Marc Nygaard
Personal information
Full name	Marc Stephen Grifftith Nygaard[1]
Date of birth	September 1, 1976 (1976-09-01) (age 33)
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Randers FC
Number	30
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1997 1997-1998 1998-2002 2002-2003 2003-2005 2004 2004 2005-2008 2008-present	SC Heerenveen MVV Maastricht Roda JC R.E. Mouscron Brescia Calcio → Catania (loan) → Vicenza (loan) Queens Park Rangers Randers FC	0026 0(6) 0034 0(3) 0086 (13) 0008 0(1) 0010 0(0) 0012 0(3) 0004 0(0) 0069 (13) 0045 (22)
National team2
2000-present	Denmark	07 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 14 September 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Marc Stephen Grifftith Nygaard (born 1 September 1976 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish professional football player and the captain for Randers FC.

[edit] Club career

Marc Nygaard started his professional career in SC Heerenveen in 1995. He stayed with Heerenveen until 1997. He was then signed by MVV Maastricht. However, Nygaard only stayed with Maastricht one year before moving back to the Eredivisie in 1998 now playing for Roda JC. Nygaard stayed in Dutch football until 2003.

He was then signed by the Italian serie A side Brescia Calcio.

[edit] Queens Park Rangers

Nygaard joined Rangers from Italian side Brescia on free transfer in July 2005.

Nygaard made 72 appearances in all competitions during his two-and-a-half year spell in W12, scoring 14 goals.^[2]

[edit] Randers FC

Nygaard made his first appearance for Randers in the quarter finals, of the danish cup, against Brøndby IF. However due to an injury Nygaard found himself sidelined. Nygaard returned to the squad soon after and was in the starting line against AGF. Nygaard scored his first goal in this match. He scored two goals and the game ended 4-1.

Nygaard continued what was by his standards the best form of his career, scoring two goals in the same match. This time it was on Maj 4. against Esbjerg fB. However Randers FC failed to win the match and the game ended 3-2 to Esbjerg. Nygaard scored again at Maj 7. against FC Midtjylland. He scored from 25 yards with a well placed kick at the right side of the goal. Marc Nygaard had now scored in three successive matches. RFC however failed to maintain the lead and lost the match 2-1.

Nygaard ended his first campaign with Randers FC in great style. Randers met Brøndby IF in their final game of the season. After numerous chances, Nygaard succeeded in getting a penalty for his site. Nygaard himself took the penalty and scored the first goal. Nygaards team mate Søren Berg scored the final goal and Randers won the game 2-1.

Nygaard ended his first campaign at Randers with the record of 9 total league appearances and 6 goals.

Following the new campaign Nygaard found himself side lined in the first match against AGF due to yellow cards from the previous season. However Nygaard returned in the next match against FC Copenhagen. He scored his first goal in the 2008/2009 season against FC Nordsjælland in the final minutes. The game ended 1-1. Nygaard scored the equalizer against Esbjerg on penalty the game ended 1-1. After the goal Nygaard was forced to leave the field due to an injury in his leg. However the injury was not as serious as feared.^[3] Following Nygaard success at club level he was on October 31 called in for the national team. ^[4] After Randers skipper Ralf Pedersen had left the club to join Viborg FF Nygaard was selected as the new team captain.^[5].

Although he failed to impress in the second tier of English football, Nygaard had great personal success following the first half of the 2008/2009 season. He managed to score in seven successive matches thereby becoming top scorer along with OB striker Djiby Fall^[6].

Nygaard finished the season with a record of 26 matches played and 16 goals scored. Nygaard won the topscorer-price beating his nearest rivals with one goal.

[edit] External links

• Marc Nygaard career stats at Soccerbase
• QPR Official Site profile
• Danish national team profile
• Yahoo! Sports profile
• National Football Teams career statistics
• Randers FC profile

[edit] References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ralf Pedersen	Randers FC captain 2008-	Succeeded by Incumbent