Ebbe Sand
Personal information
Full name	Ebbe Sand
Date of birth	July 19, 1972
Place of birth	Hadsund, Denmark
Position	Striker
Youth clubs
1977-1992	Hadsund BK
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1992-1999 1999-2006	Brøndby IF FC Schalke	136 (69) 214 (73)
National team
1998-2004	Denmark	66 (22)
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Ebbe Sand (born July 19, 1972) is a Danish former professional football player who most notably played as a striker for FC Schalke 04 in Germany. He was the German Bundesliga top scorer in 2001, and he won the German Cup in 2001 and 2002 with Schalke. On the international stage, he represented the Denmark national football team at the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup, as well as the 2000 and 2004 European Championships and he has scored the fastest World Cup goal by a substitute, when he scored after 16 seconds at the 1998 World Cup. July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The striker (wearing the red shirt) has run past the defender (in the white shirt) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to attempt to stop the ball. ... FC Schalke 04 is a German football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. ... The official Bundesliga logo. ... The German Cup trophy The German Cup (official German name: DFB-Pokal, after Deutscher Fußball Bund Pokal or German Football Association Cup) is an elimination football (soccer) tournament held annually. ... First international Denmark 9 - 0 France B (London, England; 19 October 1908) Largest win Denmark 17 - 1 France (London, England; 22 October 1908) Worst defeat Denamrk 1 - 11 Basque Country August 29, 1937; Copenhagen, Denmark World Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1986) Best result Quarterfinals, 1998 European Championship Appearances 7... The 1998 Football World Cup was held in France, by the FIFA decision in July 1992 beating a bid by Morocco to host the event. ... Qualifying countries The 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th staging of the World Cup, was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. ... The 2000 UEFA European Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a competition between the national football teams of Europe held every four years and organised by UEFA, footballs governing body in Europe. ... Euro 2004 Logo The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly called Euro 2004, was held in Portugal between 12 June and 4 July 2004. ...

In all, he was selected 66 times for the Danish national team and scored 22 goals, from his debut in 1998 until he decided to focus on playing for Schalke in 2004. When his contract with Schalke ran out in the Summer 2006, he moved back to Denmark to become head talent scout at Silkeborg IF. At his retirement in 2006, he was granted a testimonial match between the Danish national team and his former Danish club Brøndby IF. Silkeborg IF is a Danish football team playing in the best Danish league, the Superliga. ... A testimonial match, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football (soccer) and especially in England, where a club puts on a match in honor of a player for service to the club. ... Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football (soccer) club based in the town of Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen. ...

Biography

Born in Hadsund in Denmark, he started playing for hometown club Hadsund BK alongside his twin brother Peter Sand. Moving to Copenhagen in order to study building engineering, he and his brother Peter decided to try their luck at Brøndby IF. After three years of playing only a few games as attacking midfielder, Ebbe Sand got a chance to play regularly in 1995 and he soon made a name for himself. His brother would never play for Brøndby, but played professionally for a number of other clubs. Hadsund is a municipality in northern Denmark, in the county of North Jutland on the peninsula of Jutland. ... Fraternal twin boys in the tub Twins in animal biology is a case of multiple birth in which the mother gives birth to two offspring from the same pregnancy. ... Copenhagen (IPA: , rhyming with pagan (the way the Danes themselves pronounce the name of the capital in English), or , with a as in spa; Danish   IPA: ) is the capital of Denmark and the countrys largest city (metropolitan population 1,211,542 (2006)), at present made up of 16 municipalities. ... // Building engineering: a discipline for the modern era Building engineering, commonly known in the US as architectural engineering, is an emerging engineering discipline that concerns with the planning, design, construction, operation, renovation, and maintenance of buildings, as well as with their impacts on the surrounding environment. ... In football (soccer), an attacking midfielder is a midfielder who comes forward, either to shoot and score goals, or to support the strikers in front of him. ...

National breakthrough

He scored 12 goals in 30 games in breakthrough season and helped Brøndby win the Danish Superliga title. Brøndby matched that feat in both 1997 and 1998, with 1998 being an even better year for both Sand and Brøndby. Sand won the Danish Golden Boot as he scored 28 goals in 33 games and helped Brøndby win the Danish Cup, completing the Double. Sand was first capped for the Denmark national football team on April 22, 1998 against Norway, and following his great 1998 season, he was selected to play for Denmark in the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament. ... The Danish Cup is the official Danish football cup. ... The Double is a term in football, meaning to win a countrys top division and its main cup competition in the same season. ... First international Denmark 9 - 0 France B (London, England; 19 October 1908) Largest win Denmark 17 - 1 France (London, England; 22 October 1908) Worst defeat Denamrk 1 - 11 Basque Country August 29, 1937; Copenhagen, Denmark World Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1986) Best result Quarterfinals, 1998 European Championship Appearances 7... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The 1998 Football World Cup was held in France, by the FIFA decision in July 1992 beating a bid by Morocco to host the event. ...

He took part in all five Denmark matches at the World Cup, and scored his first goal for Denmark in the game against Nigeria, his own most treasured goal for the national team^[1]. Entering as a substitute, he ran into the blind spot of the defense, had the ball lobbed to him over the heads of the defenders, before he headed the ball to his right, past the Nigerian defender, and slotted the ball home in the lower left corner. It only took 16 seconds from his substitution to his goal, a World Cup record that still stands. Following his break through on the international stage, he was named Danish Player of the Year. In August 1998, Sand was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He had the cancer removed and was back in action just a few weeks after the operation. Categories: Danish stubs | Football (soccer) governing bodies | Danish football ... Testicular cancer is a type of cancer that develops in the testicles (singular testis), a part of the male reproductive system. ...

Moving abroad

Sand in Schalke.

Following the 1998 World Cup, Sand played one more season for Brøndby, in which he scored another 19 goals. He was then transferred to German club Schalke for 10 million DEM in 1999, the then most expensive sale by a Danish club.^[2] Sand's first season in Germany was successful, as he scored 14 goals, although Schalke only finished 13th in the Bundesliga that year. After scoring four goals in the qualification matches, he played twice for Denmark at the 2000 European Championship (Euro 2000) tournament, before he was benched in the last game of a lack-lustre Danish performance. Image File history File links Schalke_Ebbe_Sand_02. ... Image File history File links Schalke_Ebbe_Sand_02. ... The Deutsche Mark (DM, DEM) was the official currency of West and, from 1990, unified Germany. ... The official Bundesliga logo. ... The 2000 UEFA European Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a competition between the national football teams of Europe held every four years and organised by UEFA, footballs governing body in Europe. ...

The 2000-01 season was much more successful for Sand. Schalke finished second in the Bundesliga and thus qualified for the UEFA Champions League. They also won the German Cup. Sand scored 22 goals and tied with Sergej Barbarez for the title of lead topscorer in Germany, and he once again won the Danish Player of the Year award in 2001. Schalke won the German Cup again in 2002 and finished fifth in the league, with Sand tallying 11 goals. For the national team, he scored an impressive nine goals in ten qualification games for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but he failed to impress at the final tournament, and was benched the last group match, although he did play three times. The UEFA Champions League (which used to be named and is often still called European Cup) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ... The German Cup trophy The German Cup (official German name: DFB-Pokal, after Deutscher Fußball Bund Pokal or German Football Association Cup) is an elimination football (soccer) tournament held annually. ... Sergej Barbarez (born September 9, 1971 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a famous and popular Bosnian football midfielder playing for Bayer Leverkusen in the German Bundesliga. ... Qualifying countries The 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th staging of the World Cup, was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. ...

His following years at Schalke would be less successful, as he only scored 6 and 8 goals in the next two seasons, respectively. For Denmark's run in the Euro 2004, Sand missed Denmark's final game due to injury, and he decided to retire from international football. He cited a desire to focus his last active years on playing for Schalke, though he would be ready to re-enter the Denmark team if it qualified for 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament if his form would allow it,^[1] though that never became relevant for either party. Initially in his last year of contract, he prolonged his stay at Schalke by a year, despite only scoring 8 goals in 2005. In July 2005, he announced the coming season as his last for Schalke and following seven years in Germany he would move to Denmark in order to work at Danish Superliga club Silkeborg IF.^[3] He thereby turned down an offer from Schalke manager Rudi Assauer to become his managerial protege at Schalke. For his last season at Schalke he was chosen as team captain, even though stiff competition by fellow Dane Søren Larsen and German striker Kevin Kurányi relegated Sand's role to substitute player. He ended his Schalke career at the Bundesliga game with VfB Stuttgart on May 13 2006, scoring a goal in the 3-2 Schalke victory before being substituted to a standing applause by the spectators. The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly called Euro 2004, was held in Portugal between June 12 and July 4, 2004. ... Qualifying countries The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th staging of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international association football world championship tournament. ... Silkeborg IF is a Danish football team playing in the best Danish league, the Superliga. ... Rudi Assauer Rudolf Rudi Assauer (born April 30, 1944 in Altenwald) is a former German football manager and former player. ... Protege is when ou are good at something at a young age ... In team sports, a captain is an honorary title given to the member of the team primarily responsible for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field. ... Søren Larsen in his Denmark debut against Finland. ... Kevin Kurányi (born March 2, 1982) is a German-Panamanian-Brazilian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for the Bundesliga team Schalke 04. ... The VfB Stuttgart (eingetragener Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 , registered Club for Movement Games Stuttgart 1893) is a German sports club best known for its football team based in Stuttgart, and founded on September 9, 1893 as Stuttgart FV 93. ...

Honours

• Danish Superliga: 1996, 1997 and 1998, with Brøndby IF
• Danish Cup: 1998, with Brøndby IF
• Danish Player of the Year : 1998 and 2001
• German Cup: 2001 and 2002, with FC Schalke 04
• German Bundesliga top scorer: 2001

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References

1. ^ ^a b Jesper Dahl Caruso, "Sidste sang fra Sand", Berlingske Tidende, June 29, 2004
2. ^ (Danish) Daniel Agger skifter til Liverpool, Danmarks Radio, January 11, 2006
3. ^ (Danish) Jens Gjesse Hansen, Sand stopper i Schalke næste år, Danmarks Radio, July 21, 2005

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External links

• FC Schalke 04 profile
• Danish national team profile
• uk.sports.yahoo.com profile
• Euro 2004 profile

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