Julie Rydahl Bukh

Julie Rydahl Bukh (born 9 January 1982) is a Danish former football midfielder who most recently played for Brøndby IF and the Denmark women's national football team. As well as teams in her native Denmark, Rydahl Bukh played for clubs in Sweden, Australia and the United States. She was described by UEFA.com as a technically gifted and creative left-sided attacking midfielder.[1]

Julie Rydahl Bukh
Personal information
Full name Julie Rydahl Bukh
Date of birth (1982-01-09) 9 January 1982
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Attacking Midfielder
Youth career
1989–1994 Ravnsbjerg IF
1995–1996 B67 Viborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Viborg FF
2000–2001 Vejle BK
2001–2008 Brøndby IF
2009 Linköpings FC 11 (1)
2009 Sydney FC 11 (2)
2010 Fortuna Hjørring
2010 Pali Blues 3 (2)
2011–2013 Brøndby IF
National team‡
1998–1999 Denmark U-17 11 (1)
1999–2001 Denmark U-19 11 (2)
2001–2013 Denmark 91 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 June 2010
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 April 2017

Club career

Rydahl won six successive Elitedivisionen championships with Brøndby IF, before moving to Swedish club Linköpings FC alongside her girlfriend Cathrine Paaske in November 2008.[2] She was recovering from a serious knee injury and did not play until March 2009. Rydahl and Paaske left three games before the end of Linköpings' championship-winning season for contracts with Sydney FC in the Australian W-League. Rydahl struck the winning goal in Sydney's 3–2 Grand Final win over Brisbane Roar.

After leaving Sydney FC, Rydahl and Paaske had expected to join the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league, having signed contracts with Los Angeles Sol. When the Sol went into liquidation Rydahl returned to Denmark and joined Brøndby's sworn rivals Fortuna Hjørring instead. In January 2011, she rejoined Brøndby, after a short interlude with Pali Blues.[3]

International career

In March 2001 Rydahl Bukh made her senior international debut against Finland. She scored her first goal in her second appearance, the Danes' 2–1 defeat to Italy in their opening group game at UEFA Women's Euro 2001.[4]

Injury kept Rydahl Bukh out of UEFA Women's Euro 2005, but she returned to the team for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and UEFA Women's Euro 2009.

She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[5] In November 2013 Rydahl Bukh announced that she had retired from football.[6]

Honours

With Brøndby IF:

  • Elitedivisionen: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • Danish Women's Cup: 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013

With Linköpings FC:

  • Damallsvenskan: 2009
  • Svenska Cupen: 2009

With Sydney FC:

  • W-League Premiership: 2009
  • W-League Championship: 2009

With Fortuna Hjørring:

  • Elitedivisionen: 2010

References
  1. "Julie Rydahl Bukh". UEFA.com. UEFA. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  2. "Dansk landslagsduo till LFC" (in Swedish). Linköpings FC. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  3. Møller Riis, Helle (19 June 2012). "Julie Rydahl Bukh: 11 guldmedaljer i streg" (in Danish). Fagligt Fælles Forbund. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  4. "Julie Rydahl Bukh". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  5. Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  6. Schou Nielsen, Pia (5 November 2013). "En ny kamp, en ny trup" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 28 August 2014.


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