Bo Svensson

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Personal information
Bo Svensson
Date of birth	August 4, 1979 (age 27)
Place of birth	Skørping, Denmark
Height	1.90 m
Playing position	Central defender
Club information
Current club	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number	2
Youth clubs
	KB
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2006 2006-present	F.C. Copenhagen M'gladbach	150 (4) 24 (2)
National team²
2000 2006-present	Denmark U-21 Denmark	2 (0) 1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 January 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 27 May 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Bo Svensson (born August 4, 1979) is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a defender for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the German Bundesliga. He has played a single game for the Denmark national football team.

1 Biography
2 Honours
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Born in Skørping in northern Jutland, Svensson started playing youth football with Copenhagen club Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB), the reserve team of F.C. Copenhagen (FCK). He was moved from KB into the FCK squad in June 1999, and got his FCK debut in September 1999, under FCK manager Kim Brink. He was soon an FCK regular team member, and was called up for the Danish under-21 national team in March 2000.

With FCK, he won the 2001 Danish Superliga championship under manager Roy Hodgson, and the 2003 Superliga under manager Hans Backe. When FCK team captain Peter Nielsen retired in the winter 2003, Bo Svensson was given the captain's armband. He went on to captain FCK, when they won the Double, of both 2004 Superliga and Danish Cup titles. The 2004-05 season was less successful, but FCK managed to win the inaugural 2005 Royal League tournament. In the summer break 2005, Hans Backe demoted Svensson to vice-captain, as the captain status was given to the Swedish international midfielder Tobias Linderoth.^[1] With his FCK contract running out one year later, in the summer 2006, Svensson looked for a new club, and left FCK in the winter break 2005. He played a total of 196 official games for FCK.

He moved abroad when he was sold to German team Borussia Mönchengladbach (M'gladbach) in January 2006. He debuted for M'gladbach in Februay 2006, and finished the season playing 13 of M'gladbach's last 15 games, under manager Horst Köppel. He was called up for the Danish national team, and made his debut in May 2006, under national manager Morten Olsen.