Morten Skoubo

Morten Skoubo

Personal information
Full name	Morten Skoubo
Date of birth	30 June 1980 (1980-06-30) (age 31)
Place of birth	Holstebro, Denmark
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	OB
Number	11
Youth career
	Struer
	Lemvig GF
	Stabæk
	Holstebro
	Ikast
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2002	Midtjylland	54	(24)
2002–2004	Borussia M'gladbach	28	(4)
2004	→ West Bromwich Albion (loan)	2	(0)
2004–2006	Brøndby	41	(19)
2006–2008	Real Sociedad	31	(5)
2008–2011	Utrecht	12	(0)
2009–2011	→ Roda JC (loan)	43	(10)
2011–	OB	4	(0)
National team‡
2000–2001	Denmark U21	8	(3)
2003–	Denmark	6	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 June 2011

Morten Skoubo (born 30 June 1980) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Odense Boldklub. Skoubo's strength on the playing field is most notably his physical strength, height and heading power, which makes him a typical targetman in the attack. He has played five games for the Danish national team and scored a single goal.

Career

FC Midtjylland

Born in Holstebro, Skoubo played for a number of lower league clubs. He played eight games and scored three goals for the Danish under-21 national team. Skoubo's breakthrough came in the Danish Superliga club FC Midtjylland, when he scored 19 goals in 27 games during the 2001–02 season. When prolific German club Borussia Mönchengladbach wanted him in the team at the start of the next season, Skoubo made the switch. While in Mönchengladbach, he made his debut for the Danish national team on June 11, 2003.

Mönchengladbach

His club career in Mönchengladbach never took off and he was loaned out to English team West Bromwich Albion in January 2004. He was back at Gladbach again after six months, having only played two games for West Bromwich. For the Danish Superliga 2004-05 season, Danish Superliga runners-up Brøndby IF were looking for new strikers, following a season of poor goal-scoring. Skoubo moved back to Denmark in a €600,000 transfer deal.^[1]

Brøndby

In Brøndby he regained his good form from his Midtjylland days, and Skoubo formed a good partnership with Swedish international Johan Elmander, Skoubo playing as the targetman and Elmander playing in a deep-lying role, which was successful in securing the Double for Brøndby, winning both the Danish Superliga championship as well as the Danish Cup. In his one and a half years at the club, Skoubo scored 29 goals in 63 competitive matches, including 2 goals in 3 matches in the UEFA Cup 2005-06 tournament. In January 2006, Skoubo signed for Spanish club Real Sociedad in a transfer deal worth €2,500,000.^[2]

Real Sociedad

On February 19, 2006, he scored the fifth fastest goal in La Liga history, bagging a goal after just 11 seconds against Valencia CF, even though the game was lost 1–2.

Netherlands

In August 2008, Skoubo was transferred to Dutch Eredivisie club FC Utrecht. Here, Skoubo was not able to break through, and in Summer 2009, he was loaned out to fellow Eredivisie side Roda JC. At Roda, Skoubo has had some impressive displays, and seems to form a perfect partership in forward position together with fellow Dane, Mads Junker.

Odense Boldklub

On June 22, 2011 Skoubo signed with the Danish team Odense Boldklub. He got shirt number 11.

Honours

• Danish Superliga: 2004–05
• Danish Cup: 2004–05

References

1. ^ (Danish) Morten Skoubo til Brøndby IF, Brondby.com, August 13, 2004
2. ^ (Danish) Brøndby IF sælger Morten Skoubo, Brondby.com, January 9, 2006

External links

• Morten Skoubo at National-Football-Teams.com
• Morten Skoubo career stats at Soccerbase
• Danish national team profile
• (Danish) Struer Boldklub "Hall of Fame"
• (Danish) Brøndby IF profile
• Career stats, by Danmarks Radio
• Voetbal International profile
• FussballDaten statistics

Persondata
Name	Skoubo, Morten
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Date of birth	30 June 1980
Place of birth	Holstebro, Denmark
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