Personal information | |||
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Full name | Uffe Manich Bech | ||
Date of birth | 13 January 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward, Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Hannover 96 | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
Hellerup IK | |||
2006–2010 | Lyngby BK | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2013 | Lyngby BK | 41 | (7) |
2013–2015 | FC Nordsjælland | 43 | (14) |
2015– | Hannover 96 II | 5 | (0) |
2015– | Hannover 96 | 18 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2008–2009 | Denmark U16 | 7 | (3) |
2009–2010 | Denmark U17 | 10 | (6) |
2010 | Denmark U18 | 4 | (1) |
2010–2012 | Denmark U19 | 12 | (3) |
2012 | Denmark U20 | 3 | (1) |
2012– | Denmark U21 | 9 | (2) |
2014– | Denmark | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:22, 20 December 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 July 2015 |
Uffe Manich Bech (born 13 January 1993) is a Danish footballer who plays for Hannover 96.
His career started in Hellerup IK, where he at the age of 13 switched to Lyngby Boldklub. Throughout his young career he got plenty of playing time in the various Danish youth national team, where he on several occasions has been the top scorer. Already at the age of 15, Bech signed a three-year contract with Lyngby. He was a big talent and went on trials at among others Blackburn Rovers and SC Heerenveen in 2016. Bech signed a new three-year contract with Lyngby in August 2010.
He got his official debut in the Danish Superliga on 1 August 2010 in a game against Silkeborg IF, where Bach played the last 5 minutes, coming on from the bench.
On 13 February 2011, it was published by Lyngby Boldklub that they would send him to Hamburger SV, where he would be allowed to train with the club until the following Friday. Lyngby's first-team coach Niels Frederiksen struck, however, that Uffe just went to Germany to try a big club. Bech got slowly more and more space in the squad. Especially after a game against FC Midtjylland in April 2011, where Bech replaced David Boysen with 20 minutes of the game left, and a few minutes later scored to the final result 1-0. Bech won the "U19 talent of the year in Denmark" in 2011, given by DBU.
Bech was officially promoted to the first team squad in the summer 2012. Already six months later, he extended his contract until 2014. The talented offensive player impressed everybody in his last season. After a fantastic half season in the 2012/13 season, with 17 league games and 5 goals, Bech got spotted by many clubs. Bech played in Lyngby BK until January 2013 when he was picked for the Superliga club FC Nordsjælland.
On 22 January 2013, he transferred to FC Nordsjælland on a three and a half years contract. After his arrival, he played 5 games in the first half season, before getting injured indefinitely. The injuries continued for the young player and he was operated in his meniscus in August 2013. However, he managed to get back in training only a month later and made his comeback in October. But a week after his comeback, he got injured again. It was once again in his knee. Bech had a bad start at his new club, as he played 11 games and scores two goals in the 2013/14 season.