Henrik Risom (born 24 July 1968) is a former Danish

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who played as a

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for

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality ('' kommune'') and the R ...

Lyngby Kongens Lyngby (, Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby) is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping street and the site of ...

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Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 20 ...

Silkeborg IF Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became ...

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

and

Aarhus GF Aarhus Gymnastikforening (; commonly known as AGF ), is a professional sports club based in Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark. Founded in 1880, it is one of the oldest clubs in the country and gymnastics and fencing are featured as its main sports. Howeve ...

Career

Risom was born in

Vildbjerg Vildbjerg is a railway town with a population of 4,029 (1 January 2022),Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality ('' kommune'') and the R ...

. After four years at Vejle where he played over 100 games he moved on to

. Three years there then saw him spend one and a half season spell with German side

where he played in 15

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matches. He returned to Danish football with

and

and had two more years with

. He joined English club

in August 2000 and joined up with a number of Scandinavian players. He played 24 times for Stoke in 2000–01 before returning to Denmark with

with whom he finished his career with. During his career, Risom played nine matches for the Denmark national team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Risom, Henrik 1968 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Vejle Boldklub players Dynamo Dresden players Stoke City F.C. players English Football League players Bundesliga players Lyngby Boldklub players Odense Boldklub players Silkeborg IF players Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Danish Superliga players Men's association football midfielders People from Herning Municipality Footballers from the Central Denmark Region