Per Krøldrup

Per Billeskov Krøldrup ( born July 31, 1979 in Farsø ) is a Danish football player.

Club career

Krøldrup began his career in the youth of his home club Farsø Ullits. Followed in 1994 with the change in the youth of Aalborg Chang his first career move. When small Aalborg club he matured unnoticed by all Danish youth selections for defensive talent approach, before he was taken in 1998 at the age of 18 years by the then Danish second division club B.93 Copenhagen under contract.

When traditional Copenhagen training club he gained surprisingly then immediately secured a regular place in the center of defense and played a strong debut season. B93 could with 39 goals conceded post the second best defense in the league, what the team owed ​​to a large extent its strong performance. Together with David Rasmussen he was regarded as the discovery of the season. The following season he was already an indispensable member of the team and was at the age of 19 as the youngest defensive organizer of the league. In addition to his strong defensive play, he convinced with five goals this season in the offensive, after which he became a coveted transfer share. After the summer transfer period ended his contract, he decided a change to Italy Udinese Calcio.

Actually planned as a perspective player for the youth team, he came under coach Luciano Spalletti already in his debut season to a total of ten league operations team scores a goal in Serie A. In the following season, he was promoted by Spalletti further and installed alongside veteran Roberto Néstor Sensini as -budgetary central defender. The back four with Mirko Pieri and Marek Jankulovski on the outer positions was then developed for the showpiece of the team, with Krøldrup ostensibly played an ultra - defensive part and had almost entirely neutralizing the opponent's star striker to the task.

For the season 2004 /05 Udinese was thanks to his duos Iaquinta / Di Michele put accents on the offensive and was located in the upper third of the table set. The club managed to table a fourth qualifying spot for the Champions League and was regarded as one of the positive surprise teams of the season. Krøldrup in the meantime to the seasoned series was A defender has matured and was able to choose from several contract offers larger clubs.

The traditional club Liverpool FC Everton subsequently received for nearly seven million euros the contract. The Tofees he was scheduled as a regular player, which should replace the outdated years David Weir. Even before his first competition game for Everton but he was injured severely at the bar and fell for the first time in a long time. It was only on December 26, 2005, he made ​​his debut for Everton in the Premier League against Aston Villa. Everton lost 4-0, the fourth highest away defeat in the club's history. Krøldrup had formed with Joseph Yobo 's central defense, the Toffees was totally overwhelmed and the worst player of his team. There followed a media player execution after the game. This was his career in Liverpool after just one game as good as over. Krøldrup, as well as the club then pushed for a change, the vonstattenging during the winter break when he moved to Fiorentina for almost four million euros back to Italy. Krøldrup had to be recorded in his six months at Everton only use 147 minutes and was chosen of all time due to its high transfer fee from the Times to the worst Premier League transfers.

Back in Italy, he obtained under coach Cesare Prandelli reflect the status of the master player and able to build on his achievements already shown earlier. Since then he plays with Fiorentina in the upper third of the table in Serie A and is considered one of the two most skilled players in the league. In the season 2007/ 08 he formed together with Tomáš Ujfaluši the strongest central defensive duo in the league, when Florence had conceded just 31 goals conceded. In the seasons 2008/ 09 and 2009/10 he played with the Tuscans in the UEFA Champions League. In the 2009/10 season he scored once ( against Bayern ). On 17 May 2010 he extended his contract until 2012. He came in the 2010/11 season in only 19 locations are used. In the 2011/12 season played Krøldrup, also because of injuries in any single game. His contract was not renewed.

In March 2013, the actor was committed without clubs from relegation Italian first division Delfino Pescara 1936.

National

Krøldrup be considered a late starter at international level for Denmark, since he was drafted in any youth team of his country. He has been a regular for Udinese, as he made his debut on 18 February 2004 at the 0:1 away win in a friendly against Turkey in the Danish national football team. It was followed by four more friendlies before he was surprisingly nominated in the final squad of Denmark for the European Football Championship 2004. However, in the course of the tournament, he was next to Thomas Kahlenberg the only outfield player has not been used.

Up to half a year of injuries and form- related time out during his stay at Everton, he has since fully regular in the center of defense of the Danes.

In 2010 he took part in the Football World Cup in South Africa, but remained goalless.

Others

With two transfers from Udinese to Everton and then back to Italy to Florence, he became indirectly the savior of his youth club Aalborg Chang. This was slipped at the end of the 2004 into bankruptcy and was just ahead of the resolution. Due to the high transfer fees, who changed the club with two transfers of Krøldrup also conceded Chang twice a high training compensation, whereby the club could continue to exist.