• Name: Rolf Toft
  • Age: 21 (04-08-1992)
  • Position: Striker
  • Club: Aalborg BK
  • International caps: None
  • Value: £125.000 (transfermarkt.co.uk)
He is a product of one of the many satellite clubs of Aalborg BK and have been compared to Wayne Rooney; his name is Rolf Toft and he is one of Aalborg's talented strikers.

During the research on this week's talent, one fans site described Rolf Tofts play style to the Manchester United star Wayne Rooney's. Not a Mr nobody that Rooney, but the talent takes the words with ease and acknowledge that Rooney is a great player and that he likes his play style. Unlike Rooney, Toft didn't get that instant success for his team as the Brit did for Everton.

During his youth career in the small club FC Hjørring [Vendsyssel FF today] Toft was a part of the 2nd team for a long time, as he was promoted to the best youth squad in the club, things started going fast; suddenly Aalborg were on the hunt for the talent:
"It went fast from playing on the 2nd team [Youth] in Hjørring to play for the 1st team and then suddenly be on my way to Aalborg, but it was nice that they were interested in me,” Toft says and reflects on what made him interesting for the Superliga team:
“I did well, and the sports director in Hjørring had a past in Aalborg so I believe they talked about me, at least that is what I heard.”
In Aalborg, Toft went directly into a very talented squad with names as Nicklas Helenius (Aston Villa), Lucas Andersen (Ajax Amsterdam) and Kasper Kusk (Aalborg), and felt the pressure right from the start. The striker was suddenly not the best, but among the best and had to fight for his position, until he in 2011, after training with the Superliga squad for six months, was offered a contract. In the same year, he had his debut when he was sent on against Odense Boldklub for the last five minutes, not as a striker, but as a midfielder. 
”It is always good to play some different positions and I can play on the wing, but I would rather be up in front," the striker says.
Since his debut, Toft went in and out of the squad, but had great success with the reserves where he started a goal streak. The many goals may be one of the reasons why he during the start of this season played six matches and started in two of, but then was sent on loan to Vejle BK. From the outside the loan to Vejle could seem rather odd, but the talent has a good explanation:
“It wasn’t in the cards that I would get much match time, and with a Rasmus Jönsson on his way back from his injury, I wanted to get some more experience and time on the pitch.”
However, Toft and Vejle wasn't a happy marriage and after nine matches and one goal, the talent returned to Aalborg to fight for a place in the starting lineup.
“It was a good place to be and the teammates were great, but I came for playing on a high level and didn’t get much time on the pitch,” Toft says about his short spell in Vejle. 

In Aalborg, Toft is now one of six strikers competing for a place in the starting lineup, with the Swedish striker Rasmus Jönsson, on loan from Wolfsburg, and the Lithuanian talent Lukas Spalvis, as the preferred partners at the moment. However, last Sunday the striker was back in the squad and got the last five minutes in the defeat to SønderjyskE and the striker knows that he will have to fight to get some time on the pitch.
“I fight for the every minute I can get, and then we will have to see during the summer if I am to leave Aalborg or I will get more time on the pitch.”  

Obviously, as with every other young Danish Footballer, Toft dreams of an adventure abroad and with Nicklas Helenius in Aston Villa and Lucas Andersen in Ajax, Aalborg could also be a great offset for the striker, but at the same time also a place for him to develop - if he gets the time of the pitch he requires:
“It is good to see that the players from Aalborg can move on to bigger clubs, and at the same time it is nice to play with some players on your own age, whom you have a bit more in common with than the older players,” he says.

However, as the talent mentioned earlier he will have to look for somewhere else to play if he is not given enough time on the pitch to develop, and it seems as Aalborg will have either to let him play or lose him him play or lose him; a loan deal is out of the picture. 
"Either it is Aalborg or somewhere else permanently, but I want to play in Aalborg more than anywhere else,” the talent ensures the fans before preparing for the next days training.