Casper Ankergren

Casper Ankergren
Casper Ankergren (2015)
Personnel
birthday	November 9, 1979
place of birth	Køge ,  Denmark
size	191 cm
position	goalkeeper
Juniors
Years	station
	Solrød FC
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1998-2000	Køge BK	44 (0)
2001-2007	Brøndby IF	86 (0)
2007	→  Leeds United  (loan)	14 (0)
2007-2010	Leeds United	105 (0)
2010-2017	Brighton & Hove Albion	68 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1995	Denmark U-17	2 (0)
2000	Denmark U-21	3 (0)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of season 2016/17

Casper Ankergren (born November 9, 1979 in Køge ) is a former Danish football player . The goalkeeper was most recently under contract with Brighton & Hove Albion .

Career

Ankergren began his career at Solrød FC before moving to Køge BK in the Danish Superliga . Eventually he went to Brøndby IF after performing well . Ankergren won the championship title in Denmark and the cup twice . After Brøndby bought former Danish national goalkeeper Stephan Andersen , Ankergren left Denmark and was loaned to Leeds United in England . After outstanding performance, Leeds United signed him for three years, the transfer fee remained unknown. At the start of the 2009-10 season, Ankergren Leeds was number two behind goalkeeper Shane Higgs . On August 6, 2010, Ankergren signed a contract with his former Leeds United assistant coach Gustavo Poyet , in Brighton. He made his debut on August 7th in Brighton & Hove Albion's 2-1 win over Swindon Town .

After the end of the Premier League season 2016/17 , Ankergren ended his active career.

successes

with Brøndby IF:

• Danish champion: 2002, 2005
• Danish cup winner: 2003, 2005

with Leeds United:

• Promotion to Football League Championship : 2010

Web links

• Profile at the Danish Football Association
• Casper Ankergren in the soccerbase.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Where are they now: Leeds United's XI relegated to League One. In: planetfootball.com. Retrieved January 20, 2018 .