Casper Hyltoft (born 12 July 1993) is a Danish former professional football player, who is now playing football tennis in KFIF. Casper has been representing Fodtennis Danmark, which is the Danish National Team in football tennis, since 2020. Casper won the Danish National Championship in the categories of double and triple in 2022.

Casper Hyltoft
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-07-12) July 12, 1993 (age 31)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Vanløse IF
Youth career
2011 Brøndby IF U19[1][2]
Esbjerg fB[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Frederikssund IK[3]
2014 BK Søllerød-Vedbæk
2014– Vanløse IF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Youth career

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Hyltoft had started his youth career playing for Brøndby and played for the Esbjerg fB.[6]

Nike Chance

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Hyltoft was one of seven talented young players from Denmark selected to compete in the Nike Chance trials event in Zeist, Netherlands. Hyltoft was not selected after losing out to fellow countryman, Claus Hennie.[7]

Club career

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Frederikssund IK

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Hyltoft scored one goal in three games in the 2012–13 Danish Cup[8] after going 1–2 in a first round elimination.[9]

International career

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Haiti national U-23

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Hyltoft is currently exploring the prospect of joining the Haiti national under-23 football team in hopes of qualifying for 2016 Rio Olympics,[4] as he would be edible to play by way of his mother, who is native of Haiti.[4][10]

The World Cup in Romania

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Casper represented Fodtennis Danmark at the World Cup in Romania 2021.

The European Championship in Turkey

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Casper represented Fodtennis Danmark at the European Championship 2022.

References

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  1. ^ a b Kristian, ed. (25 January 2014). "Dansk kantspiller prøver lykken i Portugal" (in Danish). Bold. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  2. ^ Brøndby - U19-sejr i Tyskland (25 July 2011) (in Danish)
  3. ^ Kjølby, Mikkel, ed. (25 July 2012). "Dan Busk tilbage i aktion" (in Danish). DN. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Aude, Prince, ed. (7 February 2015). "Casper Hyltoft un haïtien qui joue au Danemark !" (in French). CJSS Cayes. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  5. ^ Press, ed. (11 February 2015). "Casper Hyltoft : Un joueur venu d'ailleurs" (in French). Haiti Tempo. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  6. ^ Argir, AB, ed. (14 January 2014). "BSV-spiller prøver lykken på Færøerne" (in Danish). Bold. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  7. ^ O'Brien, Patrick, ed. (1 November 2013). "Unisport WebTV: Come close to Nike Chance". Unisport. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  8. ^ Dansk Boldspil-Union - Turneringer & Resultater: DBU Pokalen (2013)
  9. ^ Soccerway - DBU Pokalen
  10. ^ Press, ed. (11 February 2015). "Casper Hyltoft: "Haiti is part of who I am"". Haiti Sports. Retrieved 13 December 2015.