18 Facts About Dennis Rommedahl

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Dennis Rommedahl is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a right winger.

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Dennis Rommedahl was nominated for Danish Footballer of the Year in 2007, but did not win the award until 2010.

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Dennis Rommedahl played youth football for a number of clubs, including B 93 and Lyngby.

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Dennis Rommedahl made his senior debut in 1995 for Lyngby, playing in the Danish Superliga.

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Dennis Rommedahl returned to PSV in 1998 where he became a success by outrunning defenders and providing dangerous crosses from the wing.

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Dennis Rommedahl was a member of the PSV squad that won four Eredivisie championships and four Johan Cruijff Shields.

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Dennis Rommedahl was one of five players nominated for the Danish Football Player of the Year in 2007.

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On 30 August 2011, Olympiacos released Dennis Rommedahl to find another club.

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Dennis Rommedahl signed with RKC Waalwijk in the summer of 2013.

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Dennis Rommedahl was selected to play for the Danish under-19 national youth team in July 1996.

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Dennis Rommedahl went on to play a combined 19 matches and score five goals for the under-19 and under-21 national youth teams.

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Dennis Rommedahl played the next 38 Danish national team matches in a row, the first 32 games in the starting line-up.

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Dennis Rommedahl played all four Danish matches at the Euro 2004.

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Dennis Rommedahl's unbroken run of national team games ended in February 2004 when he missed the friendly against Turkey.

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Dennis Rommedahl assisted Nicklas Bendtner's goal, and scored the winner himself, in a group stage game against Cameroon on 19 June 2010.

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Dennis Rommedahl was inducted in the final squad for Euro 2012, where he participated in all of the Danish group matches.

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On 9 October 2014, after a long-term injury, Dennis Rommedahl announced that he would officially retire from the national team.

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Dennis Rommedahl was given a farewell ceremony before Denmark's match against Portugal on 14 October 2014.