Kaspar Buhl Dalgas (born 11 May 1976) is a Danish former professional

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who was the joint top scorer of the

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season with 22 goals in 31 games. He represented the Denmark U21 team once, in 1997.

Career

Dalgas spent his youth years at

Vejle Boldklub Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six t ...

, alongside

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, and made his senior debut for the club in April 1995. He was called up for the Denmark under-21 national team in September 1997, and played a single game for the team. Dalgas played several seasons as an

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for Vejle, but following the club's difficulties in remaining in the top-flight

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division, he moved to Superliga club

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(OB) in 2001. At OB he experienced a short, but extremely successful, stint, playing as a forward. His year at the club resulted in 22 league goals and the joint league top scorer title with

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from Brøndby IF. After the season, he was bought by new Brøndby IF coach

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. He would play all league matches in his first year at Brøndby, and Dalgas was named

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when he scored in the 2003

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3-0 final win against

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. Injuries ruined his next season, as he was struggling to recover from a complicated

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. He would not play a single match for Brøndby from April 2004 to November 2005. He came on as a substitute in the November 2005

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match against

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, which was to be his last professional game. Dalgas ended his career in March 2006, as a knee scan had shown no healing of his knee injury.Kaspar Dalgas stopper karrieren
''Brondby.com'', 29 March 2006

Honours

: 2002–03

Footnotes

External links

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Brøndby IF profile

Vejle Boldklub profile
1976 births Living people People from Vejle Municipality Danish footballers Association football forwards Denmark under-21 international footballers Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Vejle Boldklub players Odense Boldklub players Brøndby IF players Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark {{Denmark-footy-forward-stub