Niclas Vemmelund (born 2 October 1992) is a Danish

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defender who currently plays for Middelfart Boldklub in the Danish 2nd Division. He has previously played for

FC Fyn FC Fyn was a Danish football club from Odense on Funen. The club was founded in 2006 and its first appearance was in the 2006–07 season. FC Fyn played their home matches at Odense Atletikstadion, which is the current home ground of B 1909 and ...

Odense Boldklub 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 ...

, Stjarnan, IF Brommapojkarna,

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and

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Club career

FC Fyn

Vemmelund moved from the under 19 youth squad to the full

squad in 2010, where he made one cup appearance and 16 league appearances over two years. During the 2011/2012 season he was in the team that won the Danish 2nd Division and subsequent promotion after a playoff with

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Odense Boldklub

He moved to

in March 2013. Although on the bench 14 times over two years, he did not play in the domestic league for Odense. He did however play a Danish Cup match in September 2013, in a 9-1 away win against FC Udfordringen.

Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan

Due to a lack of appearances for Odense he joined Stjarnan to play in Iceland's premier division, the Úrvalsdeild. In

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, Vemmelund made 17 league appearances in the

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Stjarnan won the Úrvalsdeild for the first time in their history. In the

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that year, he was in teams that beat

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in the first qualifying round,

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in the second qualifying round, and

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in the third qualifying round. In the play-offs proper he played in both matches in a 9-0 aggregate defeat to

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IF Brommapojkarna

He returned to Denmark in 2015 but after a few months at

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where he did not feature, in August 2015 he moved on a free transfer to IF Brommapojkarna to play in the

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. He played in 9 league matches in a

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that Brommapojkarna were relegated to Division 1. He played in one Svenska Cupen match in a 3-0 away win against

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Derry

While he was a free agent, Vemmelund underwent a trial with

in December 2015. He was subsequently signed by Derry for the 2016 season in January 2016.

International career

Vemmelund has played in the Danish U19 side.

References

External links

Niclas Vemmelund
Derry City FC player profiles. Retrieved 10 April 2016. * * * 1992 births Living people Danish footballers League of Ireland players Derry City F.C. players Dundalk F.C. players BK Marienlyst players Association football defenders People from Kerteminde Stjarnan players Middelfart Boldklub players Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark {{Denmark-footy-defender-stub