Jeppe Lund Curth (born 21 March 1984) is a Danish former professional
footballer
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who played as a
forward. He played 43 matches and scored 15 goals for various Danish youth national teams, most recently the
Danish national under-21 team.
Career
Curth signed his first youth contract with Danish club
Farum 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 club
Feyenoord
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, 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 2002
Danish Young Player of the Year.
He had a hard time forcing his way into the Feyenoord line-up. He was
loaned out to team
Excelsior
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, 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 for
AaB in the
Danish Superliga
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. In his first time with AaB, Curth played both as an
attacking midfielder
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and forward, before settling as the striking partner of
Sweden international forward
Rade Prica
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in the
2006–07 Superliga season.
On 10. June 2014, Curth signed with
Viborg FF
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on a free transfer. Curth retired in August 2017.
Afsked med Jeppe Curth på søndag
‚ vff.dk, 3 August 2017
Honours
AaB
* Danish Superliga
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: 2008, 2014
* Danish Cup
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The winner will qu ...
: 2014
Individual
* Danish Young Player of the Year: 2002
* Danish Superliga
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top goalscorer: 2008
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References
External links
*
Career stats
at Danmarks Radio
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1984 births
Living people
People from Furesø Municipality
Association football forwards
Danish footballers
Denmark youth international footballers
Denmark under-21 international footballers
FC Nordsjælland players
Feyenoord players
Excelsior Rotterdam players
AaB Fodbold players
FC Midtjylland players
Eerste Divisie players
Danish Superliga players
Danish expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark