Henrik Kildentoft
Personal information
Full name Henrik Kildentoft
Date of birth (1985-03-18) 18 March 1985
Place of birth Hvidovre, Denmark
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
SBK 75
BK Frem
Rosenhøj
–2004 Brøndby IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Brøndby IF 37 (1)
2007–2013 FC Nordsjælland 122 (9)
2013–2014 FK Haugesund 20 (1)
2014–2015 Hønefoss BK 25 (1)
2015 Vendsyssel FF 10 (0)
2015–2017 Næstved BK 40 (1)
International career
2001–2002 Denmark U17 16 (0)
2002–2004 Denmark U19 16 (0)
2004 Denmark U20 5 (0)
2004–2006 Denmark U21 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henrik Kildentoft (born 18 March 1985) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a right back.[1] He amassed a total 47 youth caps for Denmark under four different age groups.

Early life

Henrik Kildentoft was born in Hvidovre, Denmark. He began playing football at the young age of 3 and went on to play in the youth teams for SBK 75, Frem and Rosenhøj, before moving on to Brøndby.[2]

Club career

Brøndby IF

Kildentoft started his professional career at Brøndby, signing his first contract in October 2003, keeping him at the club till the summer of 2005.[3] He was given his senior debut in the Superliga by then head coach Michael Laudrup, in a match against Viborg on 16 April 2005, which Brøndby won 2–0. Making a total of four appearances in his first season during the 2004–05 campaign, where Brøndby won the league, but failed to make enough appearances to qualify for a winner's medal.

F.C. Nordsjælland

On 4 July 2007, Kildentoft joined Farum-based club F.C. Nordsjælland for a fee of 500,000 Danish kroner, signing a three-year contract, filling a large gap in the defense left by the departure of Heath Pearce.[4][5] He made his debut on 18 July, in a surprising 1–0 win over F.C. Copenhagen and scored his first goal in his following match, in a 2–2 draw against his former club Brøndby.[6] Kildentoft went on to miss a dozen games after starting well for his new club, after injuring his knee from a bad tackle in a match against F.C. Midtjylland.[7] He went on to make 21 appearances and score three goals in his first season with FCN.

Kildentoft was club captain in the 2008–09 season, FC Nordsjaelland had qualified for a UEFA Cup run against TVMK Tallinn, Scottish club Queen of the South[8] from Dumfries and Greek side Olympiacos.

FK Haugesund

Kildentoft signed for Norwegian club FK Haugesund on a three-year contract in January 2013,[9] and played 17 matches for his new club in the debut season. He scored his only goal for the club in the 2–1 defeat against Tromsø on 28 April 2013.[10] In 2014, he was loaned out to 1. divisjon club Hønefoss BK for the first half of the season. After his return to Haugesund, he sat on the bench for one Tippeliga match before he was released from the club.[11]

Hønefoss BK

Kildentoft signed for Hønefoss on free transfer on 1 August 2014, in effect making his loan spell permanent.[11] He scored his first goal for the club on 14 September 2014, in the 4–1 win against HamKam.[10]

International career

On 9 May 2006, Kildentoft was selected for the Denmark U21 national team squad for UEFA U-21 Championship 2006 in Portugal.[12]

Personal life

Henrik Kildentoft has stated that his favorite football player is defender Alessandro Nesta, and that he is a fan of A.C. Milan, whom he wishes to one day play for.[2]

Honours

Brøndby IF

F.C. Nordsjælland

References

  1. Henrik Kildentoft indstiller karrieren‚ bold.dk, 18 August 2018
  2. 1 2 "Om Kilde" (in Danish). Henrik-Kildentoft.dk (Henrik Kildentoft). Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  3. "Brøndby skriver kontrakt med to talenter" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 7 October 2003. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  4. Helmin, Jesper (4 July 2007). "Brøndby-forsvarer skifter til FCN" (in Danish). Bold.dk. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  5. Houlind, Søren (5 July 2007). "Kildentoft kostede 500.000 kr" (in Danish). Bold.dk. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  6. Skriver, Martin (21 July 2007). "FC Nordsjælland kom flot tilbage" (in Danish). Bold.dk. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  7. Nielsen, Kasper (13 August 2007). "Kildentoft-diagnose ikke klar" (in Danish). Bold.dk. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  8. "Club History" on the official Queen of the South website Archived 13 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "Ny danske til Haugesund". vg.no (in Norwegian). VG. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  10. 1 2 "Player profile". altomfotball.no/. TV2 (Norway). Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  11. 1 2 "Enkelt valg da han ble fristilt" (in Norwegian). Ringblad. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  12. "18-årig overraskende udtaget til U/21-EM" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
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