Henrik Kildentoft (born 18 March 1985) is a Danish former professional

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who played as a

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. He amassed a total 47 youth caps for

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under four different age groups.

Early life

Henrik Kildentoft was born in

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, Denmark. He began playing football at the young age of 3 and went on to play in the youth teams for SBK 75,

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and Rosenhøj, before moving on to Brøndby.

Club career

Brøndby IF

Kildentoft started his professional career at Brøndby, signing his first contract in October 2003, keeping him at the club till the summer of 2005. He was given his senior debut in the Superliga by then head coach

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, in a match against Viborg on 16 April 2005, which Brøndby won 2–0. Making a total of four appearances in his first season during the 2004–05 campaign, where Brøndby won the league, but failed to make enough appearances to qualify for a winner's medal.

F.C. Nordsjælland

On 4 July 2007, Kildentoft joined

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-based club F.C. Nordsjælland for a fee of 500,000 Danish kroner, signing a three-year contract, filling a large gap in the defense left by the departure of

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. He made his debut on 18 July, in a surprising 1–0 win over

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and scored his first goal in his following match, in a 2–2 draw against his former club Brøndby. Kildentoft went on to miss a dozen games after starting well for his new club, after injuring his knee from a bad tackle in a match against F.C. Midtjylland. He went on to make 21 appearances and score three goals in his first season with FCN. Kildentoft was club captain in the 2008–09 season, FC Nordsjaelland had qualified for a

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run against

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, Scottish club Queen of the South"Club History" on the official Queen of the South website
from

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and Greek side

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FK Haugesund

Kildentoft signed for Norwegian club

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on a three-year contract in January 2013, and played 17 matches for his new club in the debut season. He scored his only goal for the club in the 2–1 defeat against Tromsø on 28 April 2013. In 2014, he was loaned out to

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club

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for the first half of the season. After his return to Haugesund, he sat on the bench for one

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match before he was released from the club.

Hønefoss BK

Kildentoft signed for Hønefoss on free transfer on 1 August 2014, in effect making his loan spell permanent. He scored his first goal for the club on 14 September 2014, in the 4–1 win against

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International career

On 9 May 2006, Kildentoft was selected for the Denmark U21 national team squad for

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in Portugal.

Personal life

Henrik Kildentoft has stated that his favorite football player is defender

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, and that he is a fan of

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, whom he wishes to one day play for.

Honours

Brøndby IF *

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: 2006–07 F.C. Nordsjælland *

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: 2011–12 *

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: 2009–10,

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References

External links

Official site

Profile
at DBU.dk
Profile
at DanskFodbold.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Kildentoft, Henrik 1985 births Living people Danish footballers Danish expatriate footballers Association football defenders Denmark under-21 international footballers Denmark youth international footballers Brøndby IF players FC Nordsjælland players FK Haugesund players Hønefoss BK players Næstved Boldklub players Danish Superliga players Eliteserien players Expatriate footballers in Norway Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway People from Hvidovre Municipality Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark