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Jon Dahl Tomasson
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Jon Dahl Tomasson is a Danish association football player and coach born in Copenhagen on August 29, 1976. A forward, he represented Denmark in the 2000 and 2004 UEFA European Championships, as well as the 2002 and 2010 FIFA World Cups. He played for Newcastle United F.C., Køge Boldklub, VfB Stuttgart, and Feyenoord Rotterdam, competing in the Bundesliga, Premier League, and Eredivisie.
Tomasson has coached Roda JC Kerkrade, Blackburn Rovers F.C., Excelsior Rotterdam, and Malmö FF. He speaks Danish and follows Lutheranism.
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Key facts
- 1992
- Denmark U16
- 1996
- Denmark B
- 2007
- → Villarreal (loan)
- 2014
- Roda JC
- Full name
- Jon Dahl Tomasson
- Date of birth
- ( 1976-08-29 ) 29 August 1976 (age 49)
- Place of birth
- Copenhagen , Denmark
- Height
- 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Positions
- Striker second striker
- 1984 1985
- Solrød
- 1985 1992
- Køge
- Years
- Team
- 1992 1994
- Køge
- 1994 1997
- Heerenveen
- 1997 1998
- Newcastle United
- 1998 2002
- Feyenoord
- 2002 2005
- AC Milan
- 2005 2007
- VfB Stuttgart
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Manager
- Nationality
- Denmark
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Copenhagen
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Danish
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2000
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Villarreal CF
- Position played
- forward
- League
- Eredivisie
- Country for sport
- Denmark
- Mass
- 72
- Image
- Dahl Thomasson 2021 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 182
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- Commons category
- Jon Dahl Tomasson
- date of birth
- 1976-08-29
- coach of sports team
- Sweden men's national football team
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 1
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Encyclopedic overview
Jon Dahl Tomasson ( Danish pronunciation: [ˈjoːn ˈtæːl ˈtsʰʌmæsʌn]; born 29 August 1976) is a Danish football manager and former player. He was most recently manager of the Sweden national team.
A forward, his most notable run of football came in his first stint at Feyenoord, with whom he won the 2002 UEFA Cup, and Italian club AC Milan, with whom he won the UEFA Champions League in 2003 and reached the final in 2005. He also played top-flight football in England, Germany and Spain. He is the joint all-time top goalscorer for the Denmark national team with 52 goals in 112 games and was also honoured with the Danish Player of the Year award in both 2002 and 2004. He played at the UEFA European Championship in 2000 and 2004 and the FIFA World Cup in 2002 and 2010.
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