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Jon Dahl Tomasson (born August 29 , 1976 in Roskilde , Denmark ) is a Danish Footballer who currently plays for German Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart . He has represented the National Team 79 times, scoring 38 goals, as of December 2005 and has also played for the Denmark Under-21 side 10 times, scoring 5 goals. Playing as a Striker , Tomasson is known for his positional strength and fine finishing. Tomasson has previously played for AC Milan , Feyenoord Rotterdam , Newcastle United and SC Heerenveen . PLAYING CAREER Tomasson first started playing football as a five year-old with his hometown club Solrød Boldklub . At nine years of age, he moved to Køge BK . In 1994 , he moved to Holland and signed his first professional contract, with the Dutch club Heerenveen. A first-team regular by the 1995 - 96 season, Tomasson was the club top scorer for the season as well, netting 14 goals in 30 league matches. He increased this tally in 1996 - 97 to 18, and was top-scorer for the club once again. Two good seasons with Heerenveen resulted in Tomasson getting a call to the Denmark national team, and he made his debut on March 29 , 1997, against Croatia . There was also an interest shown by other clubs, and he completed a high profile move to the English Premiership club Newcastle United in 1997. But Tomasson was unable to make a very big impact, scoring only 3 goals in 23 appearances, and returned to the Dutch League the next season, joining Feyenoord. His first season there, 1998 - 99 , turned out to be successful for the club, as they won the league as well as the Dutch Super Cup . Although he missed out on the , Tomasson was part of the Danish team at . He also played in the following edition of both tournaments, scoring four goals in the and three in , where he made the All-Star Squad. In 2002 , Tomasson's contract with Feyenoord was expiring, and after their UEFA Cup victory, he moved to the Serie A club AC Milan on a Free Transfer . The 2002-03 season, Tomasson's first at Milan, saw them winning the Italian Cup and the UEFA Champions League . They then won the Italian Super Cup and the Serie A title the next season. After Christian Vieri joined Milan in July 2005, Tomasson left the Italian club for Stuttgart . Till December 22 , 2005, he has scored 6 goals for Stuttgart in 12 matches. HONOURS
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