Nicklas Bendtner
Nicklas Bendtner, the Kingdom of Denmark forward, made 30 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 8 times, averaging 0.27 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 2011-12, with 8 goals.
Nicklas Bendtner ( Danish pronunciation: [ˈne̝klæs ˈpenˀtnɐ] ; born 16 January 1988) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a striker . A large, tall, and physically strong player, he was known for his ability in the air and possessed a powerful header. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Having progressed through the youth ranks at Tårnby Boldklub , Kjøbenhavns Boldklub and Arsenal , Bendtner signed his first professional contract with Arsenal in 2005. He made his debut in October 2005 in the League Cup against Sunderland . For the 2006–07 season , Bendtner was loaned out to Championship club Birmingham City , where he made 48 appearances. Following his return to Arsenal, he became a regular first team player, but began to slip out of favour during the 2010–11 season . As a result, he moved on loan to Premier League club Sunderland for the majority of the 2011–12 season , where he made 30 appearances. He then spent the entire 2012–13 season on loan to Serie A club Juventus , where he made 10 appearances but failed to score. Bendtner was released by Arsenal in 2014. He subsequently joined VfL Wolfsburg on a free transfer, for whom he scored the winning goal in the 2015 DFL-Supercup . Released in 2016, he returned to England, where he spent the first half of the 2016–17 season with Nottingham Forest of the Championship, and in March 2017 he signed for Rosenborg. Bendtner has played internationally for Denmark at under-16 , under-17 , under-19 , under-21 and senior levels. He made his senior international debut as an 18-year-old, on 16 August 2006 in a friendly match against — Wikipedia
- Position
- FW
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Birthplace
- Copenhagen
- Born
- 16 Jan 1988
- Height
- 194 cm
On the last day of the August 2011 transfer window , Premier League club Sunderland completed a one-year loan deal for Bendtner; the striker linked up again with manager Steve Bruce . [ 63 ] A couple of days later, Bendtner was reported as saying that he would never play for Arsenal again because he was not given the opportunity to establish himself in the first team after his car accident. [ 64 ] On his debut, he made an assist against Chelsea. [ 65 ] His first goal came on 1 October to begin Sunderland's comeback from 2–0 down to draw with West Bromwich Albion , and he made the cross from which Ahmed Elmohamady equalised. [ 66 ] Bendtner had to wait three weeks for the Dubious Goals Committee to credit him with the goal, which had gone into the net off Gareth McAuley . [ 67 ] Bendtner's second goal for Sunderland came in injury time against Bolton Wanderers; the match ended 2–0 and was Sunderland's first away win of the season. [ 68 ] He scored his third in a 3–2 win at Queens Park Rangers . [ 69 ] On 21 January 2012, Bendtner fractured his eye-socket in a collision during Sunderland's match against Swansea City on 21 January 2012; when he returned to action, he wore a protective facemask. [ 70 ] He converted a penalty in the Tyne-Wear derby on 4 March to put Sunderland 1–0 up, [ 71 ] and scored again the following week to give his team a 1–0 victory against Liverpool. [ 72 ] In Sunderland's 3–1 victory at home to Queens Park Rangers, he scored the opening goal with an "unstoppable" header, [ 73 ] and took his total for March to four from five matches with Sunderland's second goal in a 3–3 draw away to Manchester City. [ 69 ] He finished the season as Sunderland's top scorer in Premier League matches with eight goals. [ 74 ] — Wikipedia
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