Julie Rydahl Bukh

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| name = Julie Rydahl Bukh

| image = Julie Rydahl.jpg

| image_size = 180

| fullname = Julie Rydahl Bukh

| height = {{height|m=1.73}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|1|9}}

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| position = Winger
Attacking Midfielder

| youthyears1= 1989–1994

| youthclubs1= Ravnsbjerg IF

| youthyears2= 1995–1996

| youthclubs2= B67 Viborg

| years1 = 1997–1999

| years2 = 2000–2001

| years3 = 2001–2008

| years4 = 2009

| years5 = 2009

| years6 = 2010

| years7 = 2010

| years8 = 2011–2013

| clubs1 = Viborg FF

| clubs2 = Vejle BK

| clubs3 = Brøndby IF

| clubs4 = Linköpings FC

| clubs5 = Sydney FC

| clubs6= Fortuna Hjørring

| clubs7= Pali Blues

| clubs8 = Brøndby IF

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| caps4 = 11

| goals4 = 1

| caps5 = 11

| goals5 = 2

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| caps7= 3

| goals7= 2

| nationalyears1= 1998–1999

| nationalteam1= Denmark U-17

| nationalcaps1= 11

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2= 1999–2001

| nationalteam2= Denmark U-19

| nationalcaps2= 11

| nationalgoals2 = 2

| nationalyears3= 2001–2013

| nationalteam3= Denmark

| nationalcaps3= 91

| nationalgoals3 = 10

| pcupdate = 10 June 2010

| ntupdate = 20 April 2017

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Julie Rydahl Bukh (born 9 January 1982) is a Danish former football midfielder who most recently played for Brøndby IF and the Denmark national team. As well as teams in her native Denmark, Rydahl Bukh played for clubs in Sweden, Australia, and the United States. She was described by UEFA as a technically gifted and creative left-sided attacking midfielder.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=1723910.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928195447/http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=1723910.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 September 2014|title=Julie Rydahl Bukh|access-date=13 July 2013|work=UEFA|date=1 November 2011}}

Club career

Rydahl won six successive Elitedivisionen championships with Brøndby IF, before moving to Swedish club Linköpings FC alongside her girlfriend Cathrine Paaske in November 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.linkopingfc.com/index.php?articleid=195|title=Dansk landslagsduo till LFC|publisher=Linköpings FC|language=sv|access-date=13 July 2013|date=26 November 2008}} She was recovering from a serious knee injury and did not play until March 2009. Rydahl and Paaske left three games before the end of Linköpings' championship-winning season for contracts with Sydney FC in the Australian W-League. Rydahl struck the winning goal in Sydney's 3–2 Grand Final win over Brisbane Roar.

After leaving Sydney FC, Rydahl and Paaske had expected to join the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league, having signed contracts with Los Angeles Sol. When the Sol went into liquidation Rydahl returned to Denmark and joined Brøndby's sworn rivals Fortuna Hjørring instead. In January 2011, she rejoined Brøndby, after a short interlude with Pali Blues.{{cite web|url=http://forsiden.3f.dk/article/20120619/FODBOLD/120619894|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130713171359/http://forsiden.3f.dk/article/20120619/FODBOLD/120619894|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2013|title=Julie Rydahl Bukh: 11 guldmedaljer i streg|publisher=Fagligt Fælles Forbund|language=da|access-date=13 July 2013|date=19 June 2012|first=Helle|last=Møller Riis}}

International career

In March 2001 Rydahl Bukh made her senior international debut against Finland. She scored her first goal in her second appearance, the Danes' 2–1 defeat to Italy in their opening group game at UEFA European Championship 2001.{{cite web|url=http://en.archive.dr.infra.uefa.com/competitions/woco/players/Player=53857/index.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130713171405/http://en.archive.dr.infra.uefa.com/competitions/woco/players/Player=53857/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2013|title=Julie Rydahl Bukh|access-date=13 July 2013|work=UEFA}}

Injury kept Rydahl Bukh out of UEFA European Championship 2005, but she returned to the team for the 2007 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship 2009.

She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA European Championship 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/020a-0e1416d60e73-ef0048a5dc34-1000--upbeat-heiner-moller-confirms-denmark-squad/|title=Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad|date=21 June 2013|access-date=13 July 2013|work=UEFA|first=Peter|last=Bruun}} In November 2013 Rydahl Bukh announced that she had retired from football.{{cite web|last1=Schou Nielsen|first1=Pia|title=En ny kamp, en ny trup|url=http://www.dbufyn.dk/Nyheder/2013/November/KvindeA-Malta_DK_trup|publisher=Danish Football Association|access-date=28 August 2014|language=da|date=5 November 2013}}