Morten Bisgaard
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| Morten Bisgaard | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | June 25, 1974 | |
| Place of birth | Randers, Denmark | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | OB | |
| Number | 17 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Hasten IF, Randers Freja | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1991-1992 1992-1998 1992 1993 1998-2001 2001-2004 2004-2007 2007-present |
Randers Freja OB Randers Freja (loan) Viborg FF (loan) Udinese Calcio FC Copenhagen Derby County OB |
121 (35) 36 (1) 74 (10) 104 (10) 0 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1990 1990-1993 1993-1996 1996-2000 |
Denmark u-17 Denmark u-19 Denmark u-21 Denmark |
9 (0) 12 (2) 8 (0) 8 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Morten Bisgaard (born June 25, 1974) is a Danish professional football player, who plays in the midfielder position for OB in the Danish Superliga. He has played eight games and scored one goal for the Denmark national football team, and represented his country at the 2000 European Championship.
[edit] Biography
Born in Randers, Bisgaard started playing football with local clubs. While playing for Randers Freja, he debuted for the Danish under-19 national team in October 1990, 16 years old. He made his senior debut for Randers Freja in the Danish 2nd Division West during the 1991-92 season. In July 1992, he moved to OB in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship.[1] He stayed another half year with the Randers Freja, while finishing his education. In January 1993, Bisgaard was loaned out to Viborg FF in the Danish 1st Division, and helped the club win promotion for the Superliga in the summer 1993.
Bisgaard started his OB career in the summer 1993. He was a part of the OB team that eliminated multiple European Cup winners Real Madrid from the international 1994-95 UEFA Cup tournament. OB had lost the first match 2-3 at home in Odense. In the second game, Bisgaard came on as a substitute for wingback Steen Nedergaard. 15 seconds before the game ended, Bisgaard scored the final goal in OB's 2-0 win, and secured the club advancement in the tournament.[2] OB was then eliminated by Italian club A.C. Parma in the quarter-finals.
Bisgaard got his national breakthrough in the 1996-96 Superliga season, when he played all 33 league games and scored 16 goals for OB. He was called up to the first Danish national team match of new national manager Bo Johansson, and Bisgaard made his international debut in the August 1996 game against Sweden. He played an additional national team game in April 1997, before he was sold to Italian club Udinese in the summer 1998. In his first year at Udinese, Bisgaard only played three games in the Italian Serie A championship, and was dropped from the national team. He played 20 games and scored one goal in his second season at Udinese, and was included in the Danish squad for the 2000 European Championship. He played two games at the tournament, both Denmark losses. Bisgaard played a further three national team games, before his national team career ended in October 2000.
He eventually moved back to Denmark, to play for defending Superliga champions F.C. Copenhagen (FCK) in the summer 2001. He helped guide FCK to the 2003 and 2004 Superliga championships, as well as the 2004 Danish Cup trophy. In the summer 2004, he moved to England to play for Derby County in the Football League Championship. In 2005, he lost his regular place in the first team squad. He managed 104 appearances and scored 10 goals in his three years at the club, from an attacking midfield position. As his Derby contract expired in the summer 2007, speculation had him joining a Superliga team. Especially Randers FC would be an obvious bid as future employer, as his previous coach Colin Todd will manage them from the summer 2007,[3] but on July 23, 2007, his old club OB signed him on a two-year contract.
[edit] References
- ^ Torben Larsen, "B1909s bedste spiller til OB", B.T., July 8, 1992
- ^ Leif Rasmussen, "Grønskollingernes triumf", Ekstra Bladet, December 7, 1994
- ^ Færch Kvist, Thomas (2007), “Øst eller vest? Eller er hjemme bedst?”, Tipsbladet Weekend (no. Week 18): 14-15
[edit] External links
- (Danish) OB profile
- (Danish) Danish national team profile
- Morten Bisgaard career stats at Soccerbase
- National Football Teams career statistics
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