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Julie Rydahl Bukh
Danish footballer (born 1982)
Julie Rydahl Bukh (born 9 January 1982) is a Danish former football midfielder who most recently played for Brøndby IF and the Denmark national team. As well as teams in her native Denmark, Rydahl Bukh played for clubs in Sweden, Australia, and the United States. She was described by UEFA as a technically gifted and creative left-sided attacking midfielder.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julie Rydahl Bukh | ||
| Date of birth | (1982-01-09) 9 January 1982 (age 42) | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Winger Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1994 | Ravnsbjerg IF | ||
| 1995–1996 | B67 Viborg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1999 | Viborg FF | ||
| 2000–2001 | Vejle BK | ||
| 2001–2008 | Brøndby IF | ||
| 2009 | Linköpings FC | 11 | (1) |
| 2009 | Sydney FC | 11 | (2) |
| 2010 | Fortuna Hjørring | ||
| 2010 | Pali Blues | 3 | (2) |
| 2011–2013 | Brøndby IF | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1998–1999 | Denmark U-17 | 11 | (1) |
| 1999–2001 | Denmark U-19 | 11 | (2) |
| 2001–2013 | Denmark | 91 | (10) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 June 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 April 2017 | |||
Rydahl won six successive Elitedivisionen championships with Brøndby IF, before moving to Swedish club Linköpings FC alongside her girlfriend Cathrine Paaske in November 2008.[2] She was recovering from a serious knee injury and did not play until March 2009. Rydahl and Paaske left three games before the end of Linköpings' championship-winning season for contracts with Sydney FC in the Australian W-League. Rydahl struck the winning goal in Sydney's 3–2 Grand Final win over Brisbane Roar.
After leaving Sydney FC, Rydahl and Paaske had expected to join the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league, having signed contracts with Los Angeles Sol. When the Sol went into liquidation Rydahl returned to Denmark and joined Brøndby's sworn rivals Fortuna Hjørring instead. In January 2011, she rejoined Brøndby, after a short interlude with Pali Blues.[3]
In March 2001 Rydahl Bukh made her senior international debut against Finland. She scored her first goal in her second appearance, the Danes' 2–1 defeat to Italy in their opening group game at UEFA European Championship 2001.[4]
Injury kept Rydahl Bukh out of UEFA European Championship 2005, but she returned to the team for the 2007 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship 2009.
She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA European Championship 2013.[5] In November 2013 Rydahl Bukh announced that she had retired from football.[6]
With Brøndby IF:
- Elitedivisionen: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013
- Danish Women's Cup: 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013
With Linköpings FC:
- Damallsvenskan: 2009
- Svenska Cupen: 2009
With Sydney FC:
With Fortuna Hjørring:
- Elitedivisionen: 2010
- "Julie Rydahl Bukh". UEFA.com. UEFA. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- "Dansk landslagsduo till LFC" (in Swedish). Linköpings FC. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- Møller Riis, Helle (19 June 2012). "Julie Rydahl Bukh: 11 guldmedaljer i streg" (in Danish). Fagligt Fælles Forbund. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- "Julie Rydahl Bukh". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- Schou Nielsen, Pia (5 November 2013). "En ny kamp, en ny trup" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- Julie Rydahl Bukh national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
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