26 Facts About Thomas Helveg

Thomas Helveg began and ended his career with OB in the Danish Superliga, with whom he won the 1989 Danish championship.

Thomas Helveg has played 108 games and scored two goals for Denmark.

Thomas Helveg played for Denmark under three different national coaches, and participated in the 1996,2000 and 2004 European Championship and the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup tournaments.

Thomas Helveg played two matches in the last part of OB's 1989 1st Division winning season, and he was a part of the OB first team alongside later national team players Allan Nielsen and Brian Steen Nielsen.

Thomas Helveg represented Denmark at the 1992 Summer Olympics, playing all three Denmark matches in the tournament.

Thomas Helveg joined Italian club Udinese, who were relegation battlers in the Serie A championship.

Thomas Helveg came on as a substitute in the 14th minute for the injured John Jensen, and Helveg would receive rave reviews for his performance, making him a mainstay in the Denmark squad from day one.

Thomas Helveg scored his first national team goal in June 1996, before representing Denmark in his first major international tournament at the 1996 European Championship later that month.

Thomas Helveg played all three Denmark matches in the preliminary group stage of the Euro 1996, which ended unsuccessfully in an early exit from the tournament.

Thomas Helveg played a large role in the success as a starter in almost every game in the season.

Milan, Thomas Helveg had been selected for Denmark in both the Euro 2000 as well as 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Thomas Helveg played full-time in the three successful group stage matches, until another injury forced him to leave the pitch in the seventh minute of Denmark's final game before elimination.

Thomas Helveg regained some of his form and played 22 games in Serie A and six matches in the European cups.

Thomas Helveg was once more a part of a European Championship tournament, when he played full-time in Denmark's four games at the Euro 2004.

Thomas Helveg was named national team captain following the retirement of Rene Henriksen after the Euro 2004 tournament.

Thomas Helveg's signing was seen as something of a coup for Norwich, but Helveg struggled to reproduce the form shown in Serie A and on the international scene, and he lost his place in the starting line-up in the opening weeks of the season.

Thomas Helveg finished the season, in typically versatile fashion, as the first choice right back.

Thomas Helveg left the club, having shown only flashes of his former class.

Thomas Helveg signed a two-year contract with German club Borussia Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga championship.

Thomas Helveg returned to Bundesliga action at the end of that season, coming on as a substitute in injury-time in Monchengladbach's final match.

On 4 December 2010, Thomas Helveg played the last match of his career.

Clausen was fired on 26 March 2012, but Thomas Helveg continued in his position under newly hired manager Poul Hansen.

At his own request, Thomas Helveg chose to resign from his position in June 2013.

On 28 May 2020, Thomas Helveg was appointed assistant coach of Denmark's U-19 national team.

In October 2022, Thomas Helveg returned to OB, where he was hired as a 'resource coach'.

In June 2024, Thomas Helveg was given a new role at OB, as he was to act as a scout for the first team.