Michael Krohn-Dehli

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Michael Krohn-Dehli
Personal information
Date of birth	June 6, 1983 (1983-06-06) (age 25)
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Ajax
Number	28
Youth clubs
	Rosenhoj BK Hvidovre IF Brøndby IF Ajax
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-2006 2006- 2007	RKC Waalwijk Ajax → Sparta Rotterdam (loan)	48 (2) 04 (0) 12 (1)
National team2
2006-	Denmark	01 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 9, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of August 19, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Michael Krohn-Dehli (born June 6, 1983 in Copenhagen) is a Danish footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Ajax.

Krohn-Dehli played for a number of Danish clubs before joining Ajax from Brøndby IF. Krohn-Dehli excelled as a youth team player for Ajax under Danny Blind. In 2004 however, he was allowed to leave Ajax by manager Ronald Koeman and he joined RKC Waalwijk on a free transfer. There he made his professional debut on August 15, 2004 in a goalless draw against FC Groningen. Two years later, he was re-signed by Ajax on a free transfer until 2009. He made his debut for the Denmark national football team in an Euro 2008 qualification match against Liechtenstein on October 11, 2006. After the winter break with only three appearances for Ajax he was sent on loan to Sparta Rotterdam on January 31, 2007 for the remainder of the season. Five days later he made his first out of 12 appeareances for Sparta against Roda JC.^[1] After his spell at Sparta and the summer break he returned to Ajax for the 2007-08 season.

[edit] Statistics

Season	Club	Competition	Apps	Goals
2004/05	RKC Waalwijk	Eredivisie	31	2
2005/06	RKC Waalwijk	Eredivisie	17	0
2006/07	Ajax	Eredivisie	3	0
2006/07	Sparta Rotterdam	Eredivisie	12	1
2007/08	Ajax	Eredivisie	1	0
Total			64	3

[edit] References

• Voetbal International website and 2007/2008 presentation magazine

[edit] External links

• Voetbal International profile
• Official Ajax profile
• Danish national team profile

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