Heerenveen
(Holland), Newcastle United (England), Feyenoord (Holland), AC
Milan (Italy), VfB Stuttgart (Germany)
Honours
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Biography
Jon Dahl Tomasson (born August 29, 1976 in Roskilde, Denmark) is
a Danish footballer who currently plays for German Bundesliga
side VfB Stuttgart. He has represented the national team 79
times, scoring 38 goals, as of December 2005 and has also played
for the Denmark Under-21 side 10 times, scoring 5 goals. Playing
as a striker, Tomasson is known for his positional strength and
fine finishing.
Tomasson has previously played for AC Milan, Feyenoord Rotterdam,
Newcastle United and SC Heerenveen.
Tomasson first started playing football as a five year-old with
his hometown club Solrød FC. At nine years of age, he moved to
Køge BK. In 1994, he moved to Holland and signed his first
professional contract, with the Dutch club Heerenveen. A first-team
regular by the 1995-96 season, Tomasson was the club top scorer
for the season as well, netting 14 goals in 30 league matches.
He increased this tally in 1996-97 to 18, and was top-scorer for
the club once again.
Two good seasons with Heerenveen resulted in Tomasson getting a
call to the Denmark national team, and he made his debut on
March 29, 1997, against Croatia. There was also an interest
shown by other clubs, and he completed a high profile move to
the English Premiership club Newcastle United in 1997. But
Tomasson was unable to make a very big impact, scoring only 3
goals in 23 appearances, and returned to the Dutch league the
next season, joining Feyenoord. His first season there, 1998-99,
turned out to be successful for the club, as they won the league
as well as the Dutch Super Cup. Although he missed out on the
1998 World Cup, Tomasson was part of the Danish team at Euro
2000. He also played in the following edition of both
tournaments, scoring four goals in the 2002 World Cup and three
in Euro 2004, where he made the All-Star Squad.
In 2002, Tomasson's contract with Feyenoord was expiring, and
after their UEFA Cup victory, he moved to the Serie A club AC
Milan on a free transfer. The 2002-03 season, Tomasson's first
at Milan, saw them winning the Italian Cup and the UEFA
Champions League. They then won the Italian Super Cup and the
Serie A title the next season. After Christian Vieri joined
Milan in July 2005, Tomasson left the Italian club for Stuttgart.
Till December 22, 2005, he has scored 6 goals for Stuttgart in
12 matches.
