Per Krøldrup

Football player infobox
playername = Per Krøldrup


fullname = Per Billeskov Krøldrup
height = height|m=1.94
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|7|31
cityofbirth = Farsø
countryofbirth = Denmark
currentclub = Fiorentina
clubnumber = 2
position = Centre back
youthyears =
youthclubs = Aalborg Chang
B.93
years = 1999-2001
2001-2005
2005-2006
2006-
clubs = B.93
Udinese
Everton
Fiorentina
caps(goals) =
91 (3)
01 (0)
52 (1)
nationalyears = 2004-
nationalteam = Denmark
nationalcaps(goals) = 22 (0)
pcupdate = April 20, 2008
ntupdate = 13 September 2008

Per Billeskov Krøldrup (born July 31, 1979 in Farsø) is a Danish professional football player who plays as a central defender for Italian club ACF Fiorentina in the Serie A championship. Krøldrup has represented the Denmark national football team, and he was part of the Danish roster for the 2004 European Championship.

Biography

Born in Farsø, Krøldrup started his footballing career at Danish lower league club Aalborg Chang. He went on to play for B 93 Copenhagen in the secondary Danish 1st Division before transferring to Udinese in the Italian top-flight Serie A championship in 2001. At Udinese, he played alongside Danish national team player Martin Jørgensen, who, since March 2002, [Kurt Lassen, "Thomas Helveg melder afbud til testkamp", "Berlingske Tidende", March 19, 2002] claimed that Krøldrup was ready for the Danish national team. In February 2004, Krøldrup was called up for his national team debut against Turkey. He was a part of the Danish squad for the 2004 European Championship, though he did not play any games at the tournament

Following the 2006 Serie A scandal, where several clubs were on trial for match fixing, Fiorentina were initially relegated to Serie B in July 2006. Krøldrup was amongst the players wanting to leave. However, as Fiorentina made an appeal to the Italian Football Federation, the club remained in Serie A and most of their players, including Krøldrup, remained with the Florence club.

His transfer from Udinese to Everton in June 2005, was listed top on the list of "Top 50 worst transfers" according to The Times."Everton paid a fortune for the Denmark central defender but then showed no interest in actually playing him amid suggestions they had suddenly discovered he couldn’t head the ball. Made one league appearance before returning to Italy." [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article2096584.ece]

References

External links

* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/playerInfo.aspx?playerid=4237 Danish national team profile]
* [http://www.acffiorentina.com/it/InfoPage.aspx?id=73013 ACF Fiorentina profile]