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A prolific striker in the Superliga, he finished league top scorer three years in row in the 2003-2004 (joint), 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 seasons.
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Steffen Hojer
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He has played a single match for the Danish national team Højer started on January 7, 2008, the day of his retirement, as head of sport in Viborg FF. Born in Viborg, Højer made his senior debut for hometown club Viborg FF in the Danish 1st Division in 1992. Through four years at the club, Højer and Viborg struggled to get a foothold in the top-flight Danish Superliga.
He made his debut for the Danish national team, when he was substituted into an August 1996 match against Sweden for the last ten minutes of play.
He was an immediate success at AaB, though he did not score as many goals as he did for Viborg FF. He did not play much that season due to stiff competition from Norwegian player Frank Strandli and fellow Dane Søren Frederiksen, which prompted Højer to look for a new club He signed a contract with Italian club Brescia Calcio and was loaned out from AaB to Viborg FF, while awaiting his AaB contract to expire in the summer 1999.
At Viborg, he played four games before he suffered a knee injury, which meant he started his Italian career injured. His stay at Brescia was short, and he never played a game for the club
He moved back to Denmark in 2000, in order to play the season out at Danish 1st Division team Football Club Midtjylland.
Not regaining his former goal scoring prowess, lacklustre play in the first half of the 2002-2003 season meant that Højer was sold to Odense BK in January 2003. At Odense, he looked to replace league top scorer Kaspar Dalgas, who had been sold to Brøndby IF before that season. Højer rediscovered his goal scoring form at Odense, as he finished the season as joint top scorer with Mohamed Zidan, Mwape Miti and Tommy Bechmann.
He was the sole top scorer of the season.
As Højer still lived in Viborg, he decided to once again play for Viborg FF when his contract expired following the season. In his first season back at Viborg FF, he set the record of three consecutive Superliga top scorer titles, improving Peter Møller"s former record of two, set in the 1991-1992 and 1992-1993 seasons.
Steffen Højer scored 125 goals in Danish Superliga.
