Peter Degn (born April 6, 1977) is a Danish former professional

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. He has played 25 games and scored three goals for the

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Biography

Born in

Ebeltoft Ebeltoft is an old port town on the central east coast of Denmark with a population of 7,287 (1 January 2025).Aarhus Gymnastik Forening Aarhus Gymnastikforening (; commonly known as AGF ) is a professional sports club based in Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark. Founded in 1880, it is one of the oldest clubs in the country where gymnastics and fencing were featured as its main sports. How ...

(AGF) in the top-flight

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championship. He got his national breakthrough in the 1996

Danish Cup The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will ...

final, when he scored the first goal in the 2–0 win against

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 ...

. He was subsequently called up for the Danish national youth selections, and played a total 26 youth national games until December 1999. In February 1999, Degn was bought by English club Everton in the top-flight

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. Never a success at Everton, he played four league games as a substitute in his two and a half seasons at the club. He was loaned out to his former club AGF in October 2000, but even though AGF wanted to sign a permanent

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with Degn, they could not agree on the price with Everton. In July 2001, Degn moved back to Denmark, when he signed a four-year contract with Superliga team

. Out of form, Degn did not find much playing time at Brøndby either. He was loaned out to Vejle Boldklub in the secondary

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in the fall 2002. He made his debut in September 2002, and quickly secured a place in Vejle's starting line-up. At the end of the season, Brøndby showed no interest in using Degn. He was loaned out to Vejle yet again, where he was named

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. Having played little more than a year at Vejle, he moved back to the top-flight Superliga in January 2004, when he was bought by

Silkeborg IF Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became ...

. These days Peter is still a little active in football, now playing for his childhood club, Ebeltoft I.F. in his spare time. He is also now the owner of a pub in

Ebeltoft Ebeltoft is an old port town on the central east coast of Denmark with a population of 7,287 (1 January 2025).Danish Cup The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will ...

: 1996

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Degn, Peter 1977 births Living people People from Ebeltoft Danish men's footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Everton F.C. players Brøndby IF players Vejle Boldklub players Silkeborg IF players Premier League players Danish Superliga players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Men's association football midfielders Footballers from the Central Denmark Region Danish expatriate sportspeople in England