Daniel Udsen (born 2 September 1983 ) is a former Faroese

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descent, whose primary position was in

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Club career

Udsen has previously played for

Hvidovre IF Hvidovre Idrætsforening, more commonly known as Hvidovre IF () is a Denmark, Danish professional association football, football club based in Hvidovre. The club competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of Danish football league syste ...

and Albertslund IF in Denmark. During his stay at Albertslund he was in the team that won the official Danish Indoor Football championship, after a 5–4 victory in the final against

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, at the Aarup Sports Centre in January 2005. In the summer of 2005, he signed for

Greve Fodbold Greve Fodbold is a Danish association football, football club currently playing in the Denmark Series, the fifth tier of Danish football. The club have played the entirety of their existence in the lower divisions and spent one season in the seco ...

, who were then playing in the

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. He debuted for the first team in August 2005 against Farum BK (consisting of the

FC Nordsjælland Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland () or FCN, is a professional Danish football team from the North Zealand town of Farum. Founded as ''Farum Boldklub'' from the merger of the town's two football club ...

reserves) and also scored on his debut. In his first season at the club in the 2005–06 season, he scored 9 goals and helped the team win promotion to the

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when Greve Football won the

Pool 1. In the 2006/07 season, he made 25 appearances and scored 6 goals. During the summer in 2007, he signed a one-year contract with second division club

Fremad Amager Boldklubben Fremad Amager (meaning in English: The Ball Club Forward Amager ; abbreviated Fremad A) is a Danish professional football club based in the district of Amager Vest, Copenhagen. As of the 2020–21 season, the club's senior men's team ...

. Udsen made his first team debut in the second division east match, against local rivals B 1908 at the Sundby Sports Park on 5 August 2007. On 13 December 2011 he signed a contract with Danish club Elite 3000 Helsingør.

International career

On 3 September 2010, he made his international debut with the

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in a

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match against

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and was substituted at half-time for Christian Mouritsen.

Honours

* Winner of

2005/06

EB/Streymur EB/Streymur is a Faroe Islands, Faroese semi-professional association football, football club based in Streymnes and Eiði. The club was founded in 1993, as result of the merger between Eiðis Bóltfelag, EB and Ítróttarfelagið Streymur, Strey ...

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and

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References

Daniel Udsen stopper i FC Helsingør
fchelsingor.dk, 16 June 2015 {{DEFAULTSORT:Udsen, Daniel Living people Faroese people of Danish descent Faroese footballers EB/Streymur players Hvidovre IF players 1983 births Vanløse IF players FC Vestsjælland players Fremad Amager players FC Helsingør players Association football midfielders Faroe Islands international footballers People from Albertslund Municipality Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark