Allan Gaarde
Gaarde playing for Viking.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 25 January 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Grindsted, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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AaB (Sports director) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Grindsted | |||
| Vejle | |||
| Grindsted | |||
| Vejen | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2000 | AaB | 109 | (22) |
| 2001–2002 | Udinese | 8 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | AaB | 77 | (17) |
| 2005–2008 | Viking | 81 | (14) |
| 2009–2010 | Vejle | 24 | (7) |
| Total | 299 | (60) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013– | AaB (Sports director) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Allan Gaarde (born 25 January 1975) is a Danish former professional football player in the midfielder position, who played 227 games and scored 48 goals for AaB , and won the 1999 Danish Superliga championship with the club. He also played abroad for Italian club Udinese Calcio and Norwegian club Viking FK, before ending his career with Vejle Boldklub in Denmark.
Gaarde usually played on the left of midfield, and his main assets were his technnique, vision, distribution and heading.
He is currently sports director in AaB.
Born in Grindsted, Gaarde started playing with a local amateur club at the age of five. He played youth football with Vejle Boldklub, but did not like the atmosphere in the team, and decided to end his dream of a professional career at the age of 16. He returned to amateur football in Grindsted. At the age of 20, Gaarde was poised to start an academic education, when an offer from lower-league Denmark Series club Vejen SF prompted him to reignite his footballing career instead. He helped the club win promotion for the Danish 2nd Division, and was approached by a number of Danish clubs in the Summer 1997.
He turned professional at the age of 22, as he signed a contract with top-flight club Aalborg BK before the 1997–98 Superliga season. He was signed to replace retired defender Ib Simonsen, though Gaarde made it clear that his favoured position was in midfield. Gaarde had a remarkable start at Aalborg BK. In the 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup, the club lost a game 2–8 to Dutch club SC Heerenveen, and Gaarde was promptly moved to the midfield. In his Superliga debut on 27 July 1997, Gaarde was sent off in a 0–0 draw with Odense BK. Despite the negatives, Gaarde quickly established himself in the team, as he played 31 of 33 league games and scored six goals in his first season with Aalborg BK. One of his most remarkable games came in a game against Vejle Boldklub in October 1998. Aalborg was down 0–2 when Gaarde came on as a substitute in the 60th minute and promptly scored a hat-trick in nine minutes to help Aalborg win 4–2. He played 31 of 33 games and scored eight goals in the 1998–99 Superliga season, as Aalborg BK won the second championship in club history. He played a total 109 league games and scored 22 goals for Aalborg BK from 1997 to 2000.
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