All Football Players: Nicklas Bendtner Profile,Biography and Photos

Monday, 12 December 2011

Nicklas Bendtner Profile,Biography and Photos

Name: Nicklas Bendtner
Age: 23
Team:Sunderland
Position: Forward
Nationality: Danish
Date of Birth: 16 January 1988
Weight: 13 st 0 lbs
Height: 6 ft 3 in

After getting injured during the 2010 World Cup and spending almost four months out of action, Bendtner finally returned to action in a substitute appearance against Birmingham City on 16 October. On 24 October, he scored his first goal of the season in a 3–0 away win against Manchester City. Three days later, he scored again with a powerful strike against Newcastle United in the League Cup at St. James' Park as Arsenal won 4-0. On 29 December, he dedicated a goal celebration, against Wigan Athletic, to his newborn baby. He went on to score his first goal of 2011 on 25 January against Ipswich Town in the League Cup to level the aggregate score at 1-1. Arsenal later went on to win the game 3-1 on aggregate. The Ipswich goal also won him the Arsenal "Goal of the month" award for January[39] On 2 March 2011 Bendtner got a hat-trick in the FA cup fifth round replay against League One side Leyton Orient, his first for nearly a year, and the first by an Arsenal player in an FA Cup game since Ian Wright's against Yeovil Town in 1993.[40] On 8 March 2011, after coming on as a late substitute, he failed to finish a chance against Barcelona in the closing stages which meant Arsenal were eliminated from the Champions League.