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

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who played as a

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, notably for Dutch club

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football, football department, which has pla ...

and German club

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach, better known as Borussia Mönchengladbach () and colloquially known as just Gladbach, is a professional Association football, football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-W ...

. 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

Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (after Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2025, the city proper had a population of 185,480 while Odense Municipality had a population of 210, ...

, 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 of Odense, in southern Denmark. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play ...

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

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 André Ooijer. The season ended with PSV winning both the 2005 Eredivisie and Dutch Cup trophies. In the summer 2005, he moved on to play for

in the German

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. On 27 August 2005, Bøgelund scored a goal against

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, w ...

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

Aalborg Boldspilklub Aalborg Boldspilklub is a Danish sports club based in the city of Aalborg. The club is also known as AaB for short (cf. logo) or Aalborg BK. Through time the club has had branches in cricket, tennis, ice hockey, team handball, handball, and baske ...

(AaB). He competed in the

2008–09 UEFA Champions League The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, on 27 May 2009. ...

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

References

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