Full name Thomas Baelum Current team Grauballe UGF 1996–2003 AaB Role Footballer | Place of birth Aalborg, Denmark Years Team Name Thomas Baelum Height 1.85 m Date joined 2008 | |
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Date of birth (1978-11-05) 5 November 1978 (age 37) | ||
Thomas Bælum (born 5 June 1978) is a Danish professional footballer defender, who is now a player-coach for Danish Serie 3 side Grauballe UGF. Bælum has played 18 games for the Danish national U21 team.
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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.