Dennis Rommedahl (; born 22 July 1978) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a right winger. During his 19-year professional career, he won four Eredivisie titles with PSV Eindhoven, and also played for several other Dutch clubs in between stints in England and Greece.

The fourth-most capped national player for Denmark, he appeared in 126 matches and scored 21 goals for his country, and was a member of the Danish squads at the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004, the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012. He was nominated for Danish Footballer of the Year in 2007, but did not win the award until 2010.

Club career Rommedahl was born in the Bispebjerg borough of Copenhagen. He played youth football for a number of clubs, including B. 93 and Lyngby. He made his senior debut in 1995 for Lyngby, playing in the Danish Superliga.

PSV Eindhoven and RKC Waalwijk In 1997, he was acquired by PSV Eindhoven, where he made his debut on 22 March in a 1–0 home loss against Heerenveen. After his second match, PSV loaned him to RKC Waalwijk for the 1997–98 season. He returned to PSV in 1998 where he became a success by outrunning defenders and providing dangerous crosses from the wing. He was a member of the PSV squad that won four Eredivisie championships and four Johan Cruijff Shields.

Charlton Athletic Rommedahl moved from Dutch to English football in the summer 2004 when he signed a four-year contract for Premier League side Charlton Athletic. His first season was spent settling in at The Valley, with a notable length of time spent on the substitute's bench and on the physiotherapist's table. During his second season, he took a leading role in helping Charlton climb the ladder in the Premier League.

Rommedahl was linked with several moves away from Charlton. In the summer of 2006, he was nearly sold to Zenit St. Petersburg. In December 2006, he was linked with a £1 million move to F.C. Copenhagen.Copenhagen to make bid for Charlton's Rommedahl , tribalfootball.com, 31 December 2006 This link was resurrected as Charlton edged closer to relegation, with Rommedahl being discussed as a replacement for Michael Silberbauer, who was expected to leave Denmark to join a foreign club. In the summer of 2007, Galatasaray and Getafe expressed interest in signing him. However, he finally left Charlton on 20 July 2007, moving to Ajax for fee of £680,000.

Ajax and NEC With Ajax, Rommedahl immediately won his fifth career Johan Cruijff Shield in a 1–0 win over his former team, PSV Eindhoven. He was also one of five players nominated for the Danish Football Player of the Year in 2007. For the second half of the 2008–09 season, he went out on loan to NEC.Rommedahl naar NEC , nu.nl, 20 January 2000 He finished his Ajax-career at the end of the season 2009–10.

Olympiacos In July 2010, Rommedahl signed a two-year contract with Super League Greece club Olympiacos.Denmark's Rommedahl signs with Olympiakos – Yahoo! Canada News On 30 August 2011, Olympiacos released Rommedahl to find another club.

Brøndby Rommedahl joined Brøndby on 30 August 2011 on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract and was given the number 11 shirt.

RKC Waalwijk Rommedahl signed with RKC Waalwijk in the summer of 2013.RKC haalt Rommedahl terug naar de Eredivisie Because of injuries he had never played an official match before he dissolved his contract with the club in January 2015.Rommedahl weg bij RKC Waalwijk (Dutch). 13 January 2015.

International career

Rommedahl was selected to play for the Danish under-19 national youth team in July 1996. He went on to play a combined 19 matches and score five goals for the under-19 and under-21 national youth teams.

After the appointment of Morten Olsen, Rommedahl was immediately called up for his Denmark senior national team debut in August 2000. He played the next 38 Danish national team matches in a row, the first 32 games in the starting line-up. The 38 games included Denmark's four games at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where he scored against defending world champions France in Denmark's 2–0 victory. He also played all four Danish matches at the Euro 2004. His unbroken run of national team games ended in February 2004 when he missed the friendly against Turkey.

On 28 May 2010, Olsen announced that Rommedhal would be part of the final squad of 23 participating in the 2010 World Cup. He assisted Nicklas Bendtner's goal, and scored the winner himself, in a group stage game against Cameroon on 19 June 2010. Rommedahl was also inducted in the final squad for Euro 2012, where he once again participated in all of the Danish group matches.

On 9 October 2014, after a long-term injury, Rommedahl announced that he would officially retire from the national team. He was given a farewell ceremony before Denmark's match against Portugal on 14 October 2014.

Career statistics

Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsLyngby1995–96Danish Superliga90––901996–97Danish Superliga174–40–214Total26400004000304PSV Eindhoven1996–97Eredivisie20–00–201998–99Eredivisie192–72–2641999–2000Eredivisie230–60–2902000–01Eredivisie30510–92104172001–02Eredivisie3412–1201147132002–03Eredivisie336–61104072003–04Eredivisie194–6010264Total1602910004654121135RKC Waalwijk (loan)1997–98Eredivisie345–––345Charlton Athletic2004–05Premier League2621000––2722005–06Premier League2123210––2542006–07Premier League2801030––320Total75452400000846Ajax2007–08Eredivisie30331–41514262008–09Eredivisie3000–00–302009–10Eredivisie28661–72–419Total6199200113518615NEC (loan)2008–09Eredivisie14020–––160Olympiacos2010–11Super League Greece18130–21–232Brøndby IF2011–12Danish Superliga20310–00–2132012–13Danish Superliga28331–00–314Total48641000000527RKC Waalwijk2013–14Eredivisie0000–––002014–15Eerste Divisie0000–––00Total000000000000Career total43658245406399253674

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

+ List of international goals scored by Dennis RommedahlNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 7 October 2000 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland 1–1 1–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification2 15 November 2000 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark 1–0 2–1 Friendly3 2–04 1 September 2001 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark 1–0 1–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification5 6 October 2001 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark 1–0 6–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 17 April 2002 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark 3–0 3–1 Friendly7 11 June 2002 Incheon World Cup Stadium, Incheon, South Korea 1–0 2–0 2002 FIFA World Cup8 29 March 2003 Stadionul, Bucharest, Romania 1–1 5–2 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification9 5–210 9 February 2005 Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens, Greece 1–2 1–2 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification11 17 August 2005 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark 1–0 4–1 Friendly12 16 August 2006 Fionia Park, Odense, Denmark 2–0 2–0 Friendly13 6 September 2006 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification14 6 June 2007 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification15 2–016 17 October 2007 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark 3–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification 17 19 June 2010 Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa 2–1 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup18 11 August 2010 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark 1–2 2–2 Friendly19 26 March 2011 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway 1–0 1–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification20 7 October 2011 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus 2–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification 21 3–0

Honours PSV Eredivisie: 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03 Johan Cruijff Shield: 2000, 2001, 2003

Ajax KNVB Cup: 2009–10 Johan Cruijff Shield: 2007

Olympiacos Super League Greece: 2010–11

Individual Danish Football Association's award (2): 2007, 2010 UEFA awards 100 caps: 2011

See also List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

References

External links

Dennis Rommedahl official Danish Superliga statistics at danskfodbold.com Dennis Rommedahl at Voetbal International