Daniel Udsen (born 2 September 1983) is a former Faroese

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of Danish descent, whose primary position was in

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Club career

Udsen has previously played for

Hvidovre IF Hvidovre Idrætsforening, more commonly known as Hvidovre IF () is a Danish association football club from Hvidovre, Capital Region of Denmark. The club competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of Danish football, and plays its ...

and

Albertslund IF Albertslund is a Copenhagen suburb in Albertslund Municipality, Denmark. It is located west of central Copenhagen, with a population of around 30,000. Albertslund is a planned community or new town mainly built in the 1960s and 1970s. The sub ...

in Denmark. During his stay at Albertslund he was in the team that won the official Danish Indoor Football championship, after a 5–4 victory in the final against

Hellerup IK Hellerup IK or HIK is a Danish sport club from Hellerup. Their football team currently plays in the Danish 2nd Division, the third tier of the Danish football league system. HIK consists also of a handball and a tennis Tennis is a List of ...

, at the Aarup Sports Centre in January 2005. In the summer of 2005, he signed for

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, who were then playing in the

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. He debuted for the first team in August 2005 against

Farum BK Farum is a town on the northeast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark, 20 km northwest of Copenhagen. The town has a population of 20,369 (1 January 2025).

(consisting of the

FC Nordsjælland Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland () or FCN, is a professional Danish association football, football team from the North Zealand town of Farum. Founded as ''Farum Boldklub'' from the merger of the to ...

reserves) and also scored on his debut. In his first season at the club in the 2005–06 season, he scored 9 goals and helped the team win promotion to the

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when Greve Football won the

Pool 1. In the 2006/07 season, he made 25 appearances and scored 6 goals. During the summer in 2007, he signed a one-year contract with second division club

Fremad Amager Boldklubben Fremad Amager (meaning in English: The Ball Club Forward Amager; abbreviated Fremad A) is a Danish professional football club based in the district of Amager Vest, Copenhagen. As of the 2024–25 season, the club's senior men's team ...

. Udsen made his first team debut in the second division east match, against local rivals

B 1908 Boldklubben 1908 (B.1908 for short) is a Danish football club based in the district of Amager Vest, Copenhagen. The club's first team play in Denmark Series, the fifth tier of Danish football. The club play their home matches at Sundby Idrætspa ...

at the Sundby Sports Park on 5 August 2007. On 13 December 2011 he signed a contract with Danish club Elite 3000 Helsingør.

International career

On 3 September 2010, he made his international debut with the

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in a Euro 2012 qualifying match against

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and was substituted at half-time for

Christian Mouritsen Christian Restorff Mouritsen (born 3 December 1988) is a Faroese footballer who currently plays for 2. deild club FC Hoyvík as a forward or midfielder. Club career Mouritsen joined the Manchester City Academy in the 2005 and signed a 3-yea ...

Honours

* Winner of

2005/06

EB/Streymur EB/Streymur is a Faroe Islands, Faroese Professional sports, semi-professional football Football team, club based in Streymnes and Eiði. The club was founded in 1993, as result of the merger between Eiðis Bóltfelag, EB and Ítróttarfelagið S ...

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

and

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

References

Daniel Udsen stopper i FC Helsingør
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