Editing Mark Strudal (section)

==Playing career==
Strudal was born in [[Glostrup]]. He got his national breakthrough while playing for [[Næstved IF]] in the [[Danish 1st Division]] championship. He made his debut for the [[Denmark national football team|Danish national team]] in May 1988, and was named 1988 ''Revelation of the Year'' as Næstved finished runners-up in the 1st Division. He moved abroad to play professionally for German team [[Borussia Dortmund]] in the winter 1988. He played half a season at Dortmund, but had a controversy with manager [[Horst Köppel]]. He moved on to play for [[Grasshopper Club Zürich]] in Switzerland in the summer 1989, and won three trophies in his two years at the club. When the Grasshoppers squad faced 20% wage cuts, Strudal decided to leave the club in July 1991.

In September 1991, he returned to Denmark to play for [[Vejle Boldklub]] in a [[Transfer (association football)|transfer deal]] worth more than [[Danish krone|DKK]] 4 million. It was later to be known that his contract with Vejle had a clause which secured Vejle approximately DKK 4 million if he ever was to be sold to a club abroad. His stay at Vejle was short, as he suffered injuries and the club was [[Promotion and relegation|relegated]]. He underwent a series of [[Loan (sports)|loan deals]] to other Danish teams; first to former club [[Næstved IF]] in the fall 1992, then to [[F.C. Copenhagen]] in February 1993, and finally to [[BK Frem]] in April 1993.

When his Vejle contract ran out in the summer 1993, he moved on to league rivals [[Brøndby IF]] on a [[Free transfer (association football)|free transfer]] in July 1993. Strudal helped Brøndby win the 1994 [[Danish Cup]] and he was a part of the Denmark national team which won the 1995 [[King Fahd Cup]]. He stayed two years at Brøndby, before he left the club in July 1995. Despite his credentials, the Vejle clause kept him from moving to a foreign club. He joined Næstved IF for a second time, where he suffered a knee injury which kept him out for five months. He tried to move abroad in the summer 1996, but a four-year contract with Greek club [[Skoda Xanthi F.C.|Skoda Xanthi]] was terminated without pay when Strudal was injured in a pre-season game. He underwent recovery, and made a short comeback to football on an amateur basis at Danish a local club in [[Hagested]] in August 1997.