Thomas Bælum

Thomas Bælum

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Bælum
Date of birth	(1978-06-05) 5 June 1978
Place of birth	Aalborg, Denmark
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	AaB (chief executive)
Youth career
	Aalborg Chang
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2003	AaB	179	(0)
2004–2006	MSV Duisburg	77	(3)
2006–2008	Willem II	62	(1)
2009–2011	Silkeborg	22	(0)
2011	Grauballe UGF
International career
1997–1999	Denmark U21	18	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 10, 2011

Thomas Bælum (born 5 June 1978) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is currently chief executive and caretaking sports director for AaB. Bælum has played 18 games for the Danish national U21 team.

Career

Born in Aalborg, Bælum made his debut in professional football with local club Aalborg Boldspilklub (AaB) in the 1996–97 Superliga season. He helped AaB win the 1998–99 Superliga championship, as well as reaching two Danish Cup finals. In the winter 2003, he moved abroad to play for MSV Duisburg in Germany. He helped Duisburg win promotion for the top-flight Bundesliga in the summer 2005. When Duisburg were swiftly relegated back into the 2. Bundesliga in the summer 2006, he moved to Dutch club Willem II Tilburg in the Eredivisie where he spent two seasons, playing 62 league games and scoring one goal. Bælum was signed by the Danish second level side Silkeborg IF in the summer of 2008.

Honours

• Danish Superliga: 1998–99

External links

• Thomas Bælum national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
• Grauballe UGF profile (in Danish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 March 2012)
• Thomas Bælum at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Thomas Bælum at Voetbal International (in Dutch)