- Simon Kjær
Infobox Football biography
playername = Simon Kjær
height = height|metres=1.89
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1989|3|26
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth = Forsvar,Denmark
currentclub = US Palermo
clubnumber =
position = Centre back
youthyears =
youthclubs =AC Horsens
years = 2007–2008
2008-
clubs =FC Midtjylland
US Palermo
caps(goals) = 21 (0) 00 (0)
nationalyears = 2006 2006-2008 2008-
nationalteam = Denmark U-18 Denmark U-19 Denmark U-21
nationalcaps(goals) = 01 (0) 10 (1) 01 (0)
pcupdate = May 28, 2008
ntupdate = May 28, 2008Simon Kjær (born
March 26 ,1989 ) is a Danish professionalfootball (soccer) player, who plays as acentre-half forU.S. Città di Palermo . He has played 12 games and scored one goal for various Danish youth national selections.In October 2007, Kjær attracted the likes of English Premier League sides Middlesbrough and Liverpool, [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/7052092.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |title=Friday's gossip column |accessdate=2008-04-09 |date=
2007-10-19 ] being then named 2007 Danish under-19 talent of the year later in November. [cite web |url=http://www.dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=242463 |publisher=DBU.dk |title=Schmeichel årets Arla-talent |accessdate=2008-04-09 |date=2007-11-06 |language=Danish]In February 2008 he signed a five-year contract with
Serie A team Palermo, which will take effect in July 2008. [cite news|publisher=U.S. Città di Palermo|url=http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0708/news_scheda.jsp?id=8503|title=Blitz di Foschi in Danimarca, preso Kjær|date=2008-02-16 |accessdate=2008-02-16|language=Italian] [cite news |publisher=Sky Sports |title=Palermo win Kjaer race |accessdate=2008-04-09 |date=2008-02-16 |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11669_3154802,00.html] [cite web |publisher=Yahoo! Sports |title=Danish football player Simon Kjaer shows his new Palermo jersey to the press |accessdate=2008-04-09 |date=2008-02-18 |url=http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/photo?slug=271a1a2906966e5b0ad18db6699177d9-getty-fbl-ita-den-kjaer&prov=getty]References
External links
* [http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0809/scheda.jsp?id=5888 US Città di Palermo profile]
* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/playerInfo.aspx?playerid=5839 Danish national team profile]
* [http://www.fcm.dk/index.php?ID=6&holdID=3&spillerID=53&mode=spillerinfo&topID=5 FC Midtjylland profile]
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