Michael Krohn-Dehli

Michael Krohn-Dehli

Krohn-Dehli with Denmark at the UEFA Euro 2012
Personal information
Date of birth6 June 1983
Place of birthCopenhagen, Denmark
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Celta
Number23
Youth career
Rosenhøj
–2000Hvidovre IF
2000–2002Brøndby IF
2002–2004AFC Ajax
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2004–2006RKC Waalwijk48(2)
2006–2008Ajax4(0)
2006–2007→ Sparta Rotterdam (loan)12(1)
2008–2012Brøndby IF122(26)
2012–Celta101(3)
National team‡
2000–2001Denmark U195(0)
2002–2004Denmark U2010(4)
2004–2006Denmark U218(2)
2006–Denmark49(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 March 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2015

Michael Krohn-Dehli (born 6 June 1983) is a Danish footballer who currently plays for Spanish club Celta de Vigo and Denmark national team as a central midfielder.

Club career

Born in Copenhagen, he began playing football at Rosenhøj BK in Denmark, after that he played for Danish clubs Hvidovre IF and Brøndby IF. The midfielder made his debut for Ajax on 17 September 2006 in the league match Roda JC – Ajax (2–0). Krohn-Dehli played for a number of Danish clubs before joining Ajax from Brøndby IF. Krohn-Dehli excelled as a youth team player for Ajax under Danny Blind. In 2004 however, he was allowed to leave Ajax by manager Ronald Koeman and he joined RKC Waalwijk on a free transfer. There he made his professional debut on 15 August 2004 in a goalless draw against FC Groningen. Two years later, he was re-signed by Ajax on a free transfer until 2009. He made his debut for the Denmark national football team in an Euro 2008 qualification match against Liechtenstein on 11 October 2006. After the winter break with only three appearances for Ajax he was sent on loan to Sparta Rotterdam on 31 January 2007 for the remainder of the season. Five days later he made his first out of 12 appearances for Sparta against Roda JC. After his spell at Sparta and the summer break he returned to Ajax for the 2007–08 season.

Ajax announced on 29 August 2008 that they would transfer Krohn-Dehli to Danish Brøndby IF.[1] He made his debut two days later on 31 August against FC Copenhagen.

On 21 August 2012 it was announced, Krohn-Dehli would be joining RC Celta after completing a medical.[2]

He is now considered a Celta Vigo star player, and he put in a collection of great performances in 2014 which led to interest from Newcastle United F.C..[3]

International career

Krohn-Dehli scoring the winner against the Netherlands at Euro 2012

Krohn-Dehli scored the only goal in Denmark's 1–0 victory over the Netherlands in UEFA Euro 2012.[4] After that match, Krohn-Dehli said he was satisfied with scoring and told reporters after the game, "It's a little bit special for me as I played for eight years in Holland and have a Dutch girlfriend, so I think the whole family was cheering in Holland. I found space to move in, and I'm very happy I was able to score one against the Dutch. It's now not so necessary to win the rest [of the group games] in order to advance to the knockout stage.".[5] He also scored the lone goal for Denmark in the final group stage game against Germany, a 1–2 loss.

Statistics

Season Club Competition Apps Goals
2004–05 RKC Waalwijk Netherlands Eredivisie 31 2
2005–06 RKC Waalwijk Netherlands Eredivisie 17 0
2006–07 Ajax Netherlands Eredivisie 3 0
2006–07 Sparta Rotterdam Netherlands Eredivisie 12 1
2007–08 Ajax Netherlands Eredivisie 1 0
2008–09 Brøndby IF Denmark Superligaen 28 5
2009–10 Brøndby IF Denmark Superligaen 32 4
2010–11 Brøndby IF Denmark Superligaen 29 12
2011–12 Brøndby IF Denmark Superligaen 27 5
2012–13 Brøndby IF Denmark Superligaen 6 0
2012–13 Celta Vigo Spain La Liga 34 2
Total 197 30

International goals

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 March 2011 Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia  Slovakia 2–1 2–1 Friendly match
2. 7 October 2011 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus  Cyprus 3–0 4–1 Euro 2012 qualifier
3. 11 October 2011 Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark  Portugal 1–0 2–1 Euro 2012 qualifier
4. 11 November 2011 Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark  Sweden 2–0 2–0 Friendly match
5. 9 June 2012 Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine  Netherlands 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2012
6. 17 June 2012 Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine  Germany 1–1 1–2 UEFA Euro 2012

References

  1. ↑ "AFC Ajax" (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  2. ↑ "Krohn-Dehli completes Spanish medical" (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Krohn-Dehli being chased by Newcastle United". Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  4. ↑ "Netherlands 0–1 Denmark". BBC Sport. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Denmark match-winner Krohn-Dehli relishes goal against Netherlands". Goal.com. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

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