PLAYER PROFILE

Nicklas Bendtner

Position: Forward

Height: 6'2

Weight: 13st 0lbs

Date of Birth: 1988-01-16 Copenhagen, Denmark

Nicklas Bendtner

Nicklas Bendtner is a young Danish striker who joined Arsenal from FC Copenhagen during the summer of 2005. He is 6' 3" and will therefore prove a huge aerial threat for Barclays Premiership defenders.

In August 2006, he moved to Birmingham City on a season-long loan, but returned to the Gunners in time for the 2007/08 campaign after impressing at St Andrews.

He scored his first league goal against arch-rivals Tottenham in December, and continued his impressive development for the rest of the season.

A sour note was struck when he appeared to clash with team-mate Emmanuel Adebayor in a Carling Cup semi-final game with Spurs, and he was in trouble once again in 2008/09 when he was dragged out of a nightclub with his trousers around his ankles early in the morning.

On the pitch, he remains a valuable squad player.