Daniel Agger

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Dan Agger
Personal information
Full name Daniel Munthe Agger
Date of birth December 12, 1984 (age 22)
Place of birth    Hvidovre, Denmark
Height 6 ft 3 in
Nickname Dan the Man, "Dagger"
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Liverpool F.C.
Number 5
Youth clubs
19??–1996
1996–2004		 Rosenhøj BK
Brøndby IF
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2004–2006
2006–present		 Brøndby IF
Liverpool		 34 (5)
25 (1)   
National team2
2003–2004
2004–2006
2005–present		 Denmark U-20
Denmark U-21
Denmark		 09 (1)
10 (3)
13 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 8 March 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 28 March 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Daniel Munthe Agger (born 12 December 1984 in Hvidovre, Denmark) is a Danish professional football player who currently plays as a central defender for English club Liverpool. He started his senior career at Danish club Brøndby IF in July 2004, with whom he won the 2005 Danish Superliga championship. Since his debut in June 2005, he has been capped more than ten times and scored a single goal for the Denmark national football team.

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[edit] Biography

Daniel Agger left childhood club Rosenhøj Boldklub at 12 years of age,[1] to play for the youth team of Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF. In July 2004 he was moved from the youth squad to the first team, following the departure of Swedish international defender Andreas Jakobsson. Daniel Agger quickly established himself not only as a first team regular, but as one of the bearing elements of the team that won the Danish Superliga 2004-05 championship. Despite his young age, he played with great authority under the guidance of Brøndby team captain Per Nielsen, and after the first half of the season Agger was named 2004 "talent of the year" by Spillerforeningen (the Danish equivalent of the English PFA).

After the successful Superliga 2004-05 season, Agger was called up to the senior Danish national football team for the 1-0 friendly win against Finland on June 2, 2005, playing the full match. Agger would see the next national team match from the bench before playing the full 4-1 friendly win on August 17, 2005 over England alongside Per Nielsen, where he caused problems for the English strikers, most notably Wayne Rooney. Daniel Agger would play full time in the next two national team matches, before an injury sustained in the Danish Superliga 2005-06 season in September forced him out for the remainder of the year 2005. Only 20 years of age, Daniel Agger was awarded the Danish "talent of the year" of all sports on December 6, 2005.

Agger was long linked to a transfer to a bigger club, and in the 2006 January transfer window, Agger was looking to join English FA Premier League team Liverpool, the defending UEFA Champions League champions.[2] Daniel Agger did not travel with his Brøndby teammates for their winter training camp in January and on January 12, 2006 he signed a 4½ year contract with Liverpool, making him the most expensive footballer sold by a Danish club to a foreign club in a £5.8m-deal,[3] and also making him the most expensive defender Liverpool has ever bought. His first half season at Liverpool was no success, as injuries kept him at four first-team appearances during spring 2006. He played ten games and scored three goals for the Danish under-21 national team, for which he was selected to play in the 2006 European Under-21 Championship tournament in May 2006.

At the start of the 2006-07 season, Agger played the full game as Liverpool won the 2006 FA Charity Shield. Still adapting to the English game, he established himself in Liverpool's first team squad, competing with English vice-captain Jamie Carragher and former Finnish team captain Sami Hyypiä for the two starting places in the central defence. Agger scored his first goal for Liverpool on 26 August 2006 in a 2-1 win against West Ham United. Agger was allowed to run unchallenged toward the Kop-end goal and scored from 35 yards out. Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez commented he was not surprised and that Agger has frequently scored such goals in training.[4] The goal was named Goal of the Month for August by the BBC's Match of the Day.[5] On October 4, 2006 he was given PFA's fan award for impressive and solid displays in September.[6]

Agger scored his second goal for the club in the Carling Cup away game against Birmingham City that volleyed in from close range in the seven minutes of first-half stoppage time.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Statistics

Club Performance
Club Season Superliga Danish Cup - Europe Others Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Brøndby IF 2004-05 26 5 5 0 - - 1 0 4 0 36 5
2005-06 8 0 0 0 - - 5 0 0 0 13 0
Club total 34 5 5 0 - - 6 0 4 0 49 5
Club Season Premiership FA Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Liverpool FC 2005-06 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2006-07 21 1 1 0 2 1 7 0 1 0 32 2
Club total 25 1 1 0 2 1 7 0 1 0 36 2
Career total 59 6 6 0 2 1 13 0 5 0 85 7

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Danish) Christian Bové, Agger forgyldes og forgylder, TV 2 (Denmark), January 12, 2006
  2. ^ Chris Bascombe, Anfield bound Agger jets in, Liverpool Echo, January 11, 2006
  3. ^ (Danish) Jens Gjesse Hansen, Daniel Agger skifter til Liverpool, Danmarks Radio, January 11, 2006
  4. ^ Steve Hunter, Rafa full of praise for Agger, LiverpoolFC.tv, August 26, 2006
  5. ^ Goal of the month: August, BBC Sport, 11 September 2006
  6. ^ Dave Smith, PFA fans' player of the month, GiveMeFootball.com, October 4, 2006

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Liverpool F.C. - Current Squad

1 Dudek | 2 Arbeloa | 3 Finnan | 4 Hyypiä | 5 Agger | 6 Riise | 7 Kewell | 8 Gerrard | 9 Fowler | 10 Luis García | 11 Mark González | 12 Fábio Aurélio | 14 Xabi Alonso | 15 Crouch | 16 Pennant | 17 Bellamy | 18 Kuyt | 20 Mascherano | 22 Sissoko | 23 Carragher | 25 Reina | 26 Anderson | 29 Paletta | 30 Padelli | 32 Zenden | 38 Lindfield | 39 Darby | 42 El Zhar | Manager: Benítez
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