Thomas Bælum

Thomas Bælum
Personal information
Full name Thomas Bælum
Date of birth (1978-11-05) 5 November 1978
Place of birth Aalborg, Denmark
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Grauballe UGF
Youth career
Aalborg Chang
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1996–2003 AaB 179 (0)
2004–2006 MSV Duisburg 77 (3)
2006–2008 Willem II 62 (1)
2009–2011 Silkeborg 22 (0)
2011– Grauballe UGF
National team
1997–1999 Denmark U21 18 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 10, 2011.

† Appearances (goals)

Thomas Bælum (born 5 June 1978) is a Danish professional footballer defender, who is now a player-coach for Danish Serie 3 side Grauballe UGF. Bælum has played 18 games for the Danish national U21 team.

Career

Born in Aalborg,[1] Bælum made his debut in professional football with local club Aalborg Boldspilklub (AaB) in the 1996–97 Superliga season. He helped AaB win the 1998–99 Superliga championship, as well as reaching two Danish Cup finals. In the winter 2003, he moved abroad to play for MSV Duisburg in Germany. He helped Duisburg win promotion for the top-flight Bundesliga in the summer 2005. When Duisburg were swiftly relegated back into the 2. Bundesliga in the summer 2006, he moved to Dutch club Willem II Tilburg in the Eredivisie where he spent two seasons, playing 62 league games and scoring one goal. Bælum was signed by the Danish second level side Silkeborg IF in the summer of 2008.

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 "Thomas Bælum". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

External links

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