Jesper Grønkjær

Jesper Grønkjær
	Grønkjær with Birmingham City in 2004
Personal information
Date of birth	12 August 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Godthåb, Greenland
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Winger; Second striker;
Youth career
	Thisted
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1998	AaB
1998–2000	Ajax
2000–2004	Chelsea
2004–2005	Birmingham City
2005	Atlético Madrid
2005–2006	VfB Stuttgart
2006–2011	Copenhagen
Total
National team
1993	Denmark U-16
1992–1994	Denmark U-17
1994–1997	Denmark U-19
1996–1999	Denmark U-21
1999–2010	Denmark
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jesper Grønkjær (da; born 12 August 1977) is a Danish former professional footballer, who most recently worked as a pundit for Scandinavian media network Viaplay.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe/Royal League		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
AaB	1995–96	Superliga	29	3			–		8^[a]	0	37	3
	1996–97	Superliga	28	1			–		–		28	1
	1997–98	Superliga	29	6			–		–		29	6
	Total		86	10			–		8	0	94	10
Ajax	1998–99	Eredivisie	25	8	4	2	–		4^[a]	0	33	10
	1999–2000	Eredivisie	25	3	1	0	–		4^[b]	0	30	3
	2000–01	Eredivisie	5	1	0	0	–		1^[b]	1	6	2
	Total		55	12	5	2	0	0	9	1	69	15
Chelsea	2000–01	Premier League	14	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	16	3
	2001–02	Premier League	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
	2002–03	Premier League	30	4	5	1	2	0	2^[b]	0	39	5
	2003–04	Premier League	31	2	4	0	3	0	10^[a]	1	48	3
	Total		88	7	14	3	5	0	12	1	119	11
Birmingham City	2004–05	Premier League	16	0	0	0	2	1	–		18	1
Atlético Madrid	2004–05	La Liga	16	0	1	0	–		–		17	0
VfB Stuttgart	2005–06	Bundesliga	25	0	2	0	1	0	7^[b]	0	35	0
Copenhagen	2006–07	Superliga	21	5	4	0	–		11^[a]	2	36	7
	2007–08	Superliga	25	3	3	1	–		7	1	35	5
	2008–09	Superliga	14	2	0	0	–		2^[b]	0	16	2
	2009–10	Superliga	29	2	1	0	–		12	4	42	6
	2010–11	Superliga	25	4	1	0	–		12^[a]	2	38	6
	Total		114	16	9	1	–		44	9	167	26
Career total			400	45	31	6	8	1	80	11	519	63

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Appearances in UEFA Cup

International

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Grønkjær goal.

List of international goals scored by Jesper Grønkjær
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 April 2001	Copenhagen, Denmark	Slovenia	1–0	3–0	Friendly
2	26 May 2002	Wakayama, Japan	Tunisia	1–0	2–1	Friendly
3	7 June 2003	Copenhagen, Denmark	Norway	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifier
4	20 August 2003	Copenhagen, Denmark	Finland	1–0	1–1	Friendly
5	18 June 2004	Braga, Portugal	Bulgaria	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2004

Honours

Ajax

KNVB Cup: 1998–99

Copenhagen

Individual

Danish Under-19 Player of the Year: 1995
TIPS-bladet's Player of the Year: 2006–07
TIPS-bladet's Autumn Profile: 2007
Team of the Year: 2007
Danish Superliga Profile of the Year: 2007
Danish Superliga Player of the Year: 2007

References

↑ "Landsholdsdatabasen spiller information: Jesper Grønkjær" [National team database player information: Jesper Grønkjær] (in Danish). Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU). Retrieved 5 December 2017.

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[UCL-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

[UC-3] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Appearances in UEFA Cup

[1] "Landsholdsdatabasen spiller information: Jesper Grønkjær" [National team database player information: Jesper Grønkjær] (in Danish). Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU). Retrieved 5 December 2017.

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