Jesper Bech

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Personal information
Jesper Bech
Date of birth	May 25, 1982 (age 24)
Place of birth	?, Denmark
Height	1.83 m
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Esbjerg fB
Number	11
Youth clubs
	Ålholm IF Skjold Birkerød B 1903 Lyngby Boldklub Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-present	FC København Malmö FF Esbjerg fB	37 (12) 22 (1) 19 (8)
National team²
2001 2003 2006-present	Denmark U-19 Denmark U-21 Denmark	1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 April 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of November 15, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Jesper Bech (born May 25, 1982) is a Danish professional football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Esbjerg fB in the Danish Superliga. He is 183 cm tall and weighs 70 kg, and plays in the striker position. He has played a single match for the Danish national team.

[edit] Biography

Bech played his youth years for Ålholm IF, Skjold Birkerød, B 1903, Lyngby BK and KB. He got his national breakthrough with F.C. Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga championship, where he debuted in April 2004. He scored seven goals in nine games during his first season, and helped the club win the 2003-04 Danish Superliga title as well as the 2004 Danish Cup trophy. In the following season, sharp competition from strikers Alvaro Santos and Sibusiso Zuma kept Bech out of his preferred striker role. He was either used as a substitute, or in the role of winger. Bech transferred to Swedish club Malmö FF in the summer 2005.

At Malmö, he looked to replace Swedish international striker Markus Rosenberg before the UEFA Champions League qualification, but Bech never got a breakthrough at the club. Following one year at Malmö, he moved back to Denmark to play for Esbjerg fB in the summer 2006. In the first half of the 2006-07 Superliga season, Bech rediscovered his goal scoring form, and was at a time the joint top goalscorer of the league. On November 15, 2006 he got his Danish national team debut in a friendly match against the Czech Republic, when he came on the pitch in the second half, as a substitute for Peter Løvenkrands.

[edit] Honours

Danish Superliga: 2004
Danish Cup: 2004

[edit] External links

Esbjerg fB - Current Squad
1 Hall \| 2 Hansen \| 3 Derveld \| 4 Stepanovs \| 5 Nøhr \| 6 Zimling \| 7 Bjurström \| 9 Demba-Nyrén \| 10 Borges \| 11 J. Bech \| 12 Pedersen \| 14 Vingaard \| 15 Klarström \| 16 Winde \| 17 Nielsen \| 18 Friis Jensen \| 19 Jørgensen \| 20 Onstad \| 21 Lucena \| 22 Lange \| 23 Grønborg \| 24 Høgh \| 25 Murcy \| 26 Vendelbo \| 31 Rieks \| 40 Jensen \| Coach T. Bech