He was spotted playing for the Danish Under-19 side in an international tournament.
It again showed Arsenal's policy of looking to sign-up the cream of young talent across Europe.
The Denmark youth international was a deadly finisher for the FC Copenhagen youth teams, although has failed to cement his place in the first-team squad at the Emirates.
Bendtner, a towering forward, appeared in the Arsenal 16 for the first team in the Carling Cup tie against Sunderland in October 2005. And he replaced Quincy Owusu-Abeyie in the 90th minute to make his bow.
In May 2006, the youngster was called up to the Danish U-21 squad and then got his first call-up to the full national side in August 2006, scoring in a win over Poland aged just 18.
Bendtner was also loaned to Birmingham City in the same month, until January 2007. Manager Steve Bruce has already iterated his desire to keep the striker at the club for a full season, after his spree of goalscoring in the first few games.
He has scored 4 goals in 8 games for the club and stayed for the rest of the 2006/07 season. Returning to Arsenal for 2007/08, Bendtner was given the chance to fight for a first-team place and signed a new five-year contract in May 2007.
Showing good aerial prowess, the young Dane got on the scoresheet a few times - most notably saving the game against against arch-rivals Tottenham with a headed goal.
With a great deal of potential at his feet, Bendtner's 2007/08 season will unfortunately be best remembered for his on-pitch scuffle with strike partner Emmanuel Adebayor against Spurs in the Carling Cup.
No comments:
Post a Comment