2002 ORI-Fodbold
2002–2003 Frederikssund
2003–2005 Farum
2005–2006 Grenaa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2015 Horsens 171 (4)
2015–2017 SønderjyskE 44 (1)
2017–2018 Midtjylland 35 (0)
2018–2021 OB 74 (1)
2021–2023 Horsens 49 (0)
Total 373 (6)
International career
2007 Denmark U20 2 (0)
2008 Denmark U21 2 (0)
Managerial career
2023 Horsens (assistant)
2024– Horsens (staff)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Janus Mats Drachmann (born 11 May 1988) is a former Danish professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Born in Frederikssund, Drachmann emerged from the AC Horsens academy in 2006, and grew into a key player in midfield for the club, as well as the team captain. Through his career, he played for SønderjyskE and Midtjylland, and OB, eventually returning to AC Horsens before his retirement in 2023. Drachmann was a youth international for Denmark, having gained caps for the under-20 and under-21 sides.

Club career

Horsens

Drachmann came to AC Horsens as an 18-year-old in the summer of 2006, to complete his education, and at the same time develop as a player on the club's reserve team.[3] Due to injury to teammate and Horsens star player Allan Søgaard, Drachmann grabbed the opportunity to be the starting defensive midfielder for the club during the 2007–08 Superliga season. Despite his young age he showed himself capable of playing at the highest level. During the next nine years, Drachmann made 171 league appearances for the club, in which he scored four goals, and grew into team captain.[3]

SønderjyskE

Drachmann signed a two-year contract with SønderjyskE on 5 June 2015.[4] He played there for two seasons, in which he made 44 league appearances and scored one goal.[5]

Midtjylland

On 4 January 2017, was first announced that Drachmann would move to Midtjylland after the ongoing season, but on 29 January, he was set to move to the club Midtjylland immediately.[6] He made his debut for the club on 7 March 2017 in a match against the third tier club Kjellerup IF in the Danish Cup, which Midtjylland won 3–0 with goals by Bruninho, Mikkel Duelund and Simon Kroon.[7][8] He made his Superliga debut for the club on 19 March, when he started against Nordsjælland; a match which Midtjylland lost 1–2.[9] He played a total of nine matches in his first half of the season at the club, all of which were from the start.[10] However, he did not play the full 90 minutes against SønderjyskE and Nordsjælland, as he was replaced in the 75th minute for Gustav Wikheim (5–2 defeat away) and was sent off in the 73rd minute after two yellow cards (3–2 win away) by referee Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen.[10][11]

OB

On 18 July 2018, it was announced that Drachmann had been signed by OB.[12] He penned a four-year agreement, where he was also reunited with head coach Jakob Michelsen, who he had as coach at SønderjyskE.[13] He already made his debut four days later when he started and played every 90 minutes in a 2–2 home draw against SønderjyskE.[14]

Return to Horsens

Drachmann returned to Horsens on 11 June 2021, after the club had just suffered relegation to the second-tier Danish 1st Division.[15] He helped the club return to the Superliga within one season, captaining the team and making 23 league appearances.[16] At the end of the 2022–23 season, 35-year–old Drachmann announced his retirement from football.[17]

International career

In October 2007, Drachmann was selected for his first matches with the Denmark under-21 team. He has also appeared for the under-20 team.[18]

Coaching career

After retiring in August 2023, Drachmann joined the staff of AC Horsens as an assistant for the first team. In January 2024, Drachmann was moved into a new role as 'assistant transition coach and responsible for individual training at the academy'.[19]

Honours

Midtjylland

Horsens

References

  1. ↑ Janus Drachmann at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "AC Horsens forlænger med Janus Drachmann". achorsens.dk (in Danish). AC Horsens. 22 January 2014. - Jeg kommer fra Frederikssund, men er efterhånden ved at blive horsensianer, og mine mange år i klubben er jo det bedste tegn på, at vi har det godt her i Horsens. Det har været et godt match hele vejen igennem, lyder det fra Janus Drachmann.
  3. 1 2 "Drachmann: Ni fantastiske år i AC Horsens". achorsens.dk (in Danish). AC Horsens. 8 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Rothstein, Oscar (5 June 2015). "Horsens-anfører skifter til SønderjyskE". Tipsbladet.dk (in Danish).
  5. ↑ "Denmark: J. Drachmann". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  6. ↑ Tornby, Gustav (29 January 2017). "Officielt: SønderjyskE sender trio til FCM med det samme". Tipsbladet.dk (in Danish).
  7. ↑ Jensen, Kenneth (7 March 2017). "Opstilling: Janus Drachmann får debut for FC Midtjylland". Tipsbladet.dk (in Danish).
  8. ↑ "Kjellerup - FC Midtjylland, Sydbank Pokalen 2016/2017 7/3-2017". bold.dk. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Superligakamp FC Midtjylland-FC Nordsjælland, 19.03.2017 - SuperStats". Superstats.dk. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Janus Drachmann, statistik for superligaen 2016/2017 - SuperStats". Superstats.dk. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Superligakamp SønderjyskE-FC Midtjylland". SuperStats. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "OB køber Janus Drachmann". OB (in Danish). 18 July 2018.
  13. ↑ Hoffskov, Ole (18 July 2018). "OB på rov hos mestrene: Køber Janus Drachmann". Tipsbladet.dk (in Danish).
  14. ↑ "Superligakamp OB-SønderjyskE, 22.07.2018 - SuperStats". Superstats.dk. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  15. ↑ "Janus Drachmann vender hjem til AC Horsens". AC Horsens (in Danish). 11 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  16. 1 2 Andersen, Torben (25 May 2022). "AC Horsens-anfører sætter oprykning i perspektiv: I april var vi 11 point bagefter – nu er vi otte foran – kan vi klare det pres, kan vi også klare os i Superligaen". Horsens Folkeblad (in Danish). Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  17. ↑ Bellaiche, Emil (27 June 2023). "Janus Drachmann stopper karrieren". bold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  18. ↑ "Janus Drachmann". DBU Landsholdsdatabasen (in Danish). Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  19. ↑ NYE ROLLER PÅ AKADEMIET OG OMKRING FØRSTEHOLDSTRUPPEN, achorsens.dk, 8 January 2024
  20. ↑ Tøfting, Nicolai Skovsgaard (18 July 2018). "FCM: Drachmann har været betydningsfuld". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 18 August 2022.
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