<p>Agger's Liverpool side finished the Premier League season in seventh place, their worst position since 1999, and were dumped out of the Champions League after the group stage. <br />Signed from Brondby, Agger cost Liverpool 5 million pounds ($7.4 million) in January 2006. <br /><br />Manager Rafael Benitez said he had captured one of the best Danish centre-halves for 20 years. A tall, strong central defender who reads the game well and has a powerful left foot, Agger was an established international when he arrived at Anfield and had won the Danish title in 2005. His impressive performances for Brondby in that title-winning season earned him a call-up to the national squad and he made his international debut against Finland in June 2005. The first of his three goals for the national team came in a 6-1 thrashing of Georgia in a 2006 World Cup qualifier. Agger's time at Anfield has been blighted by injuries and he was limited to four appearances in his first half-season. <br /><br />He was voted Danish Player of the Year in 2007 before injury struck again. A foot injury limited him to five appearances for the Reds during the 2007/08 season. Two years later, an operation on a persistent back injury forced him to miss the start of the 2009/10 season. Eight of Agger's 29 international caps came during the qualifying campaign for South Africa as the 25-year-old re-established himself in the Danish defence.</p>
<p>Agger's Liverpool side finished the Premier League season in seventh place, their worst position since 1999, and were dumped out of the Champions League after the group stage. <br />Signed from Brondby, Agger cost Liverpool 5 million pounds ($7.4 million) in January 2006. <br /><br />Manager Rafael Benitez said he had captured one of the best Danish centre-halves for 20 years. A tall, strong central defender who reads the game well and has a powerful left foot, Agger was an established international when he arrived at Anfield and had won the Danish title in 2005. His impressive performances for Brondby in that title-winning season earned him a call-up to the national squad and he made his international debut against Finland in June 2005. The first of his three goals for the national team came in a 6-1 thrashing of Georgia in a 2006 World Cup qualifier. Agger's time at Anfield has been blighted by injuries and he was limited to four appearances in his first half-season. <br /><br />He was voted Danish Player of the Year in 2007 before injury struck again. A foot injury limited him to five appearances for the Reds during the 2007/08 season. Two years later, an operation on a persistent back injury forced him to miss the start of the 2009/10 season. Eight of Agger's 29 international caps came during the qualifying campaign for South Africa as the 25-year-old re-established himself in the Danish defence.</p>
