Kasper Bøgelund Nielsen (born 8 October 1980) is a Danish former professional

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who played as a

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. Bøgelund played 17 games for the Denmark national team, and he represented Denmark at the

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and 2004 European Championship.

Club career

Born in

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, Bøgelund started playing youth football for local top-flight team

Odense BK Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga ...

. In March 1997, Bøgelund signed his first professional contract, when he was brought to Dutch club

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by Danish manager

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. Starting at PSV in January 1998, he played two years in the reserves, before making his senior debut under coach

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in March 2000. He got his breakthrough with PSV in the 2001–02 season, playing 24 league matches. In the 2002–03 season, he was a part of the PSV team which won the 2003

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championship. Following an injury in the fall 2004, Bøgelund lost his place in the PSV starting line-up, where he was replaced by

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. The season ended with PSV winning both the 2005 Eredivisie and

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trophies. In the summer 2005, he moved on to play for

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

in the German

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. On 27 August 2005, Bøgelund scored a goal against

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which was awarded ''" Tor des Jahres (Goal of the Year)"'' in January 2006 by German television network ARD. Mönchengladbach were

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in 2007, but Bøgelund stayed with the club in the 2. Bundesliga. Bøgelund moved on in the summer 2008, returning to Denmark to play defending

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champions

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(AaB). He competed in the

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with AaB.

International career

While at Odense, Bøgelund captained various Danish youth national teams, and he won the 1996 Danish ''Under-17 Player of the Year'' award. After his PSV breakthrough, he was called up for the Denmark national team in February 2002, by national manager

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. He was a part of the Danish squad at the

, and came on as a substitute in two of Denmark's four games at the tournament. He was selected to represent Denmark at the 2004 European Championship, where he again started as a substitute. In Denmark's third match of the tournament, he came on for

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at half-time, and eventually replaced Jensen in the starting line-up for Denmark's final game before elimination. Following an injury in the fall 2004, Bøgelund lost his place in the Danish national team. He re-entered the national team for one match in August 2007, while playing for Mönchengladbach, and another two in the fall 2008, while playing for AaB.

Honours

PSV *

: 2002–03 and 2004–05 *

: 2004–05 Individual *1996 Danish ''Under-17 Player of the Year''

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bogelund, Kasper 1980 births Living people Footballers from Odense Men's association football fullbacks Danish men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers 2002 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2004 players Eredivisie players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Danish Superliga players Odense Boldklub players PSV Eindhoven players Borussia Mönchengladbach players AaB Fodbold players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany