Thomas Løvenkrands (born 30 May 1974) is a

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former professional

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player. He most recently played as a winger for Danish club

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. He is the older brother of Danish international winger Peter Løvenkrands.

Career

Løvenkrands began his career at

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(AB) in the top-flight

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in 1998, playing alongside his brother Peter Løvenkrands. He joined

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club

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in May 2000, after impressing then-manager

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during a testimonial match for veteran Saints forward Roddy Grant. After the

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club was relegated from the

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in 2002, they could no longer offer Løvenkrands a similar pay deal, leading to his departure from the club in the summer of 2003. He returned to Denmark to join Superliga club

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. Struggling to win a place in the starting line-up, he left the club in the summer 2006 to join league rivals

. In December 2007 he decided to end his career.

Later career

Since returning from professional football, Løvenkrads played in the Danish eight division, for

's second team in the Jutland Series and later also in the Danish

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for Sædding/G IF, where he - among others - played for former professional

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and his own son, Christian Løvenkrands. As of January 2021, 46-year old Løvenkrads was still active as a player for Sædding/G IF.Serie-stjerner: Forlod EfB grundet Troels Bech
bold.dk, 10 January 2021

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at Danmarks Radio 1974 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish Superliga players Akademisk Boldklub players St Johnstone F.C. players Esbjerg fB players Sønderjyske Fodbold players Scottish Premier League players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate footballers in Scotland Men's association football wingers People from Hørsholm Municipality Allerød FK players IF Skjold Birkerød players Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub