Nicklas Bendtner

Nicklas Bendtner

Nicklas Bendtner (born 16 January 1988) is a Danish footballer who plays for Tårnby FF’s M+32 team. He made his first-team debut for Arsenal in October 2005. He was loaned out to Championship club Birmingham City for the 2006–07 season. After returning to Arsenal, he became a regular first team player. He moved on loan to Premier League club Sunderland for the majority of the 2011–12 season, and then spent the entire 2012–13 season on loan at Serie A club Juventus. In 2014, he was released by Arsenal and joined VfL Wolfsburg on a free transfer. In March 2017, he signed for Rosenborg.

About Nicklas Bendtner in brief

Summary Nicklas BendtnerNicklas Bendtner (born 16 January 1988) is a Danish footballer who plays for Tårnby FF’s M+32 team. He made his first-team debut for Arsenal in October 2005. He was loaned out to Championship club Birmingham City for the 2006–07 season. After returning to Arsenal, he became a regular first team player, but began to slip out of favour during the 2010–11 season. He moved on loan to Premier League club Sunderland for the majority of the 2011–12 season, and then spent the entire 2012–13 season on loan at Serie A club Juventus. In 2014, he was released by Arsenal and joined VfL Wolfsburg on a free transfer. In March 2017, he signed for Rosenborg. He has played for Denmark at under-16, under-17,Under-19, Under-21 and senior levels. He is a member of Denmark’s 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012 squads, and helped them qualify for the 2018 World Cup. His preferred position is centre-forward, but he has also played on the right side of attack, and occasionally on the left. He scored four goals in six Danish national youth team matches, before joining English club Arsenal in August 2004. His first competitive strike for the Gunners was the match-winning goal in a 2–0 League Cup match against Newcastle United on 25 September 2007. He signed a new five-year contract with Arsenal in May 2007, and returned to the club for the 2007–08 Premier League season.

In January 2008, he scored his first Premier League goal against Tottenham Hotspur in the 2–1 victory at the Emirates Stadium. He also scored his debut UEFA Champions League goal in the 89th minute against Slavia Prague to complete a 7–0 win. After serving his suspension for two bookable offences, he won his first FA Cup goal against Burnley on January 6, 2008. He headed the winning goal from a Cesc Fàbas corner against Everton in the FA Cup fourth round on January 8, 2008, after coming on as a substitute for Emmanuel Eboué. In May 2009, he helped Arsenal to a 2-0 win over Burnley in the Capital One Cup final at Wembley Stadium. In April 2010, he broke the Premier League record for goals scored in a single season with a goal against Everton; he was sent off for a bookable offence in the second half of the match. He then scored his second goal for the club in a 3-1 win over Newcastle United in the League Cup fifth round. In August 2011, he made his debut for Nottingham Forest in the Championship. He played the final half-hour and scored a winning goal against Colchester United on 5 August. He finished with eleven league goals as Birmingham were promoted to the English Premier League as Championship runners-up. In July 2012, he joined F.C. C. Copenhagen’s feeder club Kjøbenhavns Boldklub.