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Daniel Munthe Agger (; born 12 December 1984) is a Danish professional
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coach and former player who is the head coach of
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club
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. As an active player, he played as a
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for Brøndby and
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and captained the Denmark national team. Agger was described as "a fine reader of the game, comfortable on the ball and blessed with a ferocious shot". He was the 2007 and 2012
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. He started his senior career with Brøndby in July 2004, winning the
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and the
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, before moving to Liverpool in January 2006. He made 175
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appearances for the club (232 total) and won the
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and Community Shield. Agger returned to Brøndby for personal reasons in August 2014, and retired two years later at the age of 31. A full international since 2005, Agger earned 75 caps and scored 11 goals for Denmark. He represented the nation at the
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and
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, captaining his country at the latter.


Club career


Brøndby IF

In July 2004, he was moved from the youth squad to the first team, following the departure of Swedish international defender
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. Agger quickly established himself not only as a first team regular, but as one of the key components in the team that won the
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championship. After the first half of the season Agger was named 2004 "talent of the year" by Spillerforeningen (the Danish equivalent of the English PFA). An injury sustained in the 2005–06 Danish Superliga season in September forced him out for the remainder of 2005. On 6 December 2005 and at only 20 years of age, Agger was awarded the Danish "talent of the year" for all sports.


Liverpool


2005–06 season

Agger was long linked to a transfer to a big club, and in the January 2006
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, he got his wish and was looking to join
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team
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, then holders of the
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. Agger did not travel with his Brøndby teammates for their winter training camp in January and on 12 January 2006, he signed a -year contract with Liverpool. The £6 million fee made him the most expensive footballer sold by a Danish club to a foreign club. During his first half-season at Liverpool, injuries limited Agger to four first-team appearances, and he missed the club's victory in the 2006 FA Cup Final.


2006–07 season

Agger played the full game as Liverpool won the
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against
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. Still adapting to the English game, he established himself in Liverpool's first team squad, competing with Liverpool vice-captain
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and former
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team captain
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for the two starting places in the central defence. Agger scored his first goal for Liverpool on 26 August 2006 in a 2–1 win against
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. Agger was allowed to run unchallenged toward the Kop-end goal and scored from out. Liverpool manager
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commented he was not surprised and that Agger has frequently scored such goals in training. The goal was named Goal of the Month for August by the
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'', and later Liverpool's Premiership Goal of the Season. On 4 October 2006, he was given the PFA's fan award for impressive and solid displays in September. Agger scored his second goal for the club in a
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away game against
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with a volley from close range during the seven minutes of first-half stoppage time. His third was against Arsenal, scoring a header in a 4–1 victory played on 31 March 2007. In the first semi-final of the 2006–07 Champions League, Agger received some criticism as Liverpool lost to
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1–0, after Chelsea striker
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managed to dribble past him before making the assist to win the game. In the second leg of the semi-finals, Agger answered his critics by scoring another curler from a smartly-taken
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free-kick from just outside the penalty area, and helping Liverpool keep a
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as the team beat Chelsea 1–0 on 1 May 2007. He went on to play in the 2007 UEFA Champions League Final which Liverpool lost 2–1 to
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.


2007–08 season

Agger started the 2007 pre-season scoring two goals in four games, including a left footed-finish against Hong Kong outfit
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. However, he suffered a
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injury in September, again losing his place to Hyypiä. In January 2008, Agger began training and was attempting to regain match fitness, but a recurrence of the injury in his second metatarsal again ruled him out of action. After being examined by several specialists, it was reported that Agger would miss the remainder of the season to undergo surgery on his foot.


2008–09 season

Agger returned to full training in the pre-season at Melwood and on 12 July 2008, Agger made his playing return as a substitute in Liverpool's friendly win over neighbours
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. Agger stated after the match: "I am almost starting my career at Liverpool all over again". Agger was in the starting line up in Liverpool's first game of the season against Standard Liège in the Champions League qualifiers. The game ended 0–0. Agger then found himself sidelined the rest of August and much of September, and was not even included in the squad to face Manchester United. This was followed by rumours of a verbal exchange between Agger and Liverpool manager Benítez. However, Benítez insisted that there was no rift between Agger and himself. After a month without playing, Agger returned to the starting line up against
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in the League Cup. Agger played the full 90 minutes and marked his return by scoring the first goal from a free kick outside the box. Liverpool won the game 2–1. Profiting in part from Škrtel's injury, Agger returned to the starting line up against Wigan for his first Premier League match of the season. Agger was, however, at least partly to blame for Wigan taking the lead when he lost the ball to Zaki after a pass from goalkeeper Reina. Agger redeemed himself by setting up Dirk Kuyt for the equaliser. Liverpool eventually won the match 3–2. On 11 April 2009, Agger scored the third goal for Liverpool from 30 yards against Blackburn Rovers. Liverpool went on to win 3–0. Agger celebrated, like the others who had scored in the match, by pointing to the sky in memory of victims in the
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. In May 2009, Agger signed a new five-year deal with Liverpool.


2009–10 season

Agger underwent surgery for a recurring back injury in August 2009 and made his return on 25 October 2009 for the 2–0 win over rivals
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at
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. On 28 February 2010, Agger played his 100th competitive game for Liverpool, playing in the 2–1 home win against
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. Agger played another 14 times in 2009–10, including scoring his seventh goal for the club, an outstanding backheel, against Benfica in the
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, and also helped Liverpool reach the semi-finals of the same competition.


2010–11 season

Agger appeared against
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on 15 August 2010, but got concussed in the second half of the game. As a result of the concussion, he missed the next few games. He also had other injury problems which kept him out until December.
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was preferred rather than Agger under
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and he threatened to quit the club with
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reportedly interested in him. After the departure of Hodgson, he featured in most of the games under
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. However, Agger was ruled out for the remainder of the season, following a knee injury sustained in the match against
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on 2 March 2011. At the end of the season, he had only managed 21 appearances for the Reds in all competitions.


2011–12 season

On 1 August 2011, he scored two goals in a pre-season friendly against
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, the first a powerful header from a corner, the second a half-volley, also from a corner. Agger returned from injury against Rangers in a friendly match in which Liverpool lost 1–0. On 29 October 2011, Daniel Agger played his 100th Premier League game for
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in a 0–2 win against
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. On 28 January 2012, Agger opened the scoring against Manchester United in the fourth round FA Cup tie, defeating them 2–1. It was his first Liverpool goal since 2010, when he scored in the Europa League tie against Benfica. On 26 February 2012, he helped Liverpool to win their first trophy since 2006 as they won the 2012 Football League Cup Final but injured his ribs during the match. On 7 April 2012, Agger made his return from injury as a second-half substitute against
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at
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, replacing
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and hitting the crossbar with a header late on which led to the equalizer in a 1–1 draw. On 8 May 2012, Agger scored his first Premier League goal of the season in a 4–1 win against
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which was also the last home game of the season for Liverpool.


2012–13 season

Agger made his first start of the league campaign in a 3–0 defeat to West Bromwich Albion on 18 August, in which he conceded a penalty and was sent off for a foul on
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. Although the penalty was saved, Liverpool were unable to hold on and slipped to a disappointing defeat. On 5 October, Agger signed a new long term contract with Liverpool. On 12 November, Agger was named 2012 Danish Player of the Year for the second time. On 1 December 2012, Agger scored against
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at Anfield, with a 43rd-minute header giving Liverpool a 1–0 win. On 30 December, Agger scored a beautiful header against QPR, assisted by a cross from captain Steven Gerrard. Agger made it 3–0 which also was the final score. Agger reached his 200th appearance for Liverpool on 21 February 2013 in a home Europe League tie against
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. With Liverpool trailing 2–0 from the first leg, the Reds recorded a 3–1 win at Anfield, but were eliminated on away goals.


2013–14 season

On 9 August 2013, it was confirmed that Agger was to become Liverpool's vice-captain, replacing the retired
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. This came shortly after reports had surfaced that
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had made a bid to sign the Dane. Agger assisted Daniel Sturridge's goal with a flick-on header in the 1–0 victory against Manchester United. Agger did however, see his game time cut short due to
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being preferred in the same role. On 1 January 2014, Agger scored his first goal of the season, meeting a Philippe Coutinho corner with his head in a 2–0 win over Hull. During much of 2014, Agger was left out of the team, with Sakho partnering Skrtel in defence. Agger was restored to the starting line up on 11 May 2014 in Liverpool's end-of-season match at home to Newcastle. With Liverpool trailing 1–0, Agger scored the equaliser by meeting a Steven Gerrard free kick at the back post.


Return to Brøndby

On 30 August 2014, Liverpool confirmed that Agger had rejoined his previous club Brøndby IF on a two-year deal, which involved a considerable pay cut, for a fee of £3 million. Despite offers in England and other European countries, he wanted to play in a country with a less physically demanding league. He told Denmark's TV3 that Liverpool manager
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was unappreciative of his efforts. On 9 June 2016, at the age of 31, Agger announced his retirement at Brøndby at the expiration of his contract.


International career

Agger made his debut for Denmark on 2 June 2005, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 friendly win over
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. Agger spent the next national team match on the bench before playing the full 4–1 friendly win on 17 August against
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, alongside Per Nielsen. On 7 September, he scored his first international goal in a 6–1 home win over
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in the nation's unsuccessful campaign to qualify for the
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. In May 2006, he played 10 games and scored 3 goals for the Danish under-21 national team, for which he was selected to play in the 2006 European Under-21 Championship tournament. Agger scored on 2 June 2007 in a 3–3 home draw against rivals Sweden for
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qualification; the game was abandoned in the last minute for crowd misbehaviour and awarded to the Swedes. He made eight appearances in qualification for the
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, scoring once in a 3–0 home win over
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. In the finals in South Africa, Agger scored an
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to open a 2–0 loss to the
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in the first game;
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had headed the ball into him while trying to clear
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's cross. He played the other two fixtures in a group stage exit. Agger first captained Denmark on 11 August 2010 in a 2–2 home friendly draw with neighbours
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. He was given the armband a year later as Poulsen suffered from stress. Under Agger's captaincy, the Danes qualified for
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in Poland and Ukraine, and he was again a fixture in a group stage elimination. On 15 October 2013, Agger scored two penalties in a 6–0 home win against the Maltese in
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qualification, securing second place in their group. The following 28 May, from the penalty spot in added time, he scored the only goal of a win over Sweden in a match celebrating the 125th anniversary of the
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. Denmark didn't qualify for
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, and so Agger revealed his intention to end his active playing career in 2016, which would also see his international retirement.


Personal life

Agger selected
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's ''The Garden's Tale'' as his choice for the "LFC Athens 2007 Playlist" in the buildup of Liverpool's 2007 UEFA Champions League Final appearance. In May 2010, Agger married girlfriend Sofie Nielsen in Denmark. The couple wore matching white outfits for the wedding, which was followed by a reception at the Nimb Hotel in Copenhagen. They have two sons. In September 2014, Agger donated 20,000 kroner, about £2100, to the Danish homeless national football side to help pay for travel expenses so the team could make it to the
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in Chile. Agger founded The Agger Foundation in 2012 aiming to help children in need.


Tattoos

Outside of football, Agger is a qualified
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artist. He has numerous tattoos including a
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on his upper right arm, a large drawing of Vikings and a graveyard that spans his whole back, which includes his birth date and the Latin motto " Mors certa, hora incerta" ("death is certain, its hour is uncertain"), forming a
memento mori ''Memento mori'' (Latin for 'remember that you ave todie'You'll Never Walk Alone "You'll Never Walk Alone" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ''Carousel''. In the second act of the musical, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the protagonist Julie Jordan, sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" to comfort and enco ...
".


After retirement

In addition to leaving football, Agger also left Denmark with his wife. They moved to
Marbella Marbella ( , , ) is a city and municipality in southern Spain, belonging to the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is part of the Costa del Sol and is the headquarters of the Association of Municipalities of the r ...
in Spain. Agger runs a sewerage company named KloAgger together with his brother, uncle and childhood friend. He also invested in Tattoodo together with friends,
Christian Stadil Christian Nicholas Stadil is a Danish executive and chairman. He owns the sports brand Hummel International, is CEO of Thornico Group and co-author of ''Company Karma''. In 2014 he was appointed honorary professor of creative leadership at the Ce ...
, the owner of
Hummel International Hummel International Sport & Leisure A/S, commonly known as Hummel (stylized hummel), is a Danish manufacturing company of sportswear brand based in Aarhus owned by Thornico. The company currently manufactures apparel for football, rugby league, ...
and a famous tattooist,
Ami James Ami James ( he, עמי ג'יימס; born 6 April 1972) is an Israeli-American tattoo artist, television personality and entrepreneur. Early life James was born in the Egyptian city of Sharm El Sheikh (then occupied by Israel). His American-bo ...
. The company is a social platform, where you can find inspiration and share tattoos. It is one of the world's biggest companies of its kind. Agger played a charity match for
Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
on 25 March 2017 against
Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
. In April 2017, Agger revealed one of his new golf projects. The project raises money to donate to the Danish charity fund " Red Barnet". Agger started a fund named The Agger Foundation, and held events called "Agger for Charity". Agger invited several big names as former Liverpool stars,
Pepe Reina José Manuel "Pepe" Reina Páez (; born 31 August 1982) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Villarreal. The son of famed Barcelona and Atlético Madrid goalkeeper Miguel Reina, Pepe Reina began his ca ...
and
Steven Gerrard Steven George Gerrard (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player, who most recently managed club Aston Villa. Described by pundits and fellow professionals as one of his generation's greatest players, Ge ...
, to his charity events in
Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
. Agger worked in cooperation with former Danish prime minister,
Helle Thorning-Schmidt Helle Thorning-Schmidt (; born 14 December 1966) is a Danish retired politician who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015, and Leader of the Social Democrats from 2005 to 2015. She is the first woman to have held each p ...
. Agger has always had a passion for golf and has donated a lot of money to charity through the years.


Managerial career

In March 2021 it was announced that Agger would become manager of
Danish 1st Division The 1st Division (''1. Division'') is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991 the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the forma ...
side
HB Køge HB Køge () is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen. It w ...
in June 2021 with former Danish national team player
Lars Jacobsen Lars Christian Jacobsen (born 20 September 1979) is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a right back and current assistant coach of HB Køge. Club career Odense Boldklub Born and raised in Odense, Funen, Jacobsen started his ...
as his assistant. In August 2021, Agger was registered as a player again, boding a comeback to playing football.


Career statistics


Club


International

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


Honours

Brøndby *
Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each yea ...
: 2004–05 *
Danish Cup The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will quali ...
: 2004–05 *
Danish League Cup The Danish League Cup, was a football competition, arranged by ''Divisionsforeningen'', for all the top level Danish football teams. The competition has existed in various formats, with the exact name of the league depending on the sponsor. For ins ...
: 2005 Liverpool *
Football League Cup The EFL Cup (referred to historically, and colloquially, as the League Cup), currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout competition and major trophy in men's domestic football in England. Organised by the ...
: 2011–12 *
FA Community Shield The Football Association Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is English football's annual match contested at Wembley Stadium between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup. If the Premier Le ...
:
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*
FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
runner-up: 2011-12 *
UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
runner-up: 2006-07 Individual *
Danish Football Player of the Year The Danish Player of the Year award is an annual prize, which has been given to the best male Danish football player by the Danish Football Association since 1963. The winner is decided in a vote among the professional Danish footballers. Since 20 ...
: 2007, 2012 * Danish U21 Young Player of the Year: 2005 *
BBC Goal of the Month The Goal of the Month is a monthly segment on BBC's ''Match of the Day'' television programme, in honour of the best goal scored each month. The segment has been featured on the programme since the 1970–71 season. Typically, a selection of eig ...
: August 2006


References


External links


Danish national team profile

The Agger Foundation Official Website

LFCHistory.net Profile

Liverpool FC profile
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Brøndby IF profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Agger, Daniel 1984 births Living people People from Hvidovre Municipality Danish footballers Denmark youth international footballers Denmark under-21 international footballers Denmark international footballers Association football defenders Brøndby IF players Liverpool F.C. players Danish Superliga players Premier League players 2010 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2012 players Danish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in England Danish expatriate sportspeople in England Tattoo artists FA Cup Final players Danish football managers HB Køge managers Danish 1st Division managers Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark