Kasper Bøgelund

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Kasper Bøgelund Nielsen (born October 8, 1980) is a Danish professional football player who plays as a defender 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.

[edit] Biography

Born in Odense, Bøgelund started playing youth football for local top-flight team Odense BK. While at Odense, he captained various Danish youth national teams, and he won the 1996 Danish Under-17 Player of the Year award. In March 1997, Bøgelund signed his first professional contract, when he was brought to PSV Eindhoven by Danish manager Frank Arnesen. Starting at PSV in January 1998, he played two years in the reserves, before making his senior debut under coach Eric Gerets in March 2000.

He got his breakthrough with PSV in the 2001-02 season, playing 24 league matches, and he was called up for the Danish national team in February 2002, by national manager Morten Olsen. 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 Danish national team, as well as in the PSV starting line-up, where he was replaced by 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 Borussia Mönchengladbach in the German Bundesliga. 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

• Danish national team profile
• FootballDatabase career statistics
• (German) German career statistics

v • d • e 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

v • d • e Denmark squad - UEFA Euro 2004 1 Sørensen • 2 Bøgelund • 3 Henriksen • 4 Laursen • 5 N. Jensen • 6 Helveg • 7 Gravesen • 8 Grønkjær • 9 Tomasson • 10 Jørgensen • 11 Sand • 12 Kahlenberg • 13 Krøldrup • 14 C. Jensen • 15 D. Jensen • 16 Skov-Jensen • 17 Poulsen • 18 Priske • 19 Rommedahl • 20 Perez • 21 Madsen • 22 Andersen • 23 Løvenkrands • Coach: Olsen