Nicklas Bendtner born 16 January 1988 in Copenhagen currently plays for Sunderland on loan from Arsenal as a striker. His preferred position is centre forward but he has also played on the right side of attack for Arsenal. Bendtner started his national team career by scoring three goals in three starts for the Denmark under-16 national team in February 2004. He then scored six goals in 15 games for the Denmark under-17 national team and was named 2004 Danish Under-17 Player of the Year. Bendtner was the youngest player selected for the Danish under-21 national squad for the 2006 European Under-21 Championship tournament. He replaced Morten Rasmussen in the Danish starting line up. He got his under-21 debut on 17 May 2006 at the age of 18 scoring both goals in a Danish 2-0 victory over Spain under 21s in a friendly match. ® less