Per Krøldrup
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Per Billeskov Krøldrup |
| Date of birth |
31 July 1979 (1979-07-31) (age 32) |
| Place of birth |
Farsø, Denmark |
| Height |
1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Playing position |
Centre back |
| Club information |
| Current club |
Fiorentina |
| Number |
2 |
| Youth career |
|
Aalborg Chang |
|
B.93 |
| Senior career* |
| Years |
Team |
Apps† |
(Gls)† |
| 1998–2001 |
B.93 |
57 |
(8[2]) |
| 2001–2005 |
Udinese |
91 |
(3[2]) |
| 2005–2006 |
Everton |
1 |
(0[2]) |
| 2006– |
Fiorentina |
118 |
(3[3]) |
| National team‡ |
| 2001– |
Denmark |
33 |
(0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 February 2012.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2010 |
Per Billeskov Krøldrup (born 31 July 1979 in Farsø) is a Danish professional football player who plays as a central defender for Fiorentina in the Serie A championship. Krøldrup has played 33 games for the Denmark national football team, and he was part of the Danish squad for the 2004 European Championship.
[edit] Club career
[edit] Early career
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.
[edit] Everton
In June 2005, Krøldrup moved from Udinese to English club Everton FC for a transfer fee of £5million.[4] Before having played a single game for the club, he suffered a groin injury and had to undergo surgery.[4] He made his debut for Everton in a 0–4 defeat to Aston Villa, which was to be his only league game for the club.[5] His Everton career was later described as one of the worst transfers in both English and [Evertonian] football,[6][7] and Krøldrup has stated his difficulties of adapting to the physical aspects of the English game.[8]
[edit] Fiorentina
Krøldrup transferred back to Italy in 2006, and joined ACF Fiorentina. 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. He made his Champions League debut on 12 August 2008 against Slavia Prague, a 2–0 win for La Viola.
Krøldrup's contract with Fiorentina was set to expire in June 2010, but on 17 May 2010 the Dane signed a new deal that will expire in 2012.[9]
[edit] International career
At Udinese, Krøldrup played alongside Danish national team player Martin Jørgensen, who claimed that Krøldrup was ready for the Danish national team in March 2002.[10] Krøldrup was not called up for the national team until February 2004, making his debut against Turkey.[11] He was a part of the Danish squad for the 2004 European Championship, though he did not play any games at the tournament.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ "Per Krøldrup". ACF Fiorentina. http://it.violachannel.tv/dettaglio-team/items/player_10971.html.
- ^ a b c Krøldrup, Per National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Per Kroldrup ESPN Soccernet
- ^ a b Per Krøldrup — Defender ToffeeWeb.com
- ^ Per Krøldrup career stats at Soccerbase
- ^ Michael Kettiros, Top Ten: Players who made us both laugh and cry, Liverpool Echo, 21 February 2009.
- ^ Bill Edgar, Top 50 worst transfers, The Times, 18 July 2007
- ^ Dominic King, Fiorentina v Everton: Per Kroldrup admits he couldn't cope with the Premier League, Liverpool Echo, 6 March 2008
- ^ Kroldrup signs new Fiorentina deal, Ontheminute.com, 17 May 2010
- ^ (Danish) Kurt Lassen, "Thomas Helveg melder afbud til testkamp", Berlingske Tidende, 19 March 2002
- ^ a b (Danish) Per Krøldrup – Alle hold (Alle kampe)
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Kroldrup, Per |
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| Date of birth |
31 July 1979 |
| Place of birth |
Farsø, Denmark |
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