Jeppe Curth

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.

Jeppe Curth
Personal information
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

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Curth 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]