Kenneth Emil Petersen (born 15 January 1985), also known as KEP, is a Danish
football
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pundit and former player. He played as a
centre back.
Club career
Herfølge
Petersen started his career at
Herfølge Boldklub. He made his professional debut for the club on 28 March 2004 in a 1–0 victory over
AGF, partly due to a suspension to regular starter
Bora Živković. In December 2004, he was sent on loan to
Ølstykke FC
Ølstykke Fodbold Club ; also known as Ølstykke FC or ØFC) is an association football club based in the town of Ølstykke on Zealand, Denmark. The men's team competes in the Series 1, the sixth tier of the Danish football league system and the ...
after Herfølge had brought in
Auri Skarbalius
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at his position. In his three years at Herfølge, he made seven appearances and failed to score a goal.
Horsens
On 1 September 2006, it was announced that Petersen had signed a three-year contract with
AC Horsens. He made his debut for the club on 17 September 2006, as an 88th-minute substitute for
Gilberto Macena
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Career
Macena arrived in Denmark in 2005, when he signed for the lower-division club Holbæk B& ...
in a 2–1 win over
FC Midtjylland. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–2 away win over
Viborg FF.
At the start of the
2007–08 season, with
Rasmus Marvits
Rasmus Marvits (born 14 July 1978) is a former Danish professional football defender, who last played for the Danish Superliga side Lyngby BK
Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stad ...
having left the club, Petersen became a regular part of the starting eleven in the Horsens first team.
AaB
On 30 June 2009, it was announced that Petersen had signed a four-year contract with
AaB. He made his debut for the club on 18 October 2009, when he came on as a substitute in the 35th minute instead of
Kasper Bøgelund against
Randers FC. He scored his first goal for AaB – the matchwinner – in injury time against Midtjylland on 2 May 2010 as AaB won 3–2.
On 18 December 2012, it was announced that Petersen had signed a three-year extension with AaB valid until 30 June 2016.
OB
On 7 January 2016, it was announced, that Petersen had to find a new club when his contract with AaB expired at the end of the season. A few days later on 13 January, it was confirmed that Petersen had signed with
OB on a free transfer, and he would start in his new club after the
2015–16 season. Petersen would be reunited with head coach
Kent Nielsen
Kent Nielsen (born 28 December 1961) is a Danish professional football manager and former player, who is currently the head coach of Silkeborg IF. He was named coach of the year by the Danish Football Association in 2014 after winning both the ...
, with whom he has worked together with in AC Horsens and AaB.
He announced his retirement from professional football in 2018 after having played two years for
OB.
International career
After Petersen joined the Danish national league team's
2009 King's Cup
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This edition of the t ...
campaign, twice playing 90 minutes,
Peter Bonde
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, the assistant manager of
Denmark, praised him, and told he had A-national team potential.
Honours
Club
AaB
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Danish Superliga:
2013–14
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Danish Cup:
2013–14
References
External links
AaB profileNational team profileOfficial Superliga statisticsRetired in 2018
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1985 births
Living people
Danish men's footballers
Herfølge Boldklub players
Ølstykke FC players
AC Horsens players
AaB Fodbold players
Odense Boldklub players
Danish Superliga players
Association football defenders
Danish association football commentators