Nicklas Bendtner

**Nicklas Bendtner** (born 16 January 1988) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan=2|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Arsenal|2005–06|Premier League|0|0|0|0|3|0|0|0|0|0|3|0|
|2007–08|Premier League|27|5|2|1|5|1|6|2|—|40|9||||
|2008–09|Premier League|31|9|5|1|2|2|12|2|—|50|14||||
|2009–10|Premier League|23|6|0|0|1|1|7|5|—|31|12||||
|2010–11|Premier League|17|2|5|3|5|3|5|0|—|32|8||||
|2011–12|Premier League|1|0|—|0|0|0|0|—|1|0|||||
|2013–14|Premier League|9|2|1|0|2|0|2|0|—|14|2||||
|Birmingham City (loan)|2006–07|Championship|42|11|2|0|4|2|—|—|48|13||||
|Sunderland (loan)|2011–12|Premier League|28|8|2|0|—|—|—|30|8|||||
|Juventus (loan)|2012–13|Serie A|9|0|1|0|—|1|0|—|11|0||||
|rowspan="3"|VfL Wolfsburg|2014–15|Bundesliga|18|1|2|0|—|8|4|—|28|5|||
|2015–16|Bundesliga|13|2|1|1|—|4|0|1|1|19|4||||
|Nottingham Forest|2016–17|Championship|15|2|1|0|1|0|—|—|17|2||||
|rowspan="4"|Rosenborg|2017|Eliteserien|29|19|2|0|—|12|4|1|0|44|23||
|2018|Eliteserien|23|5|2|3|—|11|3|1|1|37|12||||
|2019|Eliteserien|5|0|0|0|—|0|0|0|0|5|0||||
|Copenhagen|2019–20|Danish Superliga|6|0|2|1|—|1|0|—|9|1||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="13"|Denmark|2006|4|2|
|2007|10|3|||
|2008|8|3|||
|2009|9|2|||
|2010|4|2|||
|2011|10|5|||
|2012|10|5|||
|2013|2|2|||
|2014|7|2|||
|2015|10|3|||
|2016|0|0|||
|2017|5|1|||
|2018|2|0|||

- _Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bendtner goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|align="center"|1|16 August 2006|Odense Stadium, Odense, Denmark||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|2–0|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|2|align="center"|2|1 September 2006|Brøndby Stadion, Brøndbyvester, Denmark||align="center"|4–2|align="center"|4–2|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|3|align="center"|6|28 March 2007|MSV-Arena, Duisburg, Germany||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|1–0|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|4|align="center"|13|17 November 2007|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|1–2|UEFA Euro 2008 qualification|||||
|align="center"|5|align="center"|14|21 November 2007|Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|3–0|UEFA Euro 2008 qualification|||||
|align="center"|6|align="center"|15|26 February 2008|Športni Park, Nova Gorica, Slovenia||align="center"|2–1|align="center"|2–1|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|7|align="center"|16|26 March 2008|MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|1–1|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|8|align="center"|21|10 September 2008|Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal||align="center"|1–1|align="center"|3–2|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|9|align="center"|28|5 September 2009|Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|1–1|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|10|align="center"|29|9 September 2009|Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|1–1|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|11|align="center"|32|3 March 2010|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria||align="center"|1–1|1–2|Friendly||||||
|align="center"|12|align="center"|34|19 June 2010|Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa||align="center"|1–1|align="center"|2–1|2010 FIFA World Cup|||||
|align="center"|13|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|41|rowspan="2"|6 September 2011|rowspan="2"|Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark|rowspan="2"||align="center"|1–0|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–0|rowspan="2"|UEFA Euro 2012 qualification|
|align="center"|14|align="center"|2–0|||||||||||||
|align="center"|15|align="center"|43|11 October 2011|Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark||align="center"|2–0|align="center"|2–1|UEFA Euro 2012 qualification|||||
|align="center"|16|align="center"|44|11 November 2011|Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|2–0|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|17|align="center"|45|15 November 2011|Blue Water Arena, Esbjerg, Denmark||align="center"|2–1|align="center"|2–1|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|18|align="center"|47|26 May 2012|Imtech Arena, Hamburg, Germany||align="center"|1–3|align="center"|1–3|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|19|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|50|rowspan="2"|13 June 2012|rowspan="2"|Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine|rowspan="2"||align="center"|1–2|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–3|rowspan="2"|UEFA Euro 2012|
|align="center"|20|align="center"|2–2|||||||||||||
|align="center"|21|align="center"|53|12 October 2012|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||align="center"|1–1|align="center"|1–1|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|22|align="center"|55|14 November 2012|Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul, Turkey||align="center"|1–0|1–1|Friendly||||||
|align="center"|23|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|56|rowspan="2"|11 October 2013|rowspan="2"|Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark|rowspan="2"||align="center"|1–1|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–2|rowspan="2"|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|align="center"|24|align="center"|2–1|||||||||||||
|align="center"|25|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|63|rowspan="2"|14 November 2014|rowspan="2"|Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia|rowspan="2"||align="center"|1–1|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–1|rowspan="2"|UEFA Euro 2016 qualification|
|align="center"|26|align="center"|3–1|||||||||||||
|align="center"|27|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|65|rowspan="3"|25 March 2015|rowspan="3"|NRGi Park, Aarhus, Denmark|rowspan="3"||align="center"|1–1|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|3–2|rowspan="3"|Friendly|
|align="center"|28|align="center"|2–2|||||||||||||
|align="center"|29|align="center"|3–2|||||||||||||
|align="center"|30|align="center"|79|14 November 2017|Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland||align="center"|5–1|align="center"|5–1|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||

## Honours

**Birmingham City**
- Football League Championship runner-up: 2006–07

**Arsenal**
- Football League Cup runner-up: 2010–11

**Juventus**
- Serie A: 2012–13

**VfL Wolfsburg**
- DFB-Pokal: 2014–15
- DFL-Supercup: 2015

**Rosenborg**
- Eliteserien: 2017, 2018
- Norwegian Football Cup: 2018
- Mesterfinalen: 2017,2018

**Individual**
- Danish Under-17 Player of the Year: 2004
- Danish Talent of the Year: 2007
- Danish Football Player of the Year: 2009
- Danish Goal of the Year: 2009
- Eliteserien top scorer: 2017

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Nicklas Bendtner
- **image**: Nicklas Bendtner 2017.jpg
- **caption**: Bendtner with Rosenborg BK, Rosenborg in 2017
- **fullname**: Nicklas Bendtner
- **birth place**: Copenhagen, Denmark
- **height**: 1.94 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **youthyears1**: 1992–1998
- **youthclubs1**: Tårnby Boldklub
- **youthyears2**: 1998–2004
- **youthclubs2**: Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
- **youthyears3**: 2004–2005
- **youthclubs3**: Arsenal F.C. Academy, Arsenal
- **years1**: 2005–2014
- **clubs1**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps1**: 108
- **goals1**: 24
- **years2**: 2006–2007
- **clubs2**: → Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City (loan)
- **caps2**: 42
- **goals2**: 11
- **years3**: 2011–2012
- **clubs3**: → Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland (loan)
- **caps3**: 28
- **goals3**: 8
- **years4**: 2012–2013
- **clubs4**: → Juventus FC, Juventus (loan)
- **caps4**: 9
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2014–2016
- **clubs5**: VfL Wolfsburg
- **caps5**: 31
- **goals5**: 3
- **years6**: 2016–2017
- **clubs6**: Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest
- **caps6**: 15
- **goals6**: 2
- **years7**: 2017–2019
- **clubs7**: Rosenborg BK, Rosenborg
- **caps7**: 57
- **goals7**: 24
- **years8**: 2019
- **clubs8**: F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen
- **caps8**: 6
- **goals8**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 296
- **totalgoals**: 72
- **nationalyears1**: 2004
- **nationalteam1**: Denmark national under-16 football team, Denmark U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **nationalyears2**: 2004–2005
- **nationalteam2**: Denmark national under-17 football team, Denmark U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 15
- **nationalgoals2**: 6
- **nationalyears3**: 2006
- **nationalteam3**: Denmark national under-19 football team, Denmark U19
- **nationalcaps3**: 2
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **nationalyears4**: 2006
- **nationalteam4**: Denmark national under-21 football team, Denmark U21
- **nationalcaps4**: 4
- **nationalgoals4**: 2
- **nationalyears5**: 2006–2018
- **nationalteam5**: Denmark national football team, Denmark
- **nationalcaps5**: 81
- **nationalgoals5**: 30