Dennis Rommedahl

Dennis Rommedahl ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born 22 July 1978) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a right winger. During his 19-year professional career, he won four Eredivisie titles with PSV Eindhoven, and also played for several other Dutch clubs in between stints in England and Greece.

The fourth-most capped national player for Denmark, he appeared in 126 matches and scored 21 goals for his country, and was a member of the Danish squads at the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004, the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012. He was nominated for Danish Footballer of the Year in 2007, but did not win the award until 2010.

Club career

Rommedahl was born in the Bispebjerg borough of Copenhagen. He played youth football for a number of clubs, including B. 93 and Lyngby. He made his senior debut in 1995 for Lyngby, playing in the Danish Superliga.

PSV Eindhoven and RKC Waalwijk

In 1997, he was acquired by PSV Eindhoven, where he made his debut on 22 March in a 1–0 home loss against Heerenveen. After his second match, PSV loaned him to RKC Waalwijk for the 1997–98 season. He returned to PSV in 1998 where he became a success by outrunning defenders and providing dangerous crosses from the wing. He was a member of the PSV squad that won four Eredivisie championships and four Johan Cruijff Shields.

Charlton Athletic

Rommedahl moved from Dutch to English football in the summer 2004 when he signed a four-year contract for Premier League side Charlton Athletic. His first season was spent settling in at The Valley, with a notable length of time spent on the substitute's bench and on the physiotherapist's table. During his second season, he took a leading role in helping Charlton climb the ladder in the Premier League.

Rommedahl was linked with several moves away from Charlton. In the summer of 2006, he was nearly sold to Zenit St. Petersburg. In December 2006, he was linked with a £1 million move to F.C. Copenhagen.<ref>Copenhagen to make bid for Charlton's Rommedahl Template:Webarchive, tribalfootball.com, 31 December 2006</ref> This link was resurrected as Charlton edged closer to relegation, with Rommedahl being discussed as a replacement for Michael Silberbauer, who was expected to leave Denmark to join a foreign club. In the summer of 2007, Galatasaray and Getafe expressed interest in signing him.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, he finally left Charlton on 20 July 2007, moving to Ajax for fee of £680,000.

Ajax and NEC

With Ajax, Rommedahl immediately won his fifth career Johan Cruijff Shield in a 1–0 win over his former team, PSV Eindhoven. He was also one of five players nominated for the Danish Football Player of the Year in 2007. For the second half of the 2008–09 season, he went out on loan to NEC.<ref>Rommedahl naar NEC , nu.nl, 20 January 2000</ref> He finished his Ajax-career at the end of the season 2009–10.

Olympiacos

In July 2010, Rommedahl signed a two-year contract with Super League Greece club Olympiacos.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Denmark's Rommedahl signs with Olympiakos – Yahoo! Canada NewsTemplate:Dead link</ref> On 30 August 2011, Olympiacos released Rommedahl to find another club.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Brøndby

Rommedahl joined Brøndby on 30 August 2011 on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract and was given the number 11 shirt.

RKC Waalwijk

Rommedahl signed with RKC Waalwijk in the summer of 2013.<ref>RKC haalt Rommedahl terug naar de Eredivisie Template:Webarchive</ref> Because of injuries he had never played an official match before he dissolved his contract with the club in January 2015.<ref>Rommedahl weg bij RKC Waalwijk (Dutch). 13 January 2015.</ref>

International career

Rommedahl playing against the Netherlands at the Euro 2012 tournament.

Rommedahl was selected to play for the Danish under-19 national youth team in July 1996. He went on to play a combined 19 matches and score five goals for the under-19 and under-21 national youth teams.

After the appointment of Morten Olsen, Rommedahl was immediately called up for his Denmark senior national team debut in August 2000. He played the next 38 Danish national team matches in a row, the first 32 games in the starting line-up. The 38 games included Denmark's four games at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where he scored against defending world champions France in Denmark's 2–0 victory. He also played all four Danish matches at the Euro 2004. His unbroken run of national team games ended in February 2004 when he missed the friendly against Turkey.

On 28 May 2010, Olsen announced that Rommedhal would be part of the final squad of 23 participating in the 2010 World Cup.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He assisted Nicklas Bendtner's goal, and scored the winner himself, in a group stage game against Cameroon on 19 June 2010. Rommedahl was also inducted in the final squad for Euro 2012, where he once again participated in all of the Danish group matches.

On 9 October 2014, after a long-term injury, Rommedahl announced that he would officially retire from the national team.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was given a farewell ceremony before Denmark's match against Portugal on 14 October 2014.

Career statistics

Club

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Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lyngby	1995–96	Danish Superliga	9	0			–				–		9	0
	1996–97	Danish Superliga	17	4			–		4	0	–		21	4
	Total		26	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	30	4
PSV Eindhoven	1996–97	Eredivisie	2	0			–		0	0	–		2	0
	1998–99	Eredivisie	19	2			–		7	2	–		26	4
	1999–2000	Eredivisie	23	0			–		6	0	–		29	0
	2000–01	Eredivisie	30	5	1	0	–		9	2	1Template:Efn	0	41	7
	2001–02	Eredivisie	34	12			–		12	0	1Template:Efn	1	47	13
	2002–03	Eredivisie	33	6			–		6	1	1Template:Efn	0	40	7
	2003–04	Eredivisie	19	4			–		6	0	1Template:Efn	0	26	4
	Total		160	29	1	0	0	0	46	5	4	1	211	35
RKC Waalwijk (loan)	1997–98	Eredivisie	34	5			–		–		–		34	5
Charlton Athletic	2004–05	Premier League	26	2	1	0	0	0	–		–		27	2
	2005–06	Premier League	21	2	3	2	1	0	–		–		25	4
	2006–07	Premier League	28	0	1	0	3	0	–		–		32	0
	Total		75	4	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	84	6
Ajax	2007–08	Eredivisie	30	3	3	1	–		4	1	5Template:Efn	1	42	6
	2008–09	Eredivisie	3	0	0	0	–		0	0	–		3	0
	2009–10	Eredivisie	28	6	6	1	–		7	2	–		41	9
	Total		61	9	9	2	0	0	11	3	5	1	86	15
NEC (loan)	2008–09	Eredivisie	14	0	2	0	–		–		–		16	0
Olympiacos	2010–11<ref name="sw">Template:Soccerway</ref>	Super League Greece	18	1	3	0	–		2	1	–		23	2
Brøndby IF	2011–12<ref name="sw"/>	Danish Superliga	20	3	1	0	–		0	0	–		21	3
	2012–13<ref name="sw"/>	Danish Superliga	28	3	3	1	–		0	0	–		31	4
	Total		48	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	7
RKC Waalwijk	2013–14	Eredivisie	0	0	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
	2014–15	Eerste Divisie	0	0	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			436	58	24	5	4	0	63	9	9	2	536	74

International

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rommedahl goal.

List of international goals scored by Dennis Rommedahl

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 October 2000	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Template:Fb	1–1	1–1	2002 World Cup qualifier
2	15 November 2000	Copenhagen, Denmark	Template:Fb	1–0	2–1	Friendly
3				2–0
4	1 September 2001	Copenhagen, Denmark	Template:Fb	1–0	1–1	2002 World Cup qualifier
5	6 October 2001	Copenhagen, Denmark	Template:Fb	1–0	6–0	2002 World Cup qualifier
6	17 April 2002	Copenhagen, Denmark	Template:Fb	3–0	3–1	Friendly
7	11 June 2002	Incheon, South Korea	Template:Fb	1–0	2–0	2002 World Cup
8	29 March 2003	Bucharest, Romania	Template:Fb	1–1	5–2	Euro 2004 qualifier
9				5–2
10	9 February 2005	Athens, Greece	Template:Fb	1–2	1–2	2006 World Cup qualifier
11	17 August 2005	Copenhagen, Denmark	Template:Fb	1–0	4–1	Friendly
12	16 August 2006	Odense, Denmark	Template:Fb	2–0	2–0	Friendly
13	6 September 2006	Reykjavík, Iceland	Template:Fb	1–0	2–0	Euro 2008 qualifier
14	6 June 2007	Riga, Latvia	Template:Fb	1–0	2–0	Euro 2008 qualifier
15				2–0
16	17 October 2007	Copenhagen, Denmark	Template:Fb	3–1	3–1	Euro 2008 qualifier
17	19 June 2010	Pretoria, South Africa	Template:Fb	2–1	2–1	2010 World Cup
18	11 August 2010	Copenhagen, Denmark	Template:Fb	1–2	2–2	Friendly
19	26 March 2011	Oslo, Norway	Template:Fb	1–0	1–1	Euro 2012 qualifier
20	7 October 2011	Nicosia, Cyprus	Template:Fb	2–0	4–1	Euro 2012 qualifier
21				3–0

Honours

PSV

• Eredivisie: 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03
• Johan Cruijff Shield: 2000, 2001, 2003

Ajax

• KNVB Cup: 2009–10
• Johan Cruijff Shield: 2007

Olympiacos

• Super League Greece: 2010–11

Individual

• Danish Football Association's award (2): 2007, 2010 <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• UEFA awards 100 caps: 2011<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

External links

• Template:DBU player
• Dennis Rommedahl official Danish Superliga statistics at danskfodbold.com Template:In lang
• Dennis Rommedahl at Voetbal International Template:In lang
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