Jesper Møller
Chairman of the Danish Football Association (DBU) (2014-now)
About Jesper Møller
Born 1963. Jesper Møller is a Danish association football player, lawyer and association football coach.
Jesper Møller Christensen (born 9 June 1963 in Skørping) is a Danish lawyer and sports executive who has served as chairman of the Danish Football Association (DBU) since March 2014 and is a former chairman of Aalborg Boldspilklub. Since February 2019, Møller has been a member of UEFA's Executive Committee, and since 2025 he has served as a vice-president of UEFA.
Career Møller was born in June 1963 and grew up in Skørping in Himmerland. During his childhood, he played football for IF Frem Skørping. He did so until the age of 19, when he left the town to pursue his studies.
He holds a law degree from Aarhus University, and in 1988 he was employed as a lawyer at the law firm Henrik Christensen & Partnere in Aalborg. In 1999 he became a partner in the firm. He has also taught company law in the HA/jur and cand.merc.aud. programmes at Aalborg University.
Football Jesper Møller became vice chairman of Aalborg Boldspilklub in 1993, and later that year he was also appointed to the board of AaB A/S. In 2000, he was elected chairman of Aalborg Boldspilklub.
DBU In 1998, he was elected to the board of the Danish Football Association as a representative of clubs in the country's top division. From the same year and for the following four years, he served as chairman of DBU Fair Play. This position was replaced in 2002 by a similar role in DBU Elite Development.
When Henning R. Jensen at the end of January 2004 decided to step down as vice chairman of DBU, Jesper Møller chose to run for the position. He faced Kurt Bagge-Hansen in the election. In a written vote at the DBU representative meeting on 20 February, Møller was elected with 94 votes against Bagge-Hansen's 46 votes.
The DBU chairman since 2002, Allan Hansen, announced in June 2013 that he would step down when his term expired on 1 March 2014. Møller quickly became the favourite among the 145 members of the association's representative body, and on 31 August he registered as a candidate for the chairmanship. When the deadline expired on 31 December, Møller was the only candidate, and on 1 March 2014 at the representative meeting in Odense he was elected as DBU's 16th chairman.
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Chairman of the Danish Football Association (DBU) (2014-now)
When was Jesper Møller born?
Jesper Møller was born on 9 June 1963 in Skørping.
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Jesper Møller is an association football player, lawyer and association football coach.
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Jesper Møller is Danish.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Jesper Møller (football executive)
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