Michael Krohn-Dehli

Michael Krohn-Dehli (Danish: [ˈmiˌkʰɛˀl ˈkʰʁoˀn ˈte̝ːli]; born 6 June 1983) is a Danish former professional footballer. He played mostly as an attacking midfielder, but was also deployed as a winger.

Michael Krohn-Dehli
Krohn-Dehli with Denmark at UEFA Euro 2012
Personal information
Full name Michael Krohn-Dehli[1]
Date of birth (1983-06-06) 6 June 1983[1]
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Rosenhøj BK
Hvidovre IF
2000–2002 Brøndby IF
2002–2004 AFC Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 RKC Waalwijk 48 (2)
2006–2008 Ajax 4 (0)
2006–2007 → Sparta Rotterdam (loan) 12 (1)
2008–2012 Brøndby IF 122 (26)
2012–2015 Celta 101 (3)
2015–2018 Sevilla 42 (2)
2018–2019 Deportivo La Coruña 25 (0)
National team
2000–2001 Denmark U19 5 (0)
2002–2004 Denmark U20 10 (4)
2004–2006 Denmark U21 8 (2)
2006–2018 Denmark 62 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

A technically gifted player, Krohn-Dehli started his professional career in the Netherlands, but would make his breakthrough for native childhood club, Brøndby IF, where he amassed 26 goals in 122 Danish Superliga appearances. This earned him a move to Celta in Spain, where he remained for the rest of his career, also representing Sevilla and Deportivo La Coruña.

A Danish international, Krohn-Dehli won 62 caps for the country, representing it at the 2018 World Cup and at Euro 2012.

Club career

Early career

Born in Copenhagen, Krohn-Dehli began playing football at Rosenhøj BK in Denmark. After that he played for Danish clubs Hvidovre IF and Brøndby IF.

In 2002, Krohn-Dehli joined Ajax from Brøndby. He 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 15 August 2004 in a goalless draw against Groningen.

Return to Ajax

Two years later, Krohn-Dehli was re-signed by Ajax on a free transfer until 2009. The midfielder made his debut for Ajax on 17 September 2006 in a 2–0 league win against Roda JC Kerkrade. After the winter break with only three appearances for Ajax he was sent on loan to Sparta Rotterdam on 31 January 2007 for the remainder of the season. Five days later he made his first out of 12 appearances for Sparta against Roda JC Kerkrade. After his spell at Sparta and the summer break he returned to Ajax for the 2007–08 season.

Return to Brøndby

Ajax announced on 29 August 2008 that they would transfer Krohn-Dehli to Danish club Brøndby IF.[2] He made his debut two days later on 31 August against FC Copenhagen.

Celta

On 21 August 2012, it was announced that Krohn-Dehli would be joining Celta de Vigo after completing a medical.[3] His performances in 2014 led to interest from Newcastle United.[4]

Sevilla

On 1 June 2015, Krohn-Dehli officially signed a two-year contract with fellow La Liga team Sevilla.[5][6]

On 28 April 2016, he dislocated his left kneecap shortly after being subbed on in the first UEFA Europa League semi-final at Arena Lviv against Shakhtar Donetsk, much to the dismay of both teammates and opponents.[7][8] He had knee surgery performed the following day at Clínica Sagrado Corazón de Sevilla after having flown back home with the rest of the squad.[9] Later that day, following the surgery, Sevilla FC released a statement on the club's website, revealing that he would miss seven to eight months of action, depending on his rehabilitation.[10] Almost six months later to the day, on 27 October, Sevilla released footage of a recovering Krohn-Dehli running on one of the club's training grounds.[11] One month later, Krohn-Dehli was back on the training pitch with the rest of the squad.[12]

Deportivo La Coruña

On 29 January 2018, Krohn-Dehli joined La Liga side Deportivo La Coruña on a free transfer and a one-and-a-half-year contract.[13] Following the club's relegation from the highest tier, Krohn-Dehli was released in July 2019.[14] On 10 July 2020, a year after leaving Deportivo, Krohn-Dehli announced through his agent that he had officially retired from professional football and would pursuit a career as a pundit.[15]

International career

Krohn-Dehli made his debut for the Denmark national football team in a Euro 2008 qualification match against Liechtenstein on 11 October 2006.

Krohn-Dehli scoring the winner against the Netherlands at Euro 2012

Krohn-Dehli scored the only goal in Denmark's 1–0 victory over the Netherlands in UEFA Euro 2012.[16] After that match, Krohn-Dehli said he was satisfied with scoring and told reporters after the game, "It's a little bit special for me as I played for eight years in Holland and have a Dutch girlfriend, so I think the whole family was cheering in Holland".[17] He also scored the lone goal for Denmark in the final group stage game against Germany, a 1–2 loss.

In May 2018 he was named in Denmark's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, returning after a 3 years absence.[18][19]

After the World Cup, he announced his retirement from the national team.[20]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[21][22]
Club Season League Cup[nb 1] Europe[nb 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
RKC Waalwijk 2004–05Eredivisie 312——312
2005–06 170——170
Total 4820000482
Ajax 2006–07Eredivisie 30——30
2007–08 10——10
Total 40000040
Sparta Rotterdam 2006–07Eredivisie 121——121
Brøndby IF 2008–09Superligaen 285—21306
2009–10 324—60384
2010–11 2912—503412
2011–12 2751021306
2012–13 60——60
Total 122261015213828
Celta Vigo 2012–13La Liga 34130—371
2013–14 31020—330
2014–15 36120—381
Total 101270001082
Sevilla 2015–16La Liga 27163140474
2016–17 2000—20
2017–18 1312030181
Total 42283170675
Deportivo La Coruña 2017–18La Liga 11000—110
2019–20Segunda División 14010—150
Total 25010—260
Career total 3543317332240338
  1. Includes Danish Cup, Copa del Rey
  2. Includes UEFA Europa League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup

International

Source:[23]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
TeamYearAppsGoals
Denmark
200610
2007––
200820
2009––
201080
2011104
2012112
2013110
201470
201590
2016––
2017––
201830
Total626

International goals
Denmark score listed first, score column indicates score after each Krohn-Dehli goal.
International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 March 2011Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia Slovakia2–12–1Friendly
2.7 October 2011GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus3–04–1Euro 2012 qualifier
3.11 October 2011Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark Portugal1–02–1
4.11 November 2011Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark Sweden2–02–0Friendly
5.9 June 2012Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine Netherlands1–01–0UEFA Euro 2012
6.17 June 2012Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine Germany1–11–2

Honours

Sevilla

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Denmark" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. "AFC Ajax" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 31 August 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  3. "Krohn-Dehli completes Spanish medical" (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  4. "Krohn-Dehli being chased by Newcastle United". Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  5. "EL SEVILLA FC FIRMA A MICHAEL KROHN-DEHLI PARA LAS DOS PRÓXIMAS TEMPORADAS". Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  6. "Sevilla confirm signing of Michael Krohn-Dehli". AS.com. ESPN. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  7. "Spot-on Sevilla fight back for Shakhtar draw". uefa.com. UEFA. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  8. "Grave lesión de rodilla de Krohn-Dehli". marca.com. Marca. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  9. "KROHN-DEHLI SUFRE FRACTURA-ARRANCAMIENTO DEL POLO INFERIOR DE LA RÓTULA". sevillafc.es. Sevilla FC. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  10. "KROHN-DEHLI, ENTRE SIETE Y OCHO MESES DE BAJA". sevillafc.es. Sevilla FC. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  11. Sevilla Fútbol Club [@SevillaFC] (27 October 2016). "Krohn-Dehli sigue dando pasos adelante en su recuperación 💪" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. Sevilla Fútbol Club [@SevillaFC] (25 November 2016). "📣 Krohn-Dehli ya entrena con el equipo ¡Nos alegra que estés de vuelta! 👏🔝" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. "Oficial: el Depor cierra la incorporación de Krohn-Dehli". Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  14. Dehn, Anders (2 July 2019). "Sportsdirektør bekræfter: Michael Krohn-Dehli forlader sin klub". tipsbladet.dk. Tipsbladet. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  15. Okstrøm, Oliver (10 July 2020). "Tidligere landsholdsspiller stopper karrieren: Vil nu være tv-ekspert". tipsbladet.dk. Tipsbladet. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  16. "Netherlands 0–1 Denmark". BBC Sport. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
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  18. "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - 23-man & preliminary lists & when will they be announced?". Goal. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  19. "Krohn-Dehli called for Denmark's pre-selection | Página Oficial del R.C. Deportivo de La Coruña". Krohn-Dehli called for Denmark’s pre-selection | Página Oficial del R.C. Deportivo de La Coruña. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  20. "Kvist and Krohn-Dehli retire after Croatia loss". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  21. "M. Krohn-Dehli". Voetbal International (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  22. "M. Krohn-Dehli". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  23. Michael Krohn-Dehli at National-Football-Teams.com
  24. "Sevilla-spiller: Denne sejr er til Krohn-Dehl". bold.dk. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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