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Niki Zimling Personal information Full name Niki Dige Zimling Date of birth April 19, 1985 Place of birth Tårnby, Denmark Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Playing position Defensive Midfielder Club information Current club Club Brugge Number 6 Youth career AB 70 – Tårnby – Fremad Amager – Kjøbenhavns Boldklub Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2003–2005 Brøndby IF 17 (1) 2005–2009 Esbjerg fB 81 (16) 2009–2011 Udinese 5 (0) 2010–2011 → N.E.C. (loan) 26 (4) 2011– Club Brugge 9 (0) National team‡ 2000–2001 Denmark U-16 5 (0) 2000–2002 Denmark U-17 23 (4) 2003–2004 Denmark U-19 12 (1) 2004 Denmark U-20 3 (0) 2006 Denmark U-21 5 (0) 2008- Denmark 7 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2011Niki Dige Zimling (born 19 April 1985) is a Danish professional football player, who currently plays as a midfielder for Club Brugge K.V. in the Belgian Pro League. He was named 2006 Danish under-21 Talent of the Year, and has played one game for the Danish national team.
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Career
As a youngster he played for AB 70, Tårnby Boldklub, Fremad Amager and Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, before he moved to the youth team of Brøndby IF. He was included in Brøndby's senior squad in January 2003, and made his senior debut for Brøndby in April 2003, in a Danish Cup game against Aalborg BK. In the next two years he played a total of 25 matches for the club and scored a single goal. He moved on to Superliga rivals Esbjerg fB in summer 2005, and quickly established himself in Esbjerg's starting line-up.
When his contract expired in December 2008, he moved to Serie A team Udinese Calcio on a free transfer. In July 2009, Zimling went back to Denmark to finalize a possible transfer,[1] but the deal never materialized and he stayed at Udine.
In June 2010, Dutch club NEC announced that they had signed him on loan.[2]
Club Brugge
On May 27, 2011 Zimling signed a 4 year contract with Belgian football club Club Brugge, for a fee estimated to be around €500,000.[3]
International
He has represented Denmark 48 times for various national youth teams. He was selected for the Danish under-21 national team for the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006, and was named 2006 Danish under-21 Talent of the Year.[4]
On November 20, 2006 he was called up for the Denmark League XI national football team, for the trip to the United States, El Salvador and Honduras in January 2007, by national team manager Morten Olsen. He was also a part of the League XI team for their January 2008 tour. In February 2008, he made his senior Danish national team debut in a friendly game against Slovenia. On the 11th November 2010, after 2 and a half years waiting, he returned to the Danish national football team in a friendly against Czech Republic, earning his 2nd match. He was called up again when Denmark had to face Iceland, and played from the beginning because Christian Poulsen was in lack of match fittness. He played rest of the qualification alongside his childhood friend William Kvist, as Denmark qualified for the UEFA Euro 2012. [5]
Honours
References
- ^ "Zimling si trasferisce in Danimarca per formalizzare il trasferimento in un club danese" (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 2009-07-14. http://www.udinese.it/notizie/archivio/flash-news/zimling-si-trasferisce-in-danimarca-per-formalizzare-il-trasferimento-in-un-club-danese/. Retrieved 2009-08-20.[dead link]
- ^ "N.E.C. haalt Will en huurt Zimling" (in Dutch). NEC official site. 2010-06-04. http://www.nec-nijmegen.nl/layout.php?p=11&NieuwsID=4094. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
- ^ . http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Officielt-Zimling-klar-for-Brugge.
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- ^ http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/Landsholdsdatabasen/LBasePlayerInfo.aspx?playerid=4691&teamtypeid=330#match
External links
- (Danish) Esbjerg fB profile
- (Danish) Brøndby IF profile
- Danish Football Association (Dansk Boldspil-Union) player profile
- Official Superliga stats
- Career stats at La Gazzetta dello Sport
Denmark squad – 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 1 Ellegaard • 2 Jakobsen • 3 Andreasen • 4 Agger • 5 Pedersen • 6 Würtz • 7 Bergvold • 8 Sørensen • 9 Kamper • 10 Kahlenberg • 11 M.Rasmussen • 12 Poulsen • 13 Zimling • 14 Kildentoft • 15 F.Hansen • 16 T.Rasmussen • 17 Troest • 18 Thygesen • 19 Absalonsen • 20 S.Poulsen • 21 Bendtner • 22 J.Hansen • Coach: SerritslevClub Brugge K.V. – current squad 1 Coosemans · 2 Høgli · 3 Almebäck · 4 Hoefkens · 5 Stenman · 6 Zimling · 8 Refaelov · 9 Vleminckx · 10 Dirar · 11 Blondel · 13 Vázquez · 14 Vydra · 15 Akpala · 16 Lestienne · 17 Camozzato · 18 Donk · 19 Meunier · 20 Van Acker · 21 Perdichizzi · 24 van Gijseghem · 26 Deschilder · 27 De Jonghe · 28 Vansteenkiste · 29 Gano · 30 Van Belle · 32 Odjidja-Ofoe · 33 Kujović · 39 Jorgačević · 50 Dhoest · Manager: Daum
Categories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- Danish footballers
- Denmark international footballers
- Denmark under-21 international footballers
- Brøndby IF players
- Esbjerg fB players
- Danish Superliga players
- Udinese Calcio players
- NEC Nijmegen players
- Club Brugge K.V. players
- Danish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Serie A footballers
- Eredivisie players
- Belgian Pro League players
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