Jesper Bech (born 25 May 1982) is a Danish former professional footballer. He played as a

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. He has gained two caps for the Denmark national team.

Biography

Bech played his youth years for

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, B 1903, Lyngby BK and KB. He got his national breakthrough with F.C. Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga championship, where he debuted in April 2004. He scored seven goals in nine games during his first season, and helped the club win the

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title as well as the 2004 Danish Cup trophy. In the following season, sharp competition from strikers Alvaro Santos and

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kept Bech out of his preferred striker role. He was either used as a substitute, or in the role of winger. Bech transferred to

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club Malmö FF in the summer 2005. At Malmö, he looked to replace

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striker Markus Rosenberg before the UEFA Champions League qualification, but Bech never got a breakthrough at the club. Following one year at Malmö, he moved back to Denmark to play for Esbjerg fB in the summer 2006. In the first half of the 2006–07 Superliga season, Bech rediscovered his goal scoring form, and was at a time the joint top goalscorer of the league. On 15 November 2006 he got his Danish national team debut in a friendly match against the Czech Republic, when he came on the pitch in the second half, as a substitute for Peter Løvenkrands.

Honours

* Danish Superliga: 2004 * Danish Cup: 2004

External links

Career stats
at Danmarks Radio
Danish national team profile

Jesper Bech
on FC Roskilde * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bech, Jesper 1982 births Living people Danish footballers Denmark international footballers Denmark under-21 international footballers Denmark youth international footballers IF Skjold Birkerød players F.C. Copenhagen players Malmö FF players Esbjerg fB players Silkeborg IF players Danish Superliga players Allsvenskan players Danish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Sweden Association football forwards FC Roskilde players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Boldklubben 1903 players Lyngby Boldklub players Kjøbenhavns Boldklub players