Kasper Risgård

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Kasper Risgård
Personal information
Date of birth	January 4, 1983 (1983-01-04) (age 25)
Place of birth	Aalborg, Denmark
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Aalborg BK
Number	21
Youth clubs
	Aalborg BK
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-present 2004	Aalborg BK → FC Nordjylland (loan)	97 (9)
National team2
2003-2004	Denmark U-20	3 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 17 February 2004. * Appearances (Goals)

Kasper Risgård (born January 4, 1983) is a Danish professional football (soccer) defender and midfielder, who currently plays for Danish Superliga side Aalborg Boldspilklub (AaB).

Risgård was introduced to top flight football late in the 2002-03 season when AaB surprisingly found themselves struggling in the bottom of the table. Risgård made some fine displays, including a goal in the DONG Cup semifinal against Brøndby IF and a vital winner against Køge BK.

During the next seasons Risgård fell further away from the team and was eventually loaned out to local rivals FC Nordjylland. When he returned to AaB he remained a substitute but due to many injuries, Risgård got a new chance as central defender in the end of the 2005-06 season, where he played well for half a year before being moved once again in the fall of 2007. This time Aalborg BK coach Erik Hamrén moved him to a position as a defensive midfielder, where he proved himself an important first team player. Due to a series of impressive performances as a defensive midfielder in both the Danish Superliga and the UEFA Cup danish national coach Morten Olsen brought him into the the danish national league squad.

[edit] External links

• Danish national team profile
• AaB profile
• Netsuperligaen.dk profile

v • d • e AaB – current squad 1 Zaza • 2 M. Jakobsen • 3 Pedersen • 5 J.R. Jacobsen • 6 Olfers • 7 Due • 8 Johansson • 9 Augustinussen • 14 Curth • 15 Nomvethe • 17 Vilakazi • 18 Cacá • 20 Bræmer • 21 Risgård • 23 Enevoldsen • 24 Sørensen • 25 C. Nordstrøm • 26 J. Nordstrøm • 27 P. Kristensen • 28 Haucke • 30 Stenild • 31 Nielsen • 32 Schwartz • 36 D. Christensen • 38 Vazgec • Coach: Rioch

Persondata
NAME	Risgård, Kasper
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Danish footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 4, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Denmark
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH