Klaus Thomsen ( Dat. Claus Thomsen ; born April 10, 1970 in Aarhus , Denmark ) is a former Danish footballer , a midfielder known for playing for Aarhus , Everton and the Danish national team . Member of the 1996 European Championships as well as the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona .
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| Born | May 31, 1970 (49 years old) Aarhus , Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 192 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Thomsen was born in Aarhus and began his career at a local club . In 1989, Klaus was called up to the youth team of Denmark , where he played as a central defender. In 1990, he was elected captain of the youth team. In the same year, Thomsen extended his contract with Aarhus, rejecting the offers of Brondby and B-1903 . In November 1991, the Scottish Celtic made a proposal regarding the transition of Klaus, but the deal fell through. In 1992, Thomsen won his only trophy - the Danish Cup .
In 1994, Klaus transferred to the English Ipswich Town . The transfer amount was £ 250 thousand. For the new club, he spent 97 matches and scored 8 goals. Thomsen became the team leader and, after three seasons, was sold for £ 900,000 at Everton . On April 16, 1997, in the Merseyside derby against Liverpool , he scored in his own net and became one of the meeting's antiheroes.
In 1998, he left England and returned to his homeland, signing a contract with AB . After playing for the new club for six months, Thomsen moved to the German Wolfsburg . In Germany, Klaus received very little playing time due to a large number of injuries. In April 2002, he completed his career as a football player.
International Career
In 1992, Thomsen took part in the Barcelona Summer Olympics . At the tournament, he was the team captain, took part in all three matches and became the author of the only goal against the Mexican team [1] .
In September 1995, Thomsen made his debut for the Danish national team . In 1996, Klaus was included in the application for participation in the European Championship in England . At the tournament, he took part in all three meetings against the national teams of Portugal [2] , Turkey [3] and Croatia [4] .
Achievements
Team
Aarhus
- Danish Cup Winner - 1991/92
Notes
- ↑ Denmark VS. Mexico 1: 1 (Russian) , fifa.com (June 8, 1992).
- ↑ Denmark VS. Portugal 1: 1 (Russian) , allsoccer.ru (June 9, 1996).
- ↑ Turkey VS. Denmark 0: 3 (Russian) , allsoccer.ru (June 19, 1996).
- ↑ Croatia VS. Denmark 3-0 (Rus.) , Allsoccer.ru (16 June 1996).
Links
- Soccerway Profile
- Danish national team stats at DBU.dk
- Danish Superliga stats at Superligaen.com