Per Krøldrup

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Per Krøldrup

| fullname = Per Billeskov Krøldrup

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|7|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Farsø, Denmark

| height = 1.94 m{{cite web| url = http://it.violachannel.tv/dettaglio-team/items/player_10971.html| title = Per Krøldrup| publisher = ACF Fiorentina| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111114143254/http://it.violachannel.tv/dettaglio-team/items/player_10971.html| archive-date = 14 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/players/player=214948/index.html |title=FIFA.com – 2010 FIFA World Cup – per KROLDRUP |access-date=2012-05-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427230834/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/players/player%3D214948/index.html |archive-date=27 April 2012 }}

| position = Centre back

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1985–1994

| youthclubs1 = Farsø/Ullits IK

| youthyears2 = 1994–1998

| youthclubs2 = Aalborg Chang

| years1 = 1998–2001

| clubs1 = B.93

| caps1 = 57

| goals1 = 8

| years2 = 2001–2005

| clubs2 = Udinese

| caps2 = 91

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2005–2006

| clubs3 = Everton

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2006–2012

| clubs4 = Fiorentina

| caps4 = 117

| goals4 = 3

| years5 = 2013

| clubs5 = Pescara

| caps5 = 5

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2013–2014

| clubs6 = Olhanense

| caps6 = 17

| goals6 = 4

| totalcaps = 288 | totalgoals = 18

| nationalyears1 = 2004–2010

| nationalteam1 = Denmark

| nationalcaps1 = 33

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Per Billeskov Krøldrup ({{IPA|da|pʰeɐ̯ ˈkʁœlˀdʁɔp}}; born 31 July 1979) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a defender.

He has played 33 games for the Denmark national team, and was part of their squad for the 2004 European Championship.

Club career

=Early career=

Born in Farsø, Krøldrup started his footballing career at Danish lower league clubs Farsø/Ullits IK and Aalborg Chang. He then went on to play for Copenhagen-based B.93 in the second-tier Danish 1st Division before transferring to Udinese in the Italian top-flight Serie A championship in 2001. In his final season at the club, they finished fourth and qualified for the UEFA Champions League.{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/01/19/italy.kroldrup/ |title = CNN.com – Kroldrup poised to join Fiorentina – Jan 19, 2006}}

=Everton=

In June 2005, Krøldrup moved from Udinese to English club Everton on a four-year deal for a transfer fee of £5million.[http://www.toffeeweb.com/players/past/Kr%C3%B8ldrup.asp Per Krøldrup – Defender] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102051448/http://www.toffeeweb.com/players/past/Kr%C3%B8ldrup.asp |date=2 January 2010 }} ToffeeWeb.com Before having played a single game for the club, he suffered a groin injury and had to undergo surgery. He made his debut for Everton on 26 December 2005{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4552650.stm|title = Aston Villa 4-0 Everton|date = 26 December 2005}} in a 4-0 defeat to Aston Villa, which was to be his only league game for the club.{{soccerbase|25836}}

His Everton career was later described as one of the worst transfers in the history of the club and English football,Michael Kettiros, [http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2009/02/21/players-who-made-us-both-laugh-and-cry-100252-22974361/ Top Ten: Players who made us both laugh and cry], Liverpool Echo, 21 February 2009.Bill Edgar, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080727003744/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article2096584.ece Top 50 worst transfers], The Times, 18 July 2007 and Krøldrup has stated his difficulties of adapting to the physical aspects of the English game.Dominic King, [http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/everton-fc/everton-fc-news/2008/03/06/fiorentina-v-everton-per-kroldrup-admits-he-couldn-t-cope-with-the-premier-league-100252-20567848/ Fiorentina v Everton: Per Kroldrup admits he couldn't cope with the Premier League], Liverpool Echo, 6 March 2008

=Fiorentina=

Krøldrup transferred back to Italy on 19 January 2006, when he joined ACF Fiorentina, 31 days after his Everton debut.

Following the 2006 Serie A scandal, where several clubs were on trial for match fixing, Fiorentina were initially relegated to Serie B in July 2006. Krøldrup was amongst the players wanting to leave. However, as Fiorentina made an appeal to the Italian Football Federation, the club remained in Serie A and most of their players, including Krøldrup, remained with the Florence club. He made his Champions League debut on 12 August 2008 against Slavia Prague, a 2–0 win for La Viola.

Krøldrup's contract with Fiorentina was set to expire in June 2010, but on 17 May 2010 he signed a new deal that expired in 2012.[http://www.ontheminute.com/news/news.php?news=22798 Kroldrup signs new Fiorentina deal], Ontheminute.com, 17 May 2010

=Pescara and Olhanense=

On 8 March 2013, Krøldrup signed a short-term contract with Serie A club Delfino Pescara 1936 for the rest of the 2012–13 season.[http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/fodbold/udenlandsk_fodbold/italienskfodbold/article1933569.ece Officielt: Krøldrup på plads i Pescara], Ekstra Bladet, 8 March 2013

After a Summer as a free agent, he signed for Olhanense of the Portuguese Primeira Liga on 1 October 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://www.insidefutbol.com/2013/10/01/former-everton-defender-per-kroldrup-set-for-olhanense-move/102292/|title = Former Everton Defender per Kroldrup Set for Olhanense Move|date = October 2013}}

International career

At Udinese, Krøldrup played alongside Danish national team player Martin Jørgensen, who claimed that Krøldrup was ready for the Danish national team in March 2002.{{in lang|da}} Kurt Lassen, "Thomas Helveg melder afbud til testkamp", Berlingske Tidende, 19 March 2002 Krøldrup was not called up for the national team until February 2004, making his debut against Turkey.{{in lang|da}} [http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/PlayerInfo/4237&allmatch=1#match Per Krøldrup – Alle hold (Alle kampe)] He was a part of the Danish squad for the 2004 European Championship, though he did not play any games at the tournament.

References

External links

[https://archive.today/20121223043212/http://it.violachannel.tv/dettaglio-team/items/player_356.html Per Billeskov Kroldrup – Profile] ACF Fiorentina official site
[http://englishviola.com/per-kroldrup/4535353273 English Viola]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Vesthimmerland Municipality

Category:Danish men's footballers

Category:Denmark men's international footballers

Category:Boldklubben af 1893 players

Category:Udinese Calcio players

Category:Everton F.C. players

Category:ACF Fiorentina players

Category:Delfino Pescara 1936 players

Category:S.C. Olhanense players

Category:Aalborg Chang players