Thomas Dalgaard (born 13 April 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Thomas Dalgaard
Dalgaard with Viborg FF in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-04-13) 13 April 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Nykøbing Mors, Denmark
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2001–2003 Nykøbing Mors IF
2003–2005 Silkeborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Skive 41 (42)
2006–2007 Randers 31 (10)
2008 Manisaspor 2 (0)
2008–2011 Skive 84 (40)
2012–2014 Viborg 74 (50)
2014–2015 Heerenveen 10 (0)
2015OB (loan) 9 (1)
2015–2016 SønderjyskE 21 (5)
2016–2017 Vendsyssel 27 (12)
2017–2018 Skive 31 (9)
2018–2020 Silkeborg KFUM
2020 VSK Aarhus 1 (0)
2020–2021 Skive IK 12 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Dalgaard began to play football in 2001 in the youth side for Nykøbing Mors IF before joining Silkeborg IF in summer 2003 .

Dalgaard began his professional career with Skive IK. In summer 2006 he joined Randers FC, where he scored 10 goals in 31 Danish Superliga matches.

In January 2008 he left Denmark to sign with Turkish Süper Lig side Manisaspor.[1] He only played two games for Manisaspor and was released in August after the club was relegated.

On 27 August 2008, he returned to Skive IK, and extended his contract with his youth club on 14 April 2009.

On 31 July 2014, after having played two seasons for Viborg FF, Dalgaard signed a three-year deal with Dutch Eredivisie side SC Heerenveen. After six disappointing months, without a single goal for Heerenveen, Dalgaard returned to Denmark once more, signing with OB on loan in February 2015.

He played for Silkeborg KFUM between 2018 and 2020.[2] In January 2020, he moved to VSK Aarhus in the Danish third tier.[3]

After the season, Dalgaard announced his retirement from football as a result of uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] However, Dalgaard later announced that he would continue to play for Skive IK's second team in the Jutland Series.[5] Dalgaard also revealed, that he would be available for the first team in the Danish 1st Division, but that it wasn't his plan to play for them, unless it was necessary. In November and December, Dalgaard was used in two games for the club's Danish 1st Division team and in January 2021 it was confirmed, that he had been training continuously with the first team.[6] Later in January 2021, he also appeared in the first team squad on the club's website with shirt number 55.

On 14 May 2021, Skive confirmed, that Dalgaard would leave the club and retire at the end of the season.[7]

Career statistics

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As of match played 26 November 2017[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Randers FC 2006–07 Superliga 16 3 0 0 16 3
2007–08 15 7 0 0 15 7
Total 31 10 0 0 31 10
Manisaspor 2007–08 Süper Lig 2 0 0 0 2 0
Skive IK 2008–09 1. Division 25 12 2 2 27 14
2009–10 27 12 0 0 27 12
2010–11 25 12 0 0 25 12
2011–12 7 4 0 0 7 4
Total 84 40 2 2 86 42
Viborg FF 2011–12 1. Division 9 5 0 0 9 5
2012–13 32 27 0 0 32 27
2013–14 Superliga 33 18 1 0 34 18
Total 74 50 1 0 75 50
Heerenveen 2014–15 Eredivisie 10 0 1 0 11 0
OB (loan) 2014–15 Superliga 9 1 0 0 9 1
SønderjyskE 2015–16 Superliga 21 5 2 0 0 0 23 5
Vendsyssel 2016–17 1. Division 27 12 2 0 1[a] 0 30 12
Skive IK 2017–18 1. Division 19 9 0 0 19 9
Career total 277 127 8 2 1 0 286 129
  1. ^ Appearance in the 1. Division play-offs

References

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  1. ^ Vestel Manisaspor Dalgaard ile anlaştı at CNNTurk.com
  2. ^ Thomas Dalgaard til KFUM‚ silkeborgkfum.dk, 11 July 2018
  3. ^ Blond, Mikael (27 January 2020). "2. div-klub håber på 35-årige Thomas Dalgaard". bold.dk. bold.dk. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. ^ Lillelund, Benjamin (17 April 2020). "VSK Aarhus kan miste tidligere superliga-topscorer efter én kamp" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. ^ Thomas Dalgaard fik tilbud: Klar for JS-hold, bold.dk, 20 September 2020
  6. ^ Tidligere Superliga-topscorer træner i divisionsklub: Må se, om jeg kan bruges, tipsbladet.dk, 12 January 2021
  7. ^ Thomas Dalgaard stopper karrieren, bold.dk, 14 May 2021
  8. ^ Thomas Dalgaard at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
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