Keep an eye on: Daniel Moth

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  • Name: Daniel Moth
  • Age: 21 (15-05-1992)
  • Position: Central Midfield
  • Club: Jammerbugt FC
  • International caps: None
  • Value: Unknown

Rather than playing for the reserves in Aalborg, this young player tries to reinvent his career in the Danish 2. Division. This week, we keep an eye on Jammerbugt FC's Daniel Moth.

"I had been training with players who had jobs beside the football, and had settled with not becoming a professional. Sometimes, only 5 or 6 turned up for training, so I thought I might as well try myself of on a higher level," Daniel Moth says about his last year in Aalborg. The midfielder was never in doubt when he got the offer from Blokhus FC [Now known as Jammerbugt FC]. However, his career started somewhere else.

From a very young age, Moth joined the local club Gug Boldklub in Aalborg and teamed up with his mates. However, as time got by the talent wanted to try himself of on a higher level, and as many other Aalborg-boys he decided to join Aalborg BK. Moth turned up at the club for a couple of trainings, but didn't feel ready to take the next step why he returned to Gug only to come back to Aalborg a year after - this time for good:
“The ambitions and dreams of playing football on a higher level than just with the mates, made me join Aalborg," Moth says.
As many may know, the chances of becoming a professional football player are not high, and Moth chances didn't get much better as he was pushed around on different positions on the pitch, during his youth years. While other players could train and specialize on one position, Moth had to change his play for every match, and the talent is sure that it might have affected his chances of playing professional football in Aalborg BK.

Meanwhile, Moth was struggling in Aalborg and played with the reserves Bo Zink, Manager of Jammerbugt, had kept a close eye one the talent:
“We always keep an eye on what is happening in Aalborg BK, and had seen Daniel a couple of times and found he was a good player. What we noticed was that he is calm with the ball and have a view for finding his teammates and willing to make the runs needed. That he is not afraid of keeping the ball and his running abilities is some of his best features," Bo Zink says.
The manager decided to offer Daniel Moth a contract and a chance of playing on a higher level than the with the reserves in Aalborg. In Moth, Bo Zink found the kind of midfielder he needed for his team, and is more than happy to see the talent develop with the club:
"First of all; a player like Daniel intensives our training level, and secondly we want to keep the ball and Daniel is an important player for our playing style. He is a motor on the central midfield and a good player, which you don’t find every day."
After just over a year in Jammerbugt FC, Moth has become a regular starter for the club and even made it to the scoreboard a couple of times. The talent is thrilled of his first year and is glad to stay, but at the same time he will consider an offer from a club on a higher level. His manager is sure that his young talent can take the step, but would like to keep him at least for a couple of years:
"Moth works hard and is a humble player. He understands if he is between the subs instead of playing, and he is willing to work harder to get back on the team. He is a good guy, but misses some temper at times, but as he is only 21-years-old he has the future in front of him," Zink says.
However, at the moment Daniel Moth is taking things as they come and is happy to have his career back on track. Perhaps one day, he will be found in the Danish Superliga or perhaps abroad.





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Keep an eye on: Rasmus Thelander

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  • Name: Rasmus Thelander
  • Age: 21 (09.07.1991)
  • Position: Central Defender
  • Club: AaB
  • International Caps:
    • Denmark U20
      • 1 match
      • 0 goals
    • Denmark U19
      • 1 match
      • 0 goals
    • Denmark U18
      • 1 match
      • 0 goals
  • Value: £300.000 (transfermarkt.co.uk)



The short hair and the fit buddy will all the tattoos – not the typical Aalborg BK defender -  made some of Aalborg BK’s senior fans raise an eyebrow when their beloved club signed this talent. This week we keep an eye on Rasmus Thelander.

Despite the tough appearance, Thelander ensures the Aalborg fans that if they got to know him they would understand that he is not a big bully. However, the tough attitude might have played a role when the defender was sent off in his debut for the Danish U18 national team against Ukraine. The Danish team was standing very deep when a cross was sent into the box. As Thelander turned one of the Ukrainian striker was suddenly in front of him, and despite Thelander’s try to stop the striker fell.

“As the referee saw it I tackled the player, and he decided to give them a penalty. My thoughts were, “it’s my debut and I giving them a penalty!”, and I hadn’t seen it coming when the referee presented me with the red card.”

Thelander joined Aalborg on a free transfer in the summer 2012, but before that the defender went through quite a transfer saga. The defender started playing football in Herlev before he joined Akademisk Boldklub in the Danish 1. Division, where he became one of the players that should help the club in a rather difficult time.

“After 2010 where we kind of failed, the club started focusing on young players inclusive me. It was great because we were so many young players, and I had to take more responsibility qua my position in the defend,” the former AB player says.

After playing his way into the AB team, suddenly the Dutch Eredivisie club Roda JC was interested. Thelander was invited on a week’s trial, but already on the second day the Dutch’s decided to keep him for four extra days. The trial went more than well as the club decided to make an offer for Thelander after he scored a goal dribbling from one end to the other.

After a month of negotiating, the only thing missing was the medical check. However, before it would happen Roda had changed their manager and the deal ran out in the sand.

“My gut feeling told me that it was the place for me. I had been down there on a trial, and I was surprised by the quality; without being rude, I thought the players were on a higher level. I was ready to go from the Danish 1. Division to the Eresdivise and skip the Danish Superliga because I believed I could play myself on the team.  So I was disappointed when it didn’t happen,” the talent says.

Instead, it was Aalborg that became Thelander’s new club. According to the defender, AaB’s manager Kent Nielsen had contacted him several times within the last couple of weeks of his contract and expressed that he wanted him to join Aalborg.  Kent Nielsen says about his decision to bring Thelander to Aalborg:

”When we signed Thelander we had Nielsen [Lasse] and Kenneth Emil [Petersen] as our main central defenders, and we needed a talent as a backup. We had just lost Kjetil Wæhler, and of course we had to have more than just two central defenders, and as the economic is in AaB we decided to go for a young and talented player and Thelander goes under that category.”

While Thelander made 43 appearances for AB, he has so far only gotten 9 matches for Aalborg. However, the manager has an explanation for the lack of matches.

“It is very rare that we change in our central defends, so Rasmus Thelander is more of a future prospect on that position. Of course, if he plays better than one of the other he will take over the position, but it takes time,” Nielsen says.

Due to injuries and bans Thelander was set to play in the three first matches of the spring season, but for the first time in his Aalborg career Thelander became injured himself. However, the talented defender is ready to wait for his chance and is hoping that it will one day take him abroad and add some national matches to his c.v.
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Keep an eye on: Dario Dumic

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  • Name: Dario Dumic
  • Age:  21 (30-01-1992)
  • Position: Central Defence
  • Club: Brøndby IF
  • International Caps:
    • Denmark U20
      • 4 matches
      • 0 goals
    • Denmark U19
      • 12 matches
      • 2 goals
    • Denmark U18
      • 9 matches
      • 0 goals
    • Denmark U17
      • 12 matches
      • 2 goals
  • Value: £300.000 (transfermarkt.co.uk)

He was only 17-years-old when he changed the safe environment in Hvidovre with an adventure in Norwich City. Today, he Danish-Bosnian back in Danish football and representing Brøndby IF.

Norwich City saw the potential in Dario Dumic when they brought him to the east of England in 2008, and provided him with a 3-year contract. The Dane - at the time a midfielder - was meant to play with the U18 and reserves. However, after just one year as a youth, Dumic was promoted to the senior squad and had his debut against Swindon Town.

“I hadn’t expected to be playing because, at the time,  we had just gotten a new manager. The manager who promoted me to the first team squad was sacked after we lost 7-1 in our first match of the season. So I hadn’t expected to be playing – I was in the squad – but didn’t expect to be playing, so it was great,” the talent says.

While, Dumic joined Norwich as a midfielder, he had his debut as a defender. After his first month in Norwich,  the Director of the academy wanted to try Dumic out in the central defence.

“There was no hocus pokus about it; I tried it in one match and I did well. I then tried one more time and did well and then suddenly I was a defender,” Dumic says.

Only a year after his debut, Dario Dumic decided it was time to head back to Denmark and joined Brøndby on a free transfer. The defender was not a part of the 1st team squad in Norwich, and Brøndby offered an escape path. Furthermore, the talent felt that his development had stalled, and Brøndby had a reputation of developing young players.

"There was no idea of staying in Norwich if I was to train with the U19's; I could do that in Denmark, as well. I had also lost the passion for football at the time, because of the play style in Norwich," Dumic says and explains  "It was much kick and rush football, and as a young player I didn’t feel it helping my development.“

In Brøndby Dario Dumic started playing with the U19, with who he won the Danish Championship, and the reserves. Furthermore, he became a regular part of the Danish U19 national team. He was quickly promoted to the Superliga squad where he was given his debut against Silkeborg in 2011. The young defender was sent on the pitch in the 89th minute of the 1-0 victory.

Despite, playing most of his career as a midfielder or defender, Dario Dumic has often been sent up front if Brøndby has been a goal behind in the dying minutes of a match. The habit of sending Dumic up front began when he played for the Brøndby reserves, and the talent is sure that Auri Skabalius [Brøndby Manager] must have seen it as it continued when he was promoted to the Superliga squad.

Dumic has so far had 37 matches and scored 4 goals for the Danish youth national teams. However, Dario Dumic is born in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina and is not closing the door for a national career for the Balkan country.

“As I haven’t played any matches for Denmark which locks me to the nation, I am still open for representing Bosnia. I’m born in Bosnia; my parents are born in Bosnia, so I love the country," Dumic says.

However, the defender is stressing that he is not about to take the decision in the near future as he doesn't feel he is relevant for any of the teams at the moment.

Instead, Dumic is concentrating on helping Brøndby in a time where financial problems and relegation is threatening the club's existent. At the same time, the talent is hoping to make it abroad again but stress that Brøndby is the first priority at the moment.

"It is not something I think about because we are in a hard situation in Brøndby, which we have to take care of, and I don’t feel I have had my breakthrough in the Superliga yet,” Dumic says about his future.

Dario Dumic and Brøndby are currently positioned third-from-bottom in the Danish Superliga, but can bring some distance from the relegation with a win against Randers FC tomorrow.






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Keep an eye on: Torbjørn Billeskov

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  • Name: Torbjørn Billeskov
  • Age: 18 (09-03-1995)
  • Position: Striker
  • Club: Brøndby IF
  • National caps:
    • Denmark U18: 
      • 2 matches
      • 0 goals
  • Value: Unknown

It has gone fast for this week's talent; in one  year, he has joined Brøndby from Nordvest FC and this week he had his debut on the Danish U18 national team. The talent of the week is Torbjørn Billeskov.

Billeskov was not one of the many talents scouted by Brøndby, nay the striker contacted the club himself. He got one week to impress the coaching staff. Today, Torbjørn Billeskov is the topscorer for the U19's with 8 goals this season, and more to come.

Brøndby coach Peter Foldgast is full of superlatives when describing his striker:

“He is a very quiet guy. He works 100 per cent in every match also defensive and is really helping his teammates; a real team player. Outside the pitch he is a very quiet guy with the need of waving his arms around,”

And added, “He don’t take that extra dribble, when he gets the chance he shoots, and that is a quality.”

The first year in Brøndby has brought a double to Billeskov, winning both the U17 League and Cup in Denmark. This week he played his two first national matches for Denmark, when the U18's met Island in Farum.

“It was something I had dreamt about for a long time; it has been a target since I started in Brøndby,” Billeskov says.

The first matches in the national shirt have given Billeskov a taste for more, and he believes that he will be a part of the Danish youth teams in the future. Nils Nielsen, Manager for the Danish U18 team  assures that if Billeskov can keep scoring goals, he will be interesting.

“To be honest Torbjørn is one of a kind; there is no one compared to him. He is a very special type, an old fashioned centre forward who is here to score goals,” Nielsen says.

Billeskov is still waiting for his chance to train with the Superliga squad. However, Brøndby is currently in an economic crisis and may end up selling some of the profiles. This can push Torbjørn Billeskov into the senior squad, and the striker is aware of it:

“If they can’t afford the expensive players, they have to use some of us instead.”

However, while Peter Foldgast sees  potential in the striker, he believes that Billeskov will be a part of the youth team for at least a couple of years. So far, Billeskov is settling with matches for the reserves until he will be ready to take the next step. One thing is for sure:

“I will like to stay in Brøndby for a couple of years and play some Superliga,” Billeskov says.






 


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Keep an eye on: Jakob Busk Jensen

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Keep an eye on: Jakob Busk Jensen 
Photo: Jesper Poulsen/Bold.dk
  • Name: Jakob Busk Jensen
  • Age: 19 (12-09-93)
  • Position: Goalkeeper
  • Club: FC Copenhagen
  • International Caps:
    • Denmark U20:
      • 5 matches
      • 0 goals
    • Denmark U19:
      • 11 matches
      • 0 goals
    • Denmark U18:
      • 4 matches
      • 0 goals 
  • Value: £100.000 (transfermarkt.co.uk)
Joining FC Copenhagen's youth department KB as 13-years old, Jakob Busk Jensen has been through a massive development, making him one of the most interesting young goalkeepers in Denmark.

The 19-year old keeper has been a regular name on the match sheet throughout his youth career in KB and for the Danish national youth teams. Jakob Busk appreciates the pressure of being part of one of the top Scandinavian clubs.

"The expectations to you are higher, but so are the club's resources as well", says the goalkeeper.

Assistant Manager, Brian Reimer said in an interview with FCK's own news channel fckobenhavntv about the young keeper:

"He is a top professional player, who has been used to, through his youth matches for the national team and as a part of the captain group on our own U19 team, to take responsibility. His act and his approach, as well as his humility of being a reserve have been fantastic."

And added, "He is a goalkeeper, whom I hope we will see more to in FC Copenhagen."

Jakob Busk has so far represented his nation in 20 matches on a youth level, 11 of them on the U19. Here, he was a part of the team playing the European Qualification and reaching the Elite round where they ended as second. Furthermore, the goalkeeper was selected for the U20 team participating in the NI Milk Cup last summer.

Despite, having tasted success with the national team, Busk is not longing to take the next step:

"In these matches you meet some of the best youth players in the world, and it is great to have as a ballast. However, I am not thinking about the U21 national team. I am sure it will come if it is meant to be."

In Copenhagen, the talent is the third choice after Johan Wiland and Kim Christensen, two goalkeepers with a lot of routine. However, Busk are happy to learn from his two colleagues and is willing to wait for his chance as he is sure it will come sooner or later.

At the same time, the Busk Jensen admits that, at some point, he needs to get a breakthrough and play more matches.

"I can't be a reserve for ever, but I'm taking it slow and not thinking about chancing club," the keeper says.

The future looks bright for Jakob Busk Jensen as he has the support needed from the club and is expected to be representing the club some day. The keeper himself, only has one goal; to reach his potential.



 

  
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Keep an eye on: Mathias Redsted

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              Name: Mathias Redsted
               Age: 19 (06.07.1953)
          Position: Defender
              Club: Lolland-Falster Alliancen (LFA)
International caps: Denmark U18: 5 match(es)
                                 0 goal(s)
                    Denmark U17: 9 match(es)
                                 0 goal(s)
                    Denmark U16: 7 match(es)
                                 0 goal(s)
             Value: Unknown 
       


'Mathias is a talent. He's fast and defensive strong in 1:1. With some adjustments, he can be better in the offensive play. We expect a lot of him'.

                            - Jeppe Tengbjerg, Head coach in LFA
Mathias Redsted started playing football in the local club Slaglille-Bjernede Gymnastik of Idrætsforening, but joined Brøndby aged 10. It was quite an incident that Brøndby should be his club for many years:
'I have always been to Football Summer Camps, and after a couple of years, the camp coach had kept an eye on me and believed that I was something more than the ordinary, compared to the rest at my age'.
The coach, therefore, asked Redsteds father if the young boy should probably try himself on a higher level.
'My father didn't know much about football, and at the time Brøndby was one of the best teams in Denmark. I tried some different clubs; first Køge, but they didn't have time over the summer and then I ended up in Brøndby'.
In his first season in Brønby as a youth player, Mathias Redsted ended as number two on the top scorer list and third on the assist. However, asked if there is a striker hidden in the defender, Redsted laughed and said:
'Yes, but it is years ago! I have been moved around playing striker, then wing before playing defender and now I am at the right back'.
At the age of 15, Redsted was on a trial at the league competitors FC Midtjylland and offered a contract. However, the Dane rejected the offer and signed with Brøndby. It was an easy choice for the defender as he felt he could obtain the same education in Brøndby.

Redsted started in college and moved closer to the club and into the coach John Ranum's home together with some other talents.

The national youth teams also became available for Redsted when he was chosen for the U16 team. Here, he played 7 matches before being promoted to the U17 and later the U18. The defender acknowledge the impact the Danish youth teams has had on his career:
'It has given me some international experience. The training in Brøndby is at a high level, but when you're with the national team you know your with the best in the country'.
After eight years in Brøndby and a number of youth gold and silver medals, as well as training with the first team squad, the club decided not to give Mathias Redsted a new contract. After a trial at Lolland-Falster Alliancen, the defender signed a contract with the 2. division team. However, the former Brøndby player looks back at a great time in the club:
'Throughout the years I have had so many experiences both as a player but also as a person. All the tournaments and the matches on a high level, the football tours everything about the club, I would not have been without it'.
Mathias Redsted is aware that the change to a lower divison might have an impact on his future career for the Danish national team. However, the defender explains it as 'one step back and two steps ahead later'. He also made it clear that the most important for him was to have some regular match experience at this young age.
'It is great for my career to try something new and to show my self off for a new team. Here, I can take some responsibility as well'.
Even though, Mathias Redsted is now playing in a lower division the dream of an adventure abroad has not died.
'Holland, Spain or England could be interesting. I am a fan of technique football so Spain and Holland is to prefer'.
     
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Keep an eye on: Jeppe Andersen

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              Name: Jeppe Andersen
               Age: 19 (06-12-1992)
          Position: Central midfield
              Club: Vejle Boldklub Kolding
International Caps: Denmark U20: 4 match(es)
                                 0 goal(s)
                    Denmark U19: 4 match(es)
                                 0 goal(s)
                    Denmark U18: 3 match(es)
                                 0 goal(s)
             Value: £225.000

Vejle Boldklub Kolding, former known as Vejle Boldklub, have produced midfielders as Allan Simonsen and Thomas Gravesen. Great Dane Football Blog puts focus on the next midfield talent: Jeppe Andersen.

The nineteen year old talent describes himself as a "relatively skilled technical player, who is great in the small spaces and is creative in the attacking play" but at the same time, Andersen is capable of playing a number of positions on the midfield. Nicolai Wael, First team coach in VBK says:

"Jeppe is one of our young players who has been through our talent department. He is a technical skilful player who is playing on our midfield. He has a sense of goalscoring and has a great kick".
Jeppe Andersen joined Vejle Boldklub at the age of ten and has worked his way up the system. By the age of seventeen, he got his first contract with the club lasting for three years, and VBK means a lot to the youngster:

"The club means a lot to me! I have played here since i was ten, but I'm from Give which is about thirty minutes from here, so I have always followed the club, also when I didn't play here".

What Andersen especially likes about Vejle Boldklub Kolding is "the history of the club and the way of playing football". However, asked if he was one of the last "club men" in modern football, Jeppe Andersen answered:

"It is hard to say. Every player has a dream of moving on, and possibly a foreign country, but right now my focus lies on promotion with Vejle Boldklub Kolding".

Coach Nicolai Wael supports the young player in his dreams, but wants Andersen to "take the next step into Superligaen" and from there develop himself.

Jeppe Andersens Denmark career started at the age of seventeen, when he was selected for the Danish U18 national team. Since then, he has played eleven matches for Denmark. The midfielder acknowledge the experience he is getting with the youth teams, but also dreams of playing for the A-team within a few years.

Andersen has so far played forty four matches for Vejle Boldklub Kolding and scored seven goals. The talent is in the squad for the away match against Skive IK on Sunday.


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