Jesper Bech

Jesper Bech

Personal information
Date of birth	May 25, 1982 (1982-05-25) (age 29)
Place of birth	Denmark
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Silkeborg IF
Number	10
Youth career
	Ålholm IF
–	Skjold Birkerød
–	B 1903
–	Lyngby Boldklub
–	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2005	FC København	37	(12)
2005–2006	Malmö FF	22	(1)
2006–2009	Esbjerg fB	76	(20)
2009–	Silkeborg IF	54	(15)
National team‡
2001	Denmark U-19	1	(0)
2003	Denmark U-21	1	(0)
2006–	Denmark	3	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:30 17 January 2010

Jesper Bech (born May 25, 1982) is a Danish professional football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Silkeborg IF in the Danish Superliga. He is 1.78 m tall, and plays in the striker position. He has played 2 matches for the Danish national team.

Biography

Bech played his youth years for Ålholm IF, Skjold Birkerød, B 1903, Lyngby BK and KB. He got his national breakthrough with F.C. Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga championship, where he debuted in April 2004. He scored seven goals in nine games during his first season, and helped the club win the 2003–04 Danish Superliga title as well as the 2004 Danish Cup trophy. In the following season, sharp competition from strikers Alvaro Santos and Sibusiso Zuma kept Bech out of his preferred striker role. He was either used as a substitute, or in the role of winger. Bech transferred to Swedish club Malmö FF in the summer 2005.

At Malmö, he looked to replace Swedish international striker Markus Rosenberg before the UEFA Champions League qualification, but Bech never got a breakthrough at the club. Following one year at Malmö, he moved back to Denmark to play for Esbjerg fB in the summer 2006. In the first half of the 2006–07 Superliga season, Bech rediscovered his goal scoring form, and was at a time the joint top goalscorer of the league. On November 15, 2006 he got his Danish national team debut in a friendly match against the Czech Republic, when he came on the pitch in the second half, as a substitute for Peter Løvenkrands.

Honours

• Danish Superliga: 2004
• Danish Cup: 2004

External links

• (Danish) Esbjerg fB profile
• Career stats at Danmarks Radio
• Danish national team profile
• (Danish) FC Copenhagen stats

Persondata
Name	Bech, Jesper
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Date of birth	1982-05-25
Place of birth	Denmark
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