Daniel Agger
Daniel Agger in 2012
Daniel Munthe Agger ( born December 12, 1984 Hvidovre, Denmark ) is a Danish football player. He plays as a central defender for the Danish national team and for the Premier League club Liverpool.
Biography
Daniel Agger played in his childhood for the club Rosenhøj Bold club he left in 1996 at the age of twelve years to play for the youth team of the Danish first division club Brøndby IF. After the Swedish international Andreas Jakobsson Brøndby IF had left in July 2004 Agger made the jump to the A-Team. He quickly established himself there to the regulars and had contributed to the success of the team that was in season 2004/ 05 Master of the Danish Superliga. Under the influence of team captain Per Nielsen Agger matured despite his young age to a player with great authority on the field and was elected in 2004 by Spillerforeningen ( the Danish equivalent of the English PFA) to the talent of the year.
After a successful season in the Super League Agger was appointed to the Danish national team, and was, like his teammate Rasmus Würtz, on 2 June 2005 in a friendly against Finland his debut for the A-National Team (Denmark won the game 1-0). The next national game played Agger, the friendly against England on August 17 , 2005 was (Denmark won the game 4:1), in which he caused problems especially the English striker Wayne Rooney.
In September 2005, he retired during a match in the Danish Superliga an injury that put him for the rest of the year out of action.
Daniel Agger was elected on December 6, 2005 Danish Talent of the Year in the entire field of sports.
In the transfer window in January 2006, Agger moved to the English Premiere League club Liverpool FC, the reigning at this time Champions League title holders. January 12 2006 Agger signed a four and a half year contract was valued at 5.8 million pounds on the one hand to the most expensive soccer player, a Danish club sold to a foreign club, and on the other hand, the most expensive defender, the Liverpool ever bought. Various injury meant, however, that he was able to play only four games for his new team in the spring of 2006.
In May 2006, he was selected as a player for the Danish U -21 National Team for the U- 21 Championship 2006. Overall Agger played ten matches and scored three goals for the U -21 national team.
At the start of the 2006/07 season Agger was fully ready and took over the place in central defense by former Finnish national captain Sami Hyypia.
His first goal for Liverpool Agger scored August 26, 2006 in a 2-1 victory against West Ham United; the gate was chosen by " Match of the Day " by the BBC for " Goal of the Month ". On 4 October 2006 him the "PFA 's Fan Award" for outstanding and consistent performance was presented in September.
His first Champions League goal for Liverpool he scored on 1 May 2007, 1:0 - (4:1 n E. ) victory against Chelsea in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final. He equaled the defeat in the first leg; after the penalty shoot-out took Liverpool to the final, which they lost to AC Milan.
In the season 07 /08 Agger seriously injured after six games and fell for the rest of the season with a broken foot. The following season he ran on 8 Gameday for the first time in over a year for Liverpool in the Premier League on. Although he was fit again, Agger stayed in this season mostly behind the spare set central defenders Martin Škrtel and Jamie Carragher. Nevertheless, he extended his contract in May 2009 in Liverpool until 2014.
Achievements
- 2004/ 05: Danish Football Cup with Brøndby IF
- 2004/ 05: Danish Superliga with Brøndby IF
- 2006/ 07: Community Shield with Liverpool
- 2011/12: League Cup with Liverpool