Kasper Bøgelund

Infobox Football biography
playername= Kasper Bøgelund
fullname = Kasper Bøgelund Nielsen
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|10|8
cityofbirth = Odense
countryofbirth = Denmark
height = height|m=1.80
currentclub = AaB Football
clubnumber = 16
position = Right back
youthyears = 19??-1998
1998-2000
youthclubs = Odense BK
PSV Eindhoven
years = 2000-2005
2005-2008
2008-present
clubs = PSV Eindhoven
M'gladbach
AaB Football
caps(goals) = 78 (0)
44 (2)
0 (0)
nationalyears = 1998
2000-2001
2002-present
nationalteam = Denmark under-19
Denmark under-21
Denmark
nationalcaps(goals) = 06 (0)
08 (0)
15 (0)
pcupdate = 20 June 2008
ntupdate = 22 August 2007

Kasper Bøgelund Nielsen (born October 8, 1980) is a Danish professional football player who plays as a defender for Danish club AaB Football. Bøgelund has played 14 games for the Danish national team, and he represented Denmark at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2004 European Championship.

Biography

Born in Odense, Bøgelund started playing youth football for local top-flight team Odense BK. While at Odense, he captained various Danish youth national teams, and he won the 1996 Danish "Under-17 Player of the Year" award. In March 1997, Bøgelund signed his first professional contract, when he was brought to PSV Eindhoven by Danish manager Frank Arnesen. Starting at PSV in January 1998, he played two years in the reserves, before making his senior debut under coach Eric Gerets in March 2000.

He got his breakthrough with PSV in the 2001-02 season, playing 24 league matches, and he was called up for the Danish national team in February 2002, by national manager Morten Olsen. He was a part of the Danish squad at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and came on as a substitute in two of Denmark's four games at the tournament. In the 2002-03 season, he was a part of the PSV team which won the 2003 Dutch Eredivisie championship. He was selected to represent Denmark at the 2004 European Championship, where he again started as a substitute. In Denmark's third match of the tournament, he came on for Niclas Jensen at half-time, and eventually replaced Jensen in the starting line-up for Denmark's final game before elimination.

Following an injury in the fall 2004, Bøgelund lost his place in the Danish national team, as well as in the PSV starting line-up, where he was replaced by André Ooijer. The season ended with PSV winning both the 2005 Eredivisie and Dutch Cup trophies. In the summer 2005, he moved abroad to play for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the German Bundesliga. On August 27, 2005 Bøgelund scored a goal against Schalke 04 which was awarded "Tor des Jahres" in January 2006 by German television network ARD.

Honours

*1996 Danish "Under-17 Player of the Year"
*Eredivisie : 2003 and 2005
*Dutch Cup : 2005

External links

* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/playerInfo.aspx?playerid=4251 Danish national team profile]
* [http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=6328&pn=Kasper_Bøgelund FootballDatabase career statistics]
*de icon [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/boegelundkasper/ German career statistics]