Kaspar Buhl Dalgas (born 11 May 1976) is a Danish former professional

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who was the joint top scorer of the 2001–02 Danish Superliga season with 22 goals in 31 games. He represented the Denmark U21 team once, in 1997.

Career

Dalgas spent his youth years at

Vejle Boldklub Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six ...

, alongside

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, and made his senior debut for the club in April 1995. He was called up for the Denmark under-21 national team in September 1997, and played a single game for the team. Dalgas played several seasons as an

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for Vejle, but following the club's difficulties in remaining in the top-flight

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division, he moved to Superliga club

Odense Boldklub Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city of Odense, in southern Denmark. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play ...

(OB) in 2001. At OB he experienced a short, but extremely successful, stint, playing as a forward. His year at the club resulted in 22 league goals and the joint league top scorer title with

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from

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a Danish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Brøndbyvester. Brøndby IF denotes the professional football section of Brøndbyernes ...

. After the season, he was bought by new Brøndby IF coach

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. He would play all league matches in his first year at Brøndby, and Dalgas was named

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when he scored in the 2003

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3-0 final win against

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. Injuries ruined his next season, as he was struggling to recover from a complicated

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. He would not play a single match for Brøndby from April 2004 to November 2005. He came on as a substitute in the November 2005

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match against

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, which was to be his last professional game. Dalgas ended his career in March 2006, as a knee scan had shown no healing of his knee injury.

Honours

OB *

: 2001–02 Brøndby *

: 2002–03

Footnotes

External links

*
Brøndby IF profile

Vejle Boldklub profile
1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Vejle Municipality Danish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Vejle Boldklub players Odense Boldklub players Brøndby IF players Footballers from the Region of Southern Denmark {{Denmark-footy-forward-stub