Jon Dahl Tomasson
Jon Dahl Tomasson 2008
Jon Dahl Tomasson ( born August 29, 1976 in Copenhagen ) is a retired Danish footballer. In the part of the name Dahl is not a first name, but his mother's surname.
Family
Tomasson's grandfather comes from Iceland, his mother's family, however, is from Finland.
Club career
1994-2002
Tomasson played with 17 years at SC Heerenveen in the Netherlands, for whom he scored 37 goals in three seasons and then moved to Newcastle United. In season in England he scored only three goals in 23 games; his contract was not renewed. He moved back to the Netherlands for Feyenoord Rotterdam. He was. Immediately with this team champion and won the UEFA Cup, in which he scored the 3-2 final victory against Borussia Dortmund 3:1
AC Milan
Instant courted him top clubs from Europe. Finally, the AC Milan won the Danes free transfer to himself. In his first year he could not prove its strengths as AC Milan played two more world -class striker and he was not often used. In his second season he was given by the violation of Filippo Inzaghi and more opportunities fell by numerous hits on.
VfB Stuttgart / Villarreal
With the beginning of the season 2005/2006 Jon Dahl Tomasson went for VfB Stuttgart hunting for goals. He signed a four-year contract. There, however, he could convince her and so was borrowed during the winter break of the 2006/07 season at Villarreal.
Officially, he was from 1 July 2007, at VfB Stuttgart under contract. However, Tomasson was there at just the squad of the second team. On 10 July 2007 Tomasson finally moved back to Villarreal.
Return to the Netherlands
But in the summer of next year Tomasson returned to the Netherlands. He signed with Feyenoord, where he has played from 1998 to 2002, a contract until 2011. At the end of the 2010/11 season Tomasson ended due to an injury he had sustained during the football World Cup 2010 in South Africa, its active career.
National
On March 29, 1997, he was in a qualifying match for the FIFA 1998 World Cup against Croatia (1-1) made his debut for the senior national team of Denmark; Tomasson came off the bench in that game in the 70th minute for Per Frandsen. The qualifier in Bosnia - Herzegovina on 20 August 1997 should remain Tomasson's last international match for the time being. In the last two qualifiers against Croatia and Greece, Tomasson was on the bench before he was not even nominated for some time. Also for the football World Cup finals in 1998, Tomasson was not nominated.
It was only on August 19, 1998, nearly a year after his last international match, Tomasson announced his return to the national team. In the 0-1 defeat against the Czech Republic Tomasson was in the starting line-up and, after 68 minutes replaced by Niclas Jensen. After this game, Tomasson made the breakthrough in the Danish national selection. In qualifying for the European Football Championship in 2000, Tomasson was then one of the party; qualifying for the European Championship finals you won but only in the play- offs against Israel. In the group stage they played against France, against the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. All three group games got you so Tomasson and Denmark had to go home after the first round.
The qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2002 was also achieved by the Scandinavians in Group 3 won at the first table space in front of the Czech Republic and Bulgaria; Tomasson contributed with three hits for the qualification at. In the European Championship finals group Denmark met Uruguay, on the Senegal and how two years ago at the European Championships, again in France, the former titleholder. After a 2-1 win against Uruguay by two goals, Tomasson, a 1-1 draw against World Cup newcomer from Senegal and a 2-0 win over France, where Tomasson scored the 2-0, sat down by the Danes first in Group A. In the second round to England proved (0:3) to be too large, so that " Danish Dynamite " had to go home.
In qualifying for the 2004 European Football Championship Denmark met with Norway, Luxembourg, Romania and Bosnia - Herzegovina. In this group, Denmark finished with 15 points, in front of the neighbors from Norway, who had only one point less, the first place in the table, which was equivalent to the direct qualification for the finals. Tomasson contributed five goals in qualifying (including a brace against Norway) to qualify for. In the final round of Denmark met in Group C Italy, Bulgaria and Sweden. After a 0-0 draw against Italy won Denmark, also thanks to Jon Dahl Tomasson, 2-0 against Bulgaria. For the Italians, who were against Bulgaria in a tight spot in the run was a " Scandinavian conspiracy " talk of games; a 2-2 draw between Sweden and Denmark would both the Swedes and the Danes are sufficient, while Italy itself would be forced out with a win against Bulgaria. The encounter ( between Denmark and Sweden) ended, despite two Tomasson hit, 2:2, making Denmark and Sweden reached the quarter- finals, while Italy had to go home. In the quarter finals but lost 0-3 to Denmark Czech Republic. In Group 2 of qualifying for World Cup 2006 Denmark played against Ukraine, Albania, Turkey, Georgia, Greece and Kazakhstan. Despite five goals from Jon Dahl Tomasson, Denmark failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. At the end of the qualification, the Danes occupied only the third place, behind Ukraine and Turkey.
In group F qualifying European Football Championship 2008 Denmark met Iceland, Northern Ireland, Liechtenstein, Spain, Sweden and Latvia. The qualification for Euro 2008 failed also. Despite five goals from Jon Dahl Tomasson Denmark finished only fifth place behind Spain, Sweden and Northern Ireland. In a scandalous context the European Championship qualifier is June 2, 2007 against Sweden. From a 0-3 down 3-3 ( Tomasson scored the 2:3 ) was. Until the 89th minute, this result had existed before team -mate Christian Poulsen his Swedish opponent Markus Rosenberg fouled in the Danish goal. The German referee Herbert Fandel decided after discussion to a dismissal of Poulsen and penalty for Sweden. Then Fandel was attacked by a Danish followers. This meant that the game was canceled and was seen at the green table 3-0 for Sweden.
On 20 August 2008 denied Jon Dahl Tomasson, against Spain, his 100th game. More successful than the last two qualifying rounds was the qualification for the World Cup 2010. Played here against Denmark Hungary, Portugal, Malta, Albania and Sweden again. In qualifying Group 1 Denmark closed with a two point lead before by Portugal and the neighboring country of Sweden. However Tomasson succeeded in qualifying a goal. At the World Cup Denmark played in the group stage against the Netherlands, Cameroon and against Japan. After a 0-2 defeat against the Netherlands and a 2-1 win against Cameroon against Japan had every chance in hand to reach the knockout stages. Despite a goal from Jon Dahl Tomasson, his first goal in two years, the Danes did not carry the 1:3 and thus eliminated from the World Cup. The group game against Japan was also Tomasson last of 112 internationals. In August 2010, Jon Dahl Tomasson said, with his goal against Japan with Poul Nielsen equaling (both 52 goals), announced his retirement from the national team. Until his retirement he was not captain of the national team.
Career as a coach
For the season 2011/12 he joined his first job in the coach area, when he took over the post of assistant coach at Excelsior Rotterdam.
Achievements / Title
- Dutch Championship: Champion 1999
- Dutch Supercup: 1999
- UEFA Cup: Victory 2002
- UEFA Champions League: winner in 2003 and finalist 2005
- Coppa Italia: Winner 2003
- Italian Championship: Champion 2004 and Vice Champion 2005
Awards
- Denmark's player of the year in 2002 and 2004
- Football Talent of the Year of the Netherlands in 1996
- Bronze Shoe of the Football World Cup 2002
- All- star team of Euro 2004