Career
Considered an elegant sweeper, left back or midfielder, his technique allowed him a nonchalant playing style. Christofte started playing football for the youth teams of Ølstykke Football Club and Brøndby IF, and was included in the Brøndby senior team in 1979. In 1981, he became the first Brøndby player to be sold for a transfer fee, when he moved to Belgian club KSC Lokeren for £16.000.
There, he played alongside fellow Dane Preben Elkjær, but as Christofte"s contract ran out in 1984, he returned to Brøndby.
Having played four national team games, an injury stopped him from competing at the 1986 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup in Mexico. He once again moved abroad to play for Spanish club Civil Defense Málaga and Switzerland"s Football Club Wettingen, but his stays at the clubs were unsuccessful, and for the next seven years he was absent from the national side, under legendary coach Sepp Piontek.
He moved back to Denmark to play for Odense Boldklub in 1987, returning to Brøndby the following year. He was selected to compete at Euro 92.
In his most memorable international moment, Christofte converted the final shot in the semi-final penalty shootout against the Netherlands, to secure Denmark a place in the final.
Following the tournament, Christofte moved abroad again, playing for 1. Football Club Köln in the German League. He suffered from injuries in his first season, and when he was dropped from the team by new team manager Morten Olsen, in the 1994 spring, Christofte used a release clause in his contract to leave the club a year earlier, in June.
He moved on to Belgian club Saskatchewan Lierse, but only played a single friendly match before family reasons prompted him to return to Denmark.
His contract with Lierse was mutually terminated, which spelled the end of Christofte"s professional career. He went back to play with his childhood amateur club Ølstykke Football Club, in the Danish second level
The side defeated France, Ireland and the United States, on the way to a final success over Germany.