Jeppe Lund Curth (born 21 March 1984) is a Danish former professionalfootballer who played as aforward. He played 43 matches and scored 15 goals for various Danish youth national teams, most recently theDanish national under-21 team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jeppe Lund Curth | ||
Date of birth | (1984-03-21)21 March 1984 (age 41) | ||
Place of birth | Farum, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Hillerød GI | |||
?–2001 | Farum | ||
2001–2005 | Feyenoord | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2005 | →Excelsior (loan) | 19 | (8) |
2005–2014 | AaB | 229 | (52) |
2013–2014 | →FC Midtjylland (loan) | 9 | (3) |
2014–2017 | Viborg FF | 75 | (18) |
Total | 432 | (81) | |
International career | |||
2000 | Denmark U16 | 3 | (2) |
2000–2001 | Denmark U17 | 11 | (1) |
2001–2003 | Denmark U19 | 14 | (10) |
2002 | Denmark U18 | 1 | (0) |
2003 | Denmark U20 | 5 | (0) |
2004–2006 | Denmark U21 | 10 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Career
editCurth signed his first youth contract with Danish clubFarum BK when he turned 16. He was called up for various Danish youth national teams, debuting for the under-16 squad in March 2000. After several training sessions with Dutch clubFeyenoord, he was brought into the youth setup of the club in April 2001. From 2001 to 2003, Curth scored ten goals in 13 games for the Danish under-19 national team, and he was named 2002Danish Young Player of the Year.
He had a hard time forcing his way into the Feyenoord line-up. He wasloaned out to teamExcelsior, based in Rotterdam like Feyenoord, for the 2004–05 season, where he made his senior debut and scored eight goals in 19 games. When his contract with Feyenoord expired in July 2005, he returned to Denmark to play forAaB in theDanish Superliga. In his first time with AaB, Curth played both as anattacking midfielder and forward, before settling as the striking partner ofSweden international forwardRade Prica in the2006–07 Superliga season.
On 10. June 2014, Curth signed withViborg FF on a free transfer. Curth retired in August 2017.[1]
Honours
editAaB
- Danish Superliga: 2008, 2014
- Danish Cup: 2014
Individual
- Danish Young Player of the Year: 2002
- Danish Superliga top goalscorer:2008
References
edit- ^Afsked med Jeppe Curth på søndagArchived 5 August 2017 at theWayback Machine‚ vff.dk, 3 August 2017
External links
edit- Jeppe Curth national team profile at theDanish Football Association(in Danish)
- Jeppe Curth atDR(in Danish) (archived)