Thomas Helveg
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Lund Helveg | ||
Date of birth | 24 June 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Odense, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | OB (resource coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Sct. Klemens/Fangel IF | |||
Dalum IF | |||
OB | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1994 | OB | 103 | (4) |
1994–1998 | Udinese | 141 | (6) |
1998–2003 |
Milan | 105 | (1) |
2003–2004 | Internazionale | 23 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Norwich City | 20 | (0) |
2005–2007 | Borussia M'gladbach | 13 | (0) |
2007–2010 | OB | 75 | (0) |
Total | 480 | (10) | |
International career | |||
1994–2007[1] | Denmark | 108 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2011–2013 | OB (assistant) | ||
2020–2021 | Denmark U-19 (assistant) | ||
2022– | OB (resource coach) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Lund Helveg (Danish pronunciation:
Helveg was named 1994
Playing career
Born in
Moving abroad
Thomas Helveg's international career began when he was
For five seasons, he was first choice in the right side of the Udinese starting line-up, as a
In April 1997, he was joined at Udinese by fellow Danish player Martin Jørgensen. The pair developed a close relationship, naming each other nephew Jørgensen and uncle Helveg. For the next two seasons, Udinese mingled with the biggest Serie A clubs, the "Seven Sisters".[4] Helveg played 30 of 34 games as Udinese finished in fifth place of the 1996–97 Serie A season, and qualified for European football for the first time in club history. In the following season, Helveg played four games for Udinese in the European UEFA Cup tournament, and helped the club finish in a meriting third place of the 1997–98 Serie A season. Both Helveg and Martin Jørgensen were included in new national manager Bo Johansson's Danish squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Their connection was evident in their joint celebration following Helveg's goal in Denmark's 4–1 win over Nigeria in the World Cup round of 16.
Milan
Before the 1998 World Cup, Helveg had been sold to
In the 2001–02 season he played less than half of Milan's games in Serie A, and following only eight of 34 matches in the 2002–03 season, he moved to Inter Milan – the cross-city rivals of A.C. Milan – before the season 2003–04. Through his five years at A.C. Milan, Helveg had been selected for Denmark in both the Euro 2000 as well as 2002 FIFA World Cup. While the Euro 2000 was no success for neither Denmark nor Helveg, who had an injury which limited him to playing a combined 98 minutes in two games, the 2002 World Cup gave him more time on the pitch. He played full-time in the three successful group stage matches, until another injury forced him to leave the pitch in the seventh minute of Denmark's final game before elimination.
Veteran years
In Inter Milan, he rejoined his former manager in both Udinese and A.C. Milan, Alberto Zaccheroni. Helveg regained some of his form and played 22 games in Serie A and six matches in the European cups. In this his last year in Italy, he was from time to time also used in the left side of the defence. He was once more a part of a European Championship tournament, when he played full-time in Denmark's four games at the Euro 2004. Helveg was named national team captain following the retirement of René Henriksen after the Euro 2004 tournament. After a year at Inter Milan, Helveg moved on to play in England in the summer 2004.
He joined
Helveg signed a two-year contract with German club Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga championship. Four appearances into his Mönchengladbach debut season, he sustained a serious achilles tendon injury that forced him out for more than eight months. He returned to Bundesliga action at the end of that season, coming on as a substitute in injury-time in Mönchengladbach's final match. Having played eight of Mönchengladbach's first 19 games during the 2006–07 season, Helveg was dropped from the Danish national team by national manager Morten Olsen. Helveg and Mönchengladbach mutually terminated his contract in January 2007, and he moved back to play for OB.[7]
On 4 December 2010, Helveg played the last match of his career.
Later and coaching career
After retiring at the end of 2010, it was confirmed on 17 December 2010, that Helveg from 1 January 2011 would continue at OB as an assistant coach under Henrik Clausen.[8] Clausen was fired on 26 March 2012, but Helveg continued in his position under newly hired manager Poul Hansen.[9] At his own request, Helveg chose to resign from his position in June 2013.[10]
In August 2015, Helveg was back in football when he was hired as a member of FC Roskilde's board.[11] It is unknown how long Helveg held this position.
On 28 May 2020, Helveg was appointed assistant coach of Denmark's U-19 national team.[12] He left the position in August 2021.[13] In October 2022, Helveg returned to OB, where he was hired as a 'resource coach'. Helveg's new position included helping with the integration of new players.[14]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
OB[15] | 1989 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | ||
1990 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 2 | |||
1991 | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 0 | |||
1991–92 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | |||
1992–93 | 31 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 1 | |||
1993–94 | 13 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||
Total | 103 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 4 | |||
Udinese[16] | 1993–94 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 24 | 2 |
1994–95 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 32 | 1 | |
1995–96 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 32 | 2 | |
1996–97 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 1 | |
1997–98 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | |
Total | 141 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 6 | |
A.C. Milan[16]
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1998–99 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 1 |
1999–00 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 0 | |
2000–01 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | – | – | 42 | 1 | |
2001–02 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 0 | |
2002–03 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | |
Total | 105 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 2 | |
Inter Milan[16] | 2003–04 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 0 |
Norwich | 2004–05 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach[17] | 2005–06 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 |
2006–07 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
OB[15][18] | 2006–07 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
2007–08 | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 0 | |||
2008–09 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 0 | |||
2009–10 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||
Total | 57 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | |||
Career total | 462 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 533 | 12 |
International
- Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Helveg goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 2 June 1996 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Ghana | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly match
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2 | 28 June 1998 | Saint-Denis, France | Nigeria | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup |
Honours
OB
A.C. Milan
Individual
- Danish Player of the Year: 1994
See also
References
- ^ "Thomas Helveg – Century of International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ Leif Rasmussen, "Ob blev på toget", Ekstra Bladet, 30 September 1993
- ^ Allan Nielsen, "Skaden fødte en storspiller", Politiken, 21 April 1994
- A.S. Romawere considered in a class of their own, as they dominated the seven first spots of the league every year.
- Berlingske Tidende, 31 May 1998 (amount translated from Danish kroner)
- ^ "Helveg strike sinks Deportivo". BBC Sport. 6 December 2000. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "Helveg wechselt zu Odense BK" (in German). kicker.de. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ Clausen og Helveg ny trænerduo i OB, bold.dk, 17 December 2010
- ^ Helveg fortsætter som OB-assistent, bold.dk, 28 March 2012
- ^ Helveg stopper i OB - Mattsson tager over, bold.dk, 14 June 2013
- ^ Thomas Helveg går ind i 1. divisionsklub, bold.dk, 20 August 2015
- ^ TIDLIGERE LANDSHOLDSSTJERNER BLIVER TRÆNERE, dbu.dk, 28 May 2020
- ^ U-LANDSHOLD FÅR NYE ASSISTENTTRÆNERE, dbu.dk, 16 August 2021
- ^ Thomas Helveg er ny ressourcetræner i OB, ob.dk, 7 October 2022
- ^ a b "Danmarks Radio career statistics" (in Danish). resol.dr.dk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2007.
- ^ a b c "Thomas Helveg". espacefootball.ifrance.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2007.
- ^ "Thomas Helveg" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ "Thomas Helveg". ESPN. Archived from the original on 27 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
Literature
- Aagaard, Jørgen (2001). Thomas Helveg – født til at løbe [Thomas Helveg – born to run] (in Danish). Denmark. ISBN 87-7831-249-3.)
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External links
- Thomas Helveg national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
- Thomas Helveg at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)