Thomas "Tommy" Løvenkrands (born 30 May 1974) is a Danish

Denmark

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 former professional football

Football (soccer)

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 player. He most recently played as a winger

Midfielder

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 for Danish club SønderjyskE

SønderjyskE

SønderjyskE is a Danish sport club. They have two football teams , two handball teams and an ice hockey team based in Vojens. All the teams play in South Jutland...

. He is the older brother of Danish international

Denmark national football team

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 winger Peter Løvenkrands

Peter Løvenkrands

Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands is a Danish footballer who plays for Newcastle United in the Premier League, and for the Danish national team. He is a striker who can also play as a left winger and is known for his pace....

.

Løvenkrands began his career at Akademisk Boldklub

Akademisk Boldklub

Akademisk Boldklub or AB is a Danish professional football club from Copenhagen,currently playing at the second highest level in Danish domestic football, the 1st Division.-History:...

 (AB) in the top-flight Danish Superliga

Danish Superliga

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 in 1998, playing alongside his brother Peter Løvenkrands. He joined Scottish

Scotland

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 club St. Johnstone in May 2000, after impressing then-manager Sandy Clark

Sandy Clark

Alexander "Sandy" Clark is a former professional football player and currently a pundit for BBC Scotland. He was a centre forward....

 during a testimonial match for veteran Saints forward Roddy Grant. After the Perth

Perth, Scotland

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 club was relegated from the Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League

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 in 2002, they could no longer offer Løvenkrands a similar pay deal, leading to his departure from the club in the summer of 2003.

He returned to Denmark to join Superliga club Esbjerg fB

Esbjerg fB

Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber also referred to as Esbjerg fB or simply EfB is a professional Danish football club from the port city of Esbjerg in West Jutland. The club was formed in 1924, as a merger between Esbjerg Boldklub af 1898 and Esbjerg Amatørklub af 1911. The club has training facilities...

. Struggling to win a place in the starting line-up, he left the club in the summer 2006 to join league rivals SønderjyskE

SønderjyskE

SønderjyskE is a Danish sport club. They have two football teams , two handball teams and an ice hockey team based in Vojens. All the teams play in South Jutland...

. In December 2007 he decided to end his career.

External links

• Career statistics at Danmarks Radio
  Danmarks Radio
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