Per Frandsen
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| Per Frandsen | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Per Frandsen | |
| Date of birth | February 6, 1970 | |
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Height | 184 cm | |
| Position | Midfielder | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| BK Skjold B 93 |
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| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1988-1990 1990-1994 1994-1996 1996-1999 1999-2000 2000-2004 2004 |
B 1903 OSC Lille F.C. Copenhagen Bolton Wanderers Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Wigan Athletic |
25 (15) 109 (19) 55 (19) 130 (19) 31 (5) 135 (13) 9 (1) |
| National team | ||
| 1990-2003 | Denmark | 23 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Per Frandsen (born February 6, 1970) is a Danish former professional football (soccer) player, who most notably played as a midfielder for Bolton Wanderers. Frandsen played 23 matches for the Denmark national football team between 1990 and 2003 and he played for the national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
[edit] Biography
Born in Copenhagen, Frandsen had spells with local B 1903 before moving to France to play for Lille OSC. Frandsen returned home to Denmark to play for F.C. Copenhagen with whom he won the 1995 Danish Cup. He moved abroad once again in August 1996, this time to English club Bolton Wanderers for £1.25million. Playing in the English League's second tier, he made his debut for the club in a 1-1 draw at Port Vale before scoring his first goal for Bolton in the following game against Manchester City.
He soon earned a reputation as one of the best players outside the English Premiership division, and it was assumed that it would only be a matter of time before one of the bigger clubs came in for him. Instead he helped Bolton move up into the Premiership, and he was one of the few bright spots of the club's debut Premiership campaign which ended in swift relegation to the Nationwide League. In September 1999, Frandsen joined Blackburn Rovers for £1.75million. The decision was against the wishes of Bolton manager Colin Todd, who subsequently resigned.
Frandsen's stay at Ewood Park was far from happy. He failed to settle at the club, and at the end of the season he returned to Bolton for £1.6m. He is a true Bolton legend who turned in fine performance after fine performance. He played 304 first team games for the club in all competitions, scoring 38 goals in the process. Frandsen left Bolton Wanderers to join Wigan Athletic on a free transfer in June 2004, helping them get promoted to the Premiership. After playing well in his first time at the club, he received a servere cruciate ligament injury and he decided to retire in January 2005.
[edit] Honours
- Danish Cup : 1995
[edit] External links
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Denmark squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists | |
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1 Schmeichel | 2 Schjønberg | 3 Rieper | 4 Høgh | 5 Heintze | 6 Helveg | 7 Nielsen | 8 Frandsen | 9 Molnar | 10 M. Laudrup | 11 B. Laudrup | 12 Colding | 13 Laursen | 14 Wieghorst | 15 Tøfting | 16 Krogh | 17 Goldbæk | 18 Møller | 19 Sand | 20 Henriksen | 21 Jørgensen | 22 Kjær | Coach: Johansson |
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