Per Krøldrup
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Per Billeskov Krøldrup | ||
| Date of birth | 31 July 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Farsø, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1][2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1994 | Farsø/Ullits IK | ||
| 1994–1998 | Aalborg Chang | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2001 | B.93 | 57 | (8) |
| 2001–2005 | Udinese | 91 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | Everton | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2012 | Fiorentina | 117 | (3) |
| 2013 | Pescara | 5 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Olhanense | 17 | (4) |
| Total | 288 | (18) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2010 | Denmark | 33 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Per Billeskov Krøldrup (born 31 July 1979) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a defender.
He has played 33 games for the Denmark national team, and was part of their squad for the 2004 European Championship.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Born in Farsø, Krøldrup started his footballing career at Danish lower league clubs Farsø/Ullits IK and Aalborg Chang. He then went on to play for Copenhagen-based B.93 in the second-tier Danish 1st Division before transferring to Udinese in the Italian top-flight Serie A championship in 2001. In his final season at the club, they finished fourth and qualified for the UEFA Champions League.[3]
Everton
[edit]In June 2005, Krøldrup moved from Udinese to English club Everton on a four-year deal for a transfer fee of £5million.[4] Before having played a single game for the club, he suffered a groin injury and had to undergo surgery.[4] He made his debut for Everton on 26 December 2005[5] in a 4-0 defeat to Aston Villa, which was to be his only league game for the club.[6]
His Everton career was later described as one of the worst transfers in the history of the club and English football,[7][8] and Krøldrup has stated his difficulties of adapting to the physical aspects of the English game.[9]
Fiorentina
[edit]Krøldrup transferred back to Italy on 19 January 2006, when he joined ACF Fiorentina, 31 days after his Everton debut.
Following the 2006 Serie A scandal, where several clubs were on trial for match fixing, Fiorentina were initially relegated to Serie B in July 2006. Krøldrup was amongst the players wanting to leave. However, as Fiorentina made an appeal to the Italian Football Federation, the club remained in Serie A and most of their players, including Krøldrup, remained with the Florence club. He made his Champions League debut on 12 August 2008 against Slavia Prague, a 2–0 win for La Viola.
Krøldrup's contract with Fiorentina was set to expire in June 2010, but on 17 May 2010 he signed a new deal that expired in 2012.[10]
Pescara and Olhanense
[edit]On 8 March 2013, Krøldrup signed a short-term contract with Serie A club Delfino Pescara 1936 for the rest of the 2012–13 season.[11]
After a Summer as a free agent, he signed for Olhanense of the Portuguese Primeira Liga on 1 October 2013.[12]
International career
[edit]At Udinese, Krøldrup played alongside Danish national team player Martin Jørgensen, who claimed that Krøldrup was ready for the Danish national team in March 2002.[13] Krøldrup was not called up for the national team until February 2004, making his debut against Turkey.[14] He was a part of the Danish squad for the 2004 European Championship, though he did not play any games at the tournament.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Per Krøldrup". ACF Fiorentina. Archived from the original on 14 November 2011.
- ^ "FIFA.com – 2010 FIFA World Cup – per KROLDRUP". Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ "CNN.com – Kroldrup poised to join Fiorentina – Jan 19, 2006".
- ^ a b Per Krøldrup – Defender Archived 2 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine ToffeeWeb.com
- ^ "Aston Villa 4-0 Everton". 26 December 2005.
- ^ Per Krøldrup at Soccerbase
- ^ Michael Kettiros, Top Ten: Players who made us both laugh and cry, Liverpool Echo, 21 February 2009.
- ^ Bill Edgar, Top 50 worst transfers, The Times, 18 July 2007
- ^ Dominic King, Fiorentina v Everton: Per Kroldrup admits he couldn't cope with the Premier League, Liverpool Echo, 6 March 2008
- ^ Kroldrup signs new Fiorentina deal, Ontheminute.com, 17 May 2010
- ^ Officielt: Krøldrup på plads i Pescara, Ekstra Bladet, 8 March 2013
- ^ "Former Everton Defender per Kroldrup Set for Olhanense Move". October 2013.
- ^ (in Danish) Kurt Lassen, "Thomas Helveg melder afbud til testkamp", Berlingske Tidende, 19 March 2002
- ^ a b (in Danish) Per Krøldrup – Alle hold (Alle kampe)
External links
[edit]- Per Billeskov Kroldrup – Profile ACF Fiorentina official site
- English Viola[dead link]
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from Vesthimmerland Municipality
- Danish men's footballers
- Denmark men's international footballers
- Boldklubben af 1893 players
- Udinese Calcio players
- Everton F.C. players
- ACF Fiorentina players
- Delfino Pescara 1936 players
- S.C. Olhanense players
- Aalborg Chang players
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- Serie A players
- Premier League players
- Primeira Liga players
- Danish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- Men's association football defenders
- Footballers from the North Jutland Region
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in England