Michael Krohn-Dehli

Michael Krohn-Dehli

Personal information
Full name	Michael Krohn-Dehli
Date of birth	6 June 1983 (1983-06-06) (age 28)
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Brøndby
Number	23
Youth career
	Rosenhøj
0000–2000	Hvidovre
2000–2002	Brøndby
2002–2004	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2006	RKC Waalwijk	48	(2)
2006–2008	Ajax	4	(0)
2006–2007	→ Sparta Rotterdam (loan)	12	(1)
2008–	Brøndby	96	(24)
National team‡
2006–	Denmark	18	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 August 2011

Michael Krohn-Dehli (born 6 June 1983 in Copenhagen) is a Danish footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Danish club Brøndby IF.

Career

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 August 15, 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 October 11, 2006. After the winter break with only three appearances for Ajax he was sent on loan to Sparta Rotterdam on January 31, 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.

Statistics

Season	Club	Competition	Apps	Goals
2004/05	RKC Waalwijk	Eredivisie	31	2
2005/06	RKC Waalwijk	Eredivisie	17	0
2006/07	Ajax	Eredivisie	3	0
2006/07	Sparta Rotterdam	Eredivisie	12	1
2007/08	Ajax	Eredivisie	1	0
2008/09	Brøndby IF	SAS Liga	28	5
Total			96	9

International goals

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	March 29, 2011	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Slovakia	2–1	2–1	Friendly match
2.	October 7, 2011	Nicosia, Cyprus	Cyprus	4–0	4–1	Euro 2012 qualifier
3.	October 11, 2011	Parken, Denmark	Portugal	1–0	2-1	Euro 2012 qualifier
4.	November 11, 2011	Parken, Denmark	Sweden	2–0	2-0	Friendly match

References

1. ^ (Dutch) "AFC Ajax". http://www.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154417/contentid=67237. Retrieved August 29, 2008. 

External links

• Brøndby IF profile
• Danish national team profile
• Official Danish Superliga stats
• Voetbal International profile
• Official Ajax profile
• Footballdatabase Profile

Persondata
Name	Krohn-Dehli, Michael
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Date of birth	6 June 1983
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
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