Asbjorn Lonvig's words: I enjoyed Thomas Gravesen's gifts as a footballer, sometimes however, I was mad at him. He couldn't resist dribbleing in his own goal area.
I enjoyed his gifts and disliked his exaggerated impertinence. You might think that his iImpertinence was due to arrogance after he became a professional football player in Hamburg.
It's not - that's just how he is.
I have talked about Thomas Gravesen with a former director of Vejle Boldklub, that is the Danish club Thomas Gravesen grew up in. He told me it was no easy task to nurce Thomas Gravesen.
Wikipedia's words: Thomas Gravesen (born 11 March 1976) is a retired Danish professional football player who played as a midfielder. He has played for teams such as Hamburg, Everton, Real Madrid and Celtic.
For the Denmark national football team, Gravesen was capped 66 times and scored five goals, from his debut in August 1998 until he ended his national team career in September 2006. He represented Denmark at the international Euro 2000, 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004 tournaments.
He was a brilliant footballer, he was always very focused and switched on. For the most part, this resulted in footballing genius. Occasionally however, his fiery temper caused him trouble.
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