Daniel Agger

Daniel Agger
Agger with Denmark at UEFA Euro 2012
Personal information
Full name Daniel Munthe Agger[1]
Date of birth (1984-12-12) 12 December 1984 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth Hvidovre, Denmark
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Denmark (assistant)
Youth career
0000–1996 Rosenhøj BK
1996–2004 Brøndby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Brøndby 34 (5)
2006–2014 Liverpool 175 (9)
2014–2016 Brøndby 43 (2)
Total 252 (16)
International career
2003–2004 Denmark U20 10 (1)
2004–2006 Denmark U21 10 (3)
2005–2016 Denmark 75 (12)
Managerial career
2021–2023 HB Køge
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Munthe Agger (Danish: [ˈtɛˀniəl ˈɑkɐ]; born 12 December 1984) is a Danish professional football coach and former player who is the assistant manager of the Danish national football team. As a player, he played as a centre-back for Brøndby and Liverpool and captained the Denmark national team. Agger was described as "a fine reader of the game, comfortable on the ball and blessed with a ferocious shot".[4] He was the 2007 and 2012 Danish Football Player of the Year.

He started his senior career with Brøndby in July 2004, winning the Danish Superliga and the Danish Cup, before moving to Liverpool in January 2006. He made 175 Premier League appearances for the club (232 total) and won the League Cup and Community Shield. Agger returned to Brøndby for personal reasons in August 2014, and retired two years later at the age of 31.

A full international since 2005, Agger earned 75 caps and scored 11 goals for Denmark. He represented the nation at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012, captaining his country at the latter.

  1. ^ "UCL Booking List 2006/2007" (PDF). UEFA. 12 April 2007. p. 1. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  2. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LFCProfile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Wilson, Jonathan. "Euro 2012: Denmark". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.