Martin_Bergvold

Martin Bergvold

Martin Bergvold

Danish footballer (born 1984)

Martin Bergvold (born 20 February 1984) is a Danish former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder. He has played 18 games and scored two goals for the Denmark under-21 national team, and was named 2000 Danish Under-17 Player of the Year.

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Career

Bergvold started playing football with small clubs Rødovre Boldklub and Boldklubben Avarta. He moved to Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB), the reserve team of FC Copenhagen of the top-flight Danish Superliga. Bergvold played for various Danish national teams, regularly featuring as team captain, and he won the 2000 Danish Under-17 Player of the Year award.

He made his senior debut for Copenhagen in December 2002, and was a member of the squad which won the 2002–03 Superliga championship. He scored his first goal for the club in March 2004, as the club repeated the championship win in the 2003–04 Superliga season. He also scored in the 2004 Danish Cup tournament, though he did not play the cup final, which Copenhagen won 1–0 against AaB. Bergvold played 22 of Copenhagen's 33 games in the 2005–06 Superliga season, which the club went on to win, and he was selected to represent the Danish under-21 national team at the 2006 European Under-21 Championship in May 2006. He played in all Denmark's three matches before elimination.

In January 2007, he moved abroad to play for Italian club Livorno. He made his debut in the Serie A in a 1–2 loss to Fiorentina on 28 January.[2] Livorno finished last in the 2007–08 Serie A season, and was relegated to the Serie B. Bergvold stayed at Livorno, and made 30 appearances in the 2008–09 Serie B season to help Livorno win promotion for the Serie A.

After playing a few years in Denmark, where he played for Copenhagen, Lyngby, Esbjerg fB and Vendsyssel FF,[3] he returned to Livorno in 2016.[4]

In February 2017, Bergvold moved to Faroese club HB Tórshavn.[5] After making 11 appearances for the side and scoring one goal, he retired from football.[6]

Honours

FC Copenhagen

Individual

References

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    Bergvold ophæver med Livorno‚ bold.dk, 17 January 2017
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    "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved February 1, 2007.
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    Nøhr, Mikkel (6 June 2016). "Brandur, Bang og Bergvold stopper i Vendsyssel". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
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    Blond, Mikael (27 August 2016). "Klubløs Bergvold tilbage i Livorno". www.bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 11 September 2020.
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    Skovsgaard Tøfting, Nicolai (28 February 2017). "Martin Bergvold fortsætter i HB Torshavn". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
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    Skovsgaard Tøfting, Nicolai (1 March 2017). "Bergvold pønser på karrierestop til oktober". www.bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 11 September 2020.
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    "Tirsdag 20/07 2004 kl. 18:30". fck.dk. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
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