Hjalte Nørregaard

Infobox Football biography
playername= Hjalte Nørregaard


fullname = Hjalte Bo Nørregaard
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|4|8
cityofbirth = Copenhagen
countryofbirth = Denmark
height = height|m=1.82
position = Center midfielder
currentclub = F.C. Copenhagen
clubnumber = 4
contractend = 31 December 2010 [cite web |url=http://www.sjat.com/html/fck_kontrakter.htm |title=Kontraktlængder i FCK |publisher=SJAT.COM |last=Poulsen |first=Anders |accessdate=2008-01-31 |language=Danish ]
youthyears = 19??-1999
youthclubs = KB
years = 1999-2005
2005-2006
2006-present
clubs = F.C. Copenhagen
SC Heerenveen
F.C. Copenhagen
caps(goals) = 89 (12)
17 0(2)
66 0(6)
nationalyears = 1997
1999-2000
2002
2003
nationalteam = Denmark U-17
Denmark U-19
Denmark U-20
Denmark U-21
nationalcaps(goals) = 08 0(0)
10 0(3)
01 0(0)
02 0(0)
pcupdate = 6 October 2008
ntupdate = 20 August 2003

Hjalte Bo Nørregaard (born April 8, 1981) is a Danish professional football player who is playing the position as central midfielder for F.C. Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga. Hjalte is son of former Danish footballer Klaus Nørregaard.

Biography

Nørregaard started his career in Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB) and was in 1999 promoted to the first team, F.C. Copenhagen (FCK). He played for FCK until 2005 most famous for his 91st minute goal against the archrivals Brøndby IF at Brøndby Stadium in the so-called "championship final" in 2003. The same year he was awarded as "cup fighter" after the win in the Danish Cup. He got a total of 120 matches, 17 goals and 3 Danish championships in 2001, 2003 and 2004, before moving to Dutch SC Heerenveen.

The stay at Heerenveen was no success, as coach Gertjan Verbeek thought he was a supporting striker. After only one year in Heerenveen he moved back to FCK for competing in their UEFA Champions League 2006-07 campaign.

Nørregaard was called up for the January 2007 league national team, which played 3 unofficial national team games in the United States, El Salvador and Honduras in January 2007, by national team manager Morten Olsen. He played in all three games of the tour, including a 3-1 loss to the United States national team and a 1-0 loss to El Salvador.

In September 2008, after some strong league performances he was called up for the Danish national team, for the second time, for the matches against Hungary and Portugal to help Denmark in their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, however, in the match against Hungary, he wasn't even picked for substitution.

Honours

*Danish Superliga winner (3): 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2006-07 ("with Copenhagen")
*Danish Cup winner: 2002-03 ("with Copenhagen")
*Danish Cup Fighter: 2003
*FCK player of the year: 2005

References

External links

* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/playerInfo.aspx?playerid=4348 Danish national team profile]
* [http://fck.dk/truppen/spillerprofil/?playerid=49 F.C. Copenhagen profile]