Marc Nygaard

Marc Nygaard

Personal information
Full name	Marc Stephen Griffith Nygaard[1]
Date of birth	1 September 1976 (1976-09-01) (age 35)[1]
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Helmond Sport
Youth career
	Firkantens Boldklub
	B.93
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1994–1995	Copenhagen	0	(0)
1995–1997	Heerenveen	26	(6)
1997–1998	MVV	34	(3)
1998–2002	Roda JC	86	(13)
2002–2003	Mouscron	8	(1)
2003–2005	Brescia	10	(0)
2004	→ Catania (loan)	12	(3)
2004	→ Vicenza (loan)	4	(0)
2005–2008	Queens Park Rangers	69	(13)
2008–2010	Randers	57	(22)
2010–2011	SpVgg Unterhaching	23	(3)
2011–	Helmond Sport	2	(0)
National team
2000–2008	Denmark	7	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:29, 3 September 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Marc Stephen Griffith Nygaard (born 1 September 1976) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Helmond Sport as a striker.

Club career

Marc Nygaard started his professional career in SC Heerenveen in 1995. He stayed with Heerenveen until 1997. He was then signed by MVV Maastricht. However, Nygaard only stayed with Maastricht one year before moving back to the Eredivisie in 1998 now playing for Roda JC. Nygaard stayed in Dutch football until 2003.

He was then signed by the Italian serie A side Brescia Calcio.

Queens Park Rangers

Nygaard joined Rangers from Italian side Brescia on free transfer in July 2005.

Nygaard made 72 appearances in all competitions during his two-and-a-half year spell in W12, scoring 14 goals.^[3]

Rangers FC

Nygaard made his first appearance for Rangers in the quarter finals, of the danish cup, against Brøndby IF. However due to an injury Nygaard found himself sidelined. Nygaard returned to the squad soon after and was in the starting line against AGF. Nygaard scored his first goal in this match. He scored two goals and the game ended 4–1.

Nygaard continued what was by his standards the best form of his career, scoring two goals in the same match. This time it was on 4 May against Esbjerg fB. However Randers FC failed to win the match and the game ended 3–2 to Esbjerg. Nygaard scored again on 7 May against FC Midtjylland. He scored from 25 yards with a well placed kick at the right side of the goal. Marc Nygaard had now scored in three successive matches. RFC however failed to maintain the lead and lost the match 2–1.

Nygaard ended his first campaign with Randers FC in great style. Randers met Brøndby IF in their final game of the season. After numerous chances, Nygaard succeeded in getting a penalty for his site. Nygaard himself took the penalty and scored the first goal. Nygaards team mate Søren Berg scored the final goal and Randers won the game 2–1. Nygaard ended his first campaign at Randers with nine league appearances and six goals.

Following the new campaign Nygaard found himself side lined in the first match against AGF due to yellow cards from the previous season. However Nygaard returned in the next match against FC Copenhagen. He scored his first goal in the 2008–09 season against FC Nordsjælland in the final minutes. The game ended 1–1. Nygaard scored the equalizer against Esbjerg on penalty the game ended 1–1. After the goal Nygaard was forced to leave the field due to an injury in his leg. However the injury was not as serious as feared.^[4] Following Nygaard success at club level he was on 31 October called in for the national team.^[5] After Rangers skipper Ralf Pedersen had left the club to join Viborg FF Nygaard was selected as the new team captain.^[6]

Although he failed to impress in the second tier of English football, Nygaard had great personal success following the first half of the 2008–09 season. He managed to score in seven successive matches thereby becoming top scorer along with OB striker Djiby Fall.^[7]

Nygaard finished the season with a record of 26 matches played and 16 goals scored. Nygaard won the topscorer-prize beating his nearest rivals with one goal.

His contract with Rangers expired on July 1, 2010, and he became a free agent. In August 2010 he signed with German 3rd Liga club SpVgg Unterhaching.

External links

• Marc Nygaard career stats at Soccerbase
• QPR Official Site profile
• Danish national team profile
• Yahoo! Sports profile
• National Football Teams career statistics
• Randers FC profile

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Spillerstatistik: Marc Nygaard". Dansk Fodbold. 2 September 2008. http://www.danskfodbold.com/spiller.php?ligaid=2001&spillerid=11078. Retrieved 1 July 2010. 
2. ^ "Marc Nygaard". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. http://www.soccerway.com/players/marc-nygaard/26260/. Retrieved 3 September 2011. 
3. ^ http://www.qpr.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~1226315,00.html
4. ^ http://www.bold.dk/nyt/index.php?vis=87947 (In Danish)
5. ^ http://www.bold.dk/nyt/?vis=88556 (In Danish)
6. ^ http://www.onside.dk/node/16072 (In Danish)
7. ^ http://www.bold.dk/nyt/index.php?vis=92913

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ralf Pedersen	Randers FC captain 2008–2010	Succeeded by Søren Pedersen

Persondata
Name	Nygaard, Marc
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1 September 1976
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death
Place of death