Jon Dahl Tomasson

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Jon Dahl Tomasson
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Jon Dahl Tomasson (2016)
Personnel
Surname Jon Dahl Tomasson
birthday August 29, 1976
place of birth Copenhagen ,  Denmark
position striker
Juniors
Years station
1983-1985 Solrød BK
1986-1993 Køge BK
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1992-1994 Køge BK 33 (23)
1994-1997 SC Heerenveen 78 (37)
1997-1998 Newcastle United 23 0(3)
1998-2002 Feyenoord Rotterdam 122 (55)
2002-2005 AC Milan 75 (22)
2005-2007 VfB Stuttgart 30 0(8)
2007 →  Villarreal CF  (loan) 11 0(4)
2007-2008 Villarreal CF 25 0(3)
2008-2011 Feyenoord Rotterdam 37 (20)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1992 Denmark U-16 3 0(2)
1992 Denmark U-17 8 0(8)
1993-1995 Denmark U-19 16 (10)
1995-1997 Denmark U-21 10 0(5)
1996 Denmark B 1 0(0)
1997-2010 Denmark 112 (52)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2011-2013 Excelsior Rotterdam (Assistant Trainer)
2013 Excelsior Rotterdam
2013-2014 Roda Kerkrade
2015-2016 Vitesse Arnheim (assistant coach)
2016-2020 Denmark (assistant coach)
2020– Malmö FF (coach)
1 Only league games are given.

Jon Dahl Tomasson (born August 29, 1976 in Copenhagen ) is a former Danish football player and current coach . The name component Dahl is not a first name, but the family name of his mother.

family

Tomasson's grandfather is from Iceland , his mother's family from Finland .

Club career

1994 to 2002

Tomasson joined Sølrød BK at the age of five and joined Køge BK's youth a few years later . As a 16-year-old, he made his debut in the club's first team in 1992. He moved to SC Heerenveen in the Dutch Eredivisie in 1994 at the age of 17 , for whom he scored 37 goals in three seasons. In 1997 he moved to the English Premier League for Newcastle United . In his first season in England he scored three goals in 23 games; his contract was not renewed. After a year he returned to the Eredivisie at Feyenoord Rotterdam , became Dutch champions in 1998 and won the UEFA Cup. In the final of the 3-2 win over Borussia Dortmund , he scored the 3-1.

AC Milan

In 2002 AC Milan brought the Dane to their home on a free transfer. Two other world-class strikers played there in his first year and he was not used often. In his second season he got more playing time due to the injury of Filippo Inzaghi and scored numerous goals.

VfB Stuttgart / FC Villarreal

At the beginning of the 2005/06 season Tomasson played in the German Bundesliga for VfB Stuttgart . He signed a four-year contract. There he could not convince, however, and was loaned to Villarreal during the winter break for the rest of the 2006/07 season. From July 1, 2007 he was part of the second team at VfB Stuttgart. On July 10, 2007, he finally moved to Villarreal.

Return to the Netherlands

In summer 2008 Tomasson returned to the Netherlands. He signed with Feyenoord, where he had played from 1998 to 2002, a contract to 2011. At the end of the 2010/11 season he finished because of an injury he at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa had contracted his active career.

National team

On March 29, 1997 Tomasson made his debut for the Danish national team in a qualifying game for the 1998 World Cup against Croatia (1: 1) ; he came on in the 70th minute for Per Frandsen . The qualifying game in Bosnia-Herzegovina on August 20, 1997 was Tomasson's last international game for the time being. In the last two qualifying games, against Croatia and Greece , Tomasson sat on the bench before he was no longer nominated for a while. He was also not nominated for the 1998 World Cup finals.

On August 19, 1998, almost a year after his last international match, he made his comeback in the national team. Tomasson was in the starting eleven in the 1-0 defeat against the Czech Republic and was replaced by Niclas Jensen after 68 minutes . After this game he made the breakthrough in the Danish selection. In qualifying for the European Football Championship in 2000 , he was part of the game and qualified for the European Championship finals in the play-offs against Israel . In the group stage they lost all three group games and were eliminated after the preliminary round.

Tomasson contributed to qualifying for the 2002 World Cup with three goals. In the World Cup final group, the Danes prevailed first in Group A, Tomasson scored four goals. The Danes were eliminated in the round of 16 against England (0: 3).

In qualifying for the 2004 European Football Championship , Tomasson scored five goals (including a brace against Norway). In the finals, Denmark reached the quarter-finals and lost 3-0 to the Czech Republic. In qualifying for the 2006 World Cup , Tomasson scored five goals, but the team did not qualify as third party.

In Group F of qualifying for the European Football Championship 2008 Tomasson met five times; Denmark occupied fifth place in the table. In the European Championship qualifier on June 2, 2007 against Sweden (3: 3) Tomasson scored the 2: 3. The game was stopped shortly before the end due to an attack by a spectator on the referee and later scored 3-0 for Sweden.

On August 20, 2008 Tomasson played his 100th international match. Qualifying for the 2010 World Cup was more successful than the last two qualifying rounds , in which Denmark prevailed with two points ahead of Portugal and Sweden. However, Tomasson didn't score in qualifying. At the World Cup, Denmark played against the Netherlands, Cameroon and Japan in the group stage . Despite a goal from Tomasson - his first goal in two years - the Danes lost 3-1 in the decisive group game against Japan and were eliminated from the tournament. That game was Tomasson's 112th and final international match. In August 2010 he resigned from the national team, whose team captain he had been. With his goal against Japan, he was level with Poul Nielsen in the scorers list of the Danish national team (both 52 goals).

Career as a coach

In the 2011/12 season he started his first coaching position as assistant coach at Excelsior Rotterdam . In the 2013/14 season he was promoted to the main coach of the Rotterdam team. During the season he moved to Roda Kerkrade , where he succeeded Ruud Brod. His engagement ended on May 26, 2014 after the club was relegated from the Eredivisie. For the 2015/16 season Tomasson became Vitesse Arnhem's new assistant coach .

From March 7, 2016 to January 9, 2020, he was Åge Hareide's assistant coach for the Danish national team . With the national team he took part in the 2018 World Cup in Russia , where the Danes were eliminated in the round of 16 after penalties against eventual runners-up Croatia . On January 9, 2020, he became the new head coach of the Swedish first division club Malmö FF .

Achievements / titles

Awards

Others

Jon Dahl Tomasson lives in the Netherlands.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steen Ankerdal: The Gate Secret. kicker online, January 17, 2005, accessed on July 14, 2013 .
  2. ^ Danmark - Croatia 3-1
  3. ↑ Grækenland - Danmark 0-0
  4. ^ Mikkel Nøhr: Officielt: Tomasson assistant i Vitesse. In: bold.dk. bold.dk Danmark ApS / Sport Publish OÜ, June 19, 2015, accessed on April 26, 2016 (Danish).
  5. ↑ Mikael Blond: Officielt: Tomasson ny landsholds-assistant. In: bold.dk. bold.dk Danmark ApS / Sport Publish OÜ, March 7, 2016, accessed on April 26, 2016 (Danish).
  6. ↑ Kenneth Jensen: Jon Dahl: Next club shall have ambition. In: ekstra bladet. JP / Politikens Hus A / S, October 29, 2014, accessed December 18, 2014 (Danish).
personal data
SURNAME Dahl Tomasson, Jon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen , Denmark