Thomas Dalgaard (born 13 April 1984) is a former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Dalgaard began to play football in 2001 in the youth side for Nykøbing Mors IF before joining

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in summer 2003 . Dalgaard began his professional career with

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. In summer 2006 he joined

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, where he scored 10 goals in 31

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matches. In January 2008 he left Denmark to sign with Turkish

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side

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, and extended his contract with his youth club on 14 April 2009. On 31 July 2014, after having played two seasons for

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, Dalgaard signed a three-year deal with Dutch

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side

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. After six disappointing months, without a single goal for Heerenveen, Dalgaard returned to Denmark once more, signing with OB on loan in February 2015. He played for

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between 2018 and 2020. In January 2020, he moved to

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in the Danish third tier. After the season, Dalgaard announced his retirement from football as a result of uncertainty surrounding the

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. However, Dalgaard later announced that he would continue to play for

's second team in the

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. Dalgaard also revealed, that he would be available for the first team in the

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, but that it wasn't his plan to play for them, unless it was necessary. In November and December, Dalgaard was used in two games for the club's Danish 1st Division team and in January 2021 it was confirmed, that he had been training continuously with the first team. Later in January 2021, he also appeared in the first team squad on the club's website with shirt number 55. On 14 May 2021, Skive confirmed, that Dalgaard would leave the club and retire at the end of the season.Thomas Dalgaard stopper karrieren
bold.dk, 14 May 2021

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* * 1984 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Randers FC players Manisaspor footballers Skive IK players Viborg FF players SC Heerenveen players Odense Boldklub players Sønderjyske Fodbold players Vendsyssel FF players Young Boys FD players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Danish 2nd Division players Süper Lig players Eredivisie players Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Danish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Men's association football forwards VSK Aarhus players 21st-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-footy-forward-stub