Kasper Bøgelund

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Personal information
Kasper Bøgelund
Full name	Kasper Bøgelund Nielsen
Date of birth	October 8, 1980 (age 26)
Place of birth	Odense, Denmark
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
19??-1999 1999-2005 2005-	Odense BK PSV Eindhoven M'gladbach	78 (0) 20 (2)
National team**
2002-	Denmark	14 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 2, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of November 2, 2006.

Kasper Bøgelund Nielsen (born October 8, 1980 in Odense) is a Danish professional football player who currently plays for German club Borussia Mönchengladbach. Bøgelund has played 14 games for the Danish national team, and he represented Denmark at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2004 European Championship.

Bøgelund started his career in Denmark for Odense BK in . While at Odense, he captained various Danish youth national teams, and he won the 1996 Danish Under-17 Player of the Year award. He was brought to PSV Eindhoven in 1999. He got his breakthrough with PSV in the 2001-02 season, playing 24 league matches, and he was called up for his senior national team debut in February 2002. He was a part of the Danish squad at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and came on as a substitute in two of Denmark's four games at the tournament.

In the 2002-03 season, he was a part of the PSV team which won the 2003 Dutch Eredivisie championship. He was selected to represent Denmark at the 2004 European Championship, where he again started as a substitute. In Denmark's third match of the tournament, he came on for Niclas Jensen at half-time, and eventually replaced Jensen in the starting line-up for Denmark's final game before elimination.

Following an injury in the fall 2004, Bøgelund lost his place in the PSV starting line-up to André Ooijer. The season ended with PSV winning both the 2005 Eredivisie and Dutch Cup trophies. In the summer 2005, he moved abroad to play for German side Borussia Mönchengladbach. On August 27, 2005 Bøgelund scored a goal against Schalke 04 which was awarded "Tor des Jahres" in January 2006 by German television network ARD.

[edit] Honours

1996 Danish Under-17 Player of the Year
Eredivisie : 2003 and 2005
Dutch Cup : 2005

[edit] External links

	Denmark squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Sørensen \| 2 Tøfting \| 3 Henriksen \| 4 Laursen \| 5 Heintze \| 6 Helveg \| 7 Gravesen \| 8 Grønkjær \| 9 Tomasson \| 10 Jørgensen \| 11 Sand \| 12 N. Jensen \| 13 Lustü \| 14 C. Jensen \| 15 Michaelsen \| 16 Kjær \| 17 Poulsen \| 18 Løvenkrands \| 19 Rommedahl \| 20 Bøgelund \| 21 Madsen \| 22 Christiansen \| 23 Nielsen \| Coach: Olsen

Borussia Mönchengladbach - Current Squad
1 Keller \| 2 Svensson \| 3 Daems \| 4 Helveg \| 5 Jansen \| 6 Polanski \| 8 Svärd \| 9 Sonck \| 10 Insúa \| 13 Zé António \| 14 El Fakiri \| 15 Kahê \| 16 Thijs \| 17 Degen \| 19 Heimeroth \| 20 Bøgelund \| 22 Kirch \| 23 Rafael \| 24 Kluge \| 25 Svěrkoš \| 26 Delura \| 27 Neuville \| 31 Melka \| 33 Compper \| 36 Fleßers \| Coach Heynckes