Peter Planch Madsen (born 26 April 1978) is a retired Danish professional

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who played as a

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. He began and ended his career with

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, winning the

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three times and finishing as its joint top scorer in 2001–02. Abroad, he totalled 63 games and 18 goals in Germany's

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for

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and

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, and had a brief loan to England's

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in 2006. Madsen played 13 games and scored three goals for the Denmark national team between 2001 and 2005. He was part of their squads at the

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and

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Club career

Born in

Roskilde Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 51,916 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...

, Madsen started playing as a junior for Roskilde B 06, before he moved on to the youth team of

. He played 35 matches and scored nine goals for various Danish national youth teams from 1993 to 1999. He made his senior debut for Brøndby in April 1997, and went on to win three

championships and the 1998

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in his six years with the club. He finished the 2001–02 season as joint league top scorer with

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. Madsen was loaned to German team

in January 2003, playing in the top-flight

championship. A part of the loan contract was a June 2003

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worth 15 million DKK, but as Wolfsburg eventually rejected the transfer, Madsen ended up joining

of the same league in the summer 2003. In his first season with Bochum, Madsen scored 13 league goals. As Bochum were

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following the 2004–05 season, Madsen moved on to

in July 2005. On 30 January 2006, he signed a loan deal with English

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club

, lasting until the end of the 2005–06 season. He scored twice in his nine league games before returning to Köln, who had then been relegated to the

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. He played 13 games for Köln in that league before leaving the club. In May 2007, he agreed a move back to

, signing a five-year contract effective from 1 July.

International career

Madsen made his debut for the Denmark national team on 6 October 2001, in a

qualifier at home to

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. He came on in the 69th minute as a substitute for

Ebbe Sand Ebbe Sand (; born 19 July 1972) is a former professional footballer from Denmark who played as a forward for Brøndby IF in Denmark and FC Schalke 04 in Germany. He was the Bundesliga top scorer in 2001, and won the DFB-Pokal in 2001 and 2002 wi ...

Morten Olsen Morten Per Olsen (born 14 August 1949) is a Danish football manager and former player. He was the head coach of the Denmark national team for 15 years from 2000 until 2015, guiding Denmark to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2004 European Championshi ...

named him for the 23-man squad at the final tournament in South Korea and Japan, where he was unused in a run to the last 16. Olsen also called up Madsen to play at

in Portugal. He made his one tournament appearance in the 3–0 quarter-final loss to the Czech Republic, replacing

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for the last 19 minutes at the

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. Capped 13 times, Madsen scored his only international goals on 18 August 2004 with a

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in a 5–1 friendly win away to Poland in

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Personal life

In March 2020, Madsen tested positive for

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during the current pandemic of the disease. He had been infected at a birthday party in

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, which he attended with former teammates

Christian Poulsen Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen (born 28 February 1980) is a Danish former footballer. After starting his career with Holbæk, he played for a number of European clubs as a defensive midfielder, winning the Danish Superliga championship with F. ...

and

Thomas Kahlenberg Thomas Zeuthen Kahlenberg (; born 20 March 1983) is a Danish former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He started his career with Brøndby IF, winning two Danish Superliga championship, and played four seasons at French club Auxer ...

. He was tested after Kahlenberg had been tested positive. Madsen's only symptom was a slight headache and he was placed in home quarantine.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Madsen goal.''

Honours

Brondby *

: 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02 *

: 1997–98 Individual *

top scorer: 2001–02 (22 goals)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Madsen, Peter 1978 births Living people People from Roskilde Association football wingers Danish footballers Denmark international footballers Denmark under-21 international footballers Brøndby IF players VfL Wolfsburg players VfL Bochum players 1. FC Köln players Southampton F.C. players Lyngby Boldklub players Danish Superliga players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players English Football League players UEFA Euro 2004 players 2002 FIFA World Cup players Danish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in England Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Danish expatriate sportspeople in England Sportspeople from Region Zealand