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Adelaide United got Friday the signing of Danish striker Ken Ilso before the 2018/19 season of the 31-year-old Hyundai A-League
joining the Reds after a brief stint at the Malaysian club of Penang. , where he scored three goals in just six appearances
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AUSSIE CONNECTION
Ilso is no stranger to Australian players in his career having played alongside a couple, including a current Caltex Socceroo.
He moved to Bundesliga Fortuna Dusseldorf in 2011, Robbie Kruse, the current winger of Caltex Socceroos, was recruited by the club
. The duo spent two seasons with the club before being relegated to the 2.Bundesliga.
More recently, Ilso was a teammate of former Mariners and Sydney. FC Zac Anderson defender at M Kedah FA, the Alaysian club
The duo was part of a club that raised the FA Cup and Super Cup before their release at the same time at the end of the season. year 2017.
BYE BYE DENMARK
Born in Solrod Strand in Denmark, Ilso played for several youth teams in Copenhagen, but experienced his great youth when he was signed by the club Dutch Heerenveen.
In three seasons in the Netherlands, Ilso made a few appearances in Heerenveen and PEC Zwolle (where he was loaned) before opting to return to his homeland.
WORKING WITH SVEN IN CHINA
After six years in Denmark and Germany, Ilso wanted to see a new part of the world and sign in China with Guangshou R & F, coached by former England boss Sven Goran Eriksson
. stay for the Dan, quarrel with club president Zhang Li.
scored only two goals in 1 6 CSL appearances before leaving the club after just three months and moving to Singapore.
"A man owns everything and hemakese decisions. Sven really wanted to keep me and I kept talking to the owner over and over about it; He thought I was good for the team, "said Ilso at the time.
" But the owner [Li] wanted a great striker instead. In the end, there was nothing he could do.
"There were a total of five foreigners at the club, including me, the rest had longer contracts, whereas only mine had a clause in the contract that could be bailed out, which was unfortunate." [19659013] RIGHT SENSE AT HOME
The most prolific period of Ilso's career took place in 2015 and he played in Singapore with Home United.
He scored a goal just 23 minutes from his S-League debut and he started a superb period for the striker.
In 51 appearances for the club, Ilso scored 35 goals, also helping the team reach the final of the Singapore Cup 2015 where they were beaten by Albirex Niigata Singapore FC
NOT ONLY A FOOTBALLER
In addition to being a professional footballer, Ilso also pursues a Bachelor of Laws with
During his lack of training, he connects to his only student portal and begins to watch his video lectures.
"One of the reasons I do the right because it's so broad in a job perspective. It also gives a lot of opportunities in the world of football – as an agent or intermediary or as you want to call it. Ilso said in an interview with FourFourTwo in 2017.
"I do not want to be able to stay only in football after my retirement because I want to be able to do something else too. "
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