Daniel Agger
Agger in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Munthe Agger | ||
| Date of birth | 12 December 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Hvidovre, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1996 | Rosenhøj | ||
| 1996–2004 | Brøndby | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | Brøndby | 34 | (5) |
| 2006–2014 | Liverpool | 175 | (9) |
| 2014–2015 | Brøndby | 43 | (2) |
| Total | 252 | (16) | |
| National team | |||
| 2003–2004 | Denmark U20 | 10 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 | Denmark U21 | 10 | (3) |
| 2005–2016 | Denmark | 75 | (12) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Daniel Munthe Agger (Danish: [d̥anjəl ˈɑɡ̊ɐ]; born 12 December 1984) is a Danish retired professional footballer and tattoo artist who played as a central defender for Brøndby and Liverpool and captained the Denmark national team. Agger was described as "a fine reader of the game, comfortable on the ball and blessed with a ferocious shot". He was the 2007 and 2012 Danish Football Player of the Year.
He started his senior career with Brøndby in July 2004, winning the Danish Superliga and the Danish Cup, before moving to Liverpool in January 2006. He made 175 Premier League appearances for the club (232 total) and won the League Cup and Community Shield. Agger returned to Brøndby for personal reasons in August 2014, and retired a year later at the age of 31.
A full international since 2005, Agger earned 75 caps and scored 12 goals for Denmark. He represented the nation at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012, captaining his country at the latter.
In July 2004, he was moved from the youth squad to the first team, following the departure of Swedish international defender Andreas Jakobsson. Agger quickly established himself not only as a first team regular, but as one of the key components in the team that won the 2004–05 Danish Superliga championship. After the first half of the season Agger was named 2004 "talent of the year" by Spillerforeningen (the Danish equivalent of the English PFA).
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