Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 25 May 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Denmark | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Ålholm IF | |||
Skjold Birkerød | |||
B 1903 | |||
Lyngby | |||
KB | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2005 | Copenhagen | 37 | (12) |
2005–2006 | Malmö FF | 24 | (1) |
2006–2009 | Esbjerg fB | 76 | (20) |
2009–2015 | Silkeborg | 132 | (28) |
2015–2016 | Roskilde | 26 | (1) |
International career | |||
2001 | Denmark U19 | 1 | (0) |
2003 | Denmark U21 | 1 | (0) |
2006–2009 | Denmark | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jesper Bech (born 25 May 1982) is a Danish former professional footballer. He played as a striker. He has gained two caps for the Denmark national team.
Bech played his youth years for Ålholm IF, Skjold Birkerød, B 1903, Lyngby BK and KB. He got his national breakthrough with F.C. Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga championship, where he debuted in April 2004. He scored seven goals in nine games during his first season, and helped the club win the 2003–04 Danish Superliga title as well as the 2004 Danish Cup trophy. In the following season, sharp competition from strikers Alvaro Santos and Sibusiso Zuma kept Bech out of his preferred striker role. He was either used as a substitute, or in the role of winger. Bech transferred to Swedish club Malmö FF in the summer 2005.
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