- What role did your family play in your decision to become a footballer?

- I grew up in Odense, Denmark, and I was about five when I started playing football at a small local club. My father had also played football before, but not professionally, and my grandfather was a striker for one of the best teams in Odense at the time. Maybe I inherited my love of football from them, and when I transferred to the big local team Odense BK when I was 12 or 13, I started playing at a more serious level.

- What would your profession be if you weren't a footballer?

- Good question. In high school I went to a class specialising in mathematics, so maybe something related to economics or business.

- After you finish your career, would you go in those directions?

- It will evolve, I already have a business outside of football, which is real estate and renting apartments. But I also think that football is a very interesting behind the scenes business, a club is not just about what the fans see on the pitch, it's the work of many people that make a club run successfully. I'm also interested in the agent's job, but for now I'm just concentrating on the game.

- After Denmark, you played in Kazakhstan, Sweden and the Netherlands, Hungary is the fourth foreign country in your career. Which one has caught you the most?

- In the Netherlands I had a very good year with the team, which of course defines your every day life. When I try to get away from football and just look at countries, it's not easy because my experience is that when you're young you're not so open-minded. In many ways I think Denmark is one of the best countries, it has a high standard of living, and when you go abroad as a young person, you can get the feeling that you have taken a step down the ladder. The Netherlands, by the way, is very similar to Denmark, and after a year there I realised what an interesting country I had arrived in and how much I had to see. Later, Sweden and Hungary were similar. When I heard about the interest in Hungary, my first thought was what it would be like to live in Eastern Europe. I had previously travelled with the national team to the east of Europe, but in Hungary I found that life is completely different here compared to those countries, in a positive sense. When my friends ask me, I tell them that I would compare the conditions in Hungary much more to Austria than to the countries further east.

- What was the most surprising for you in Hungary?

- I was curious to see what the Hungarian people would be like, as I didn't have much experience with them, I only had one Hungarian teammate before, Krisztián Vadócz. He's a great guy, but I didn't know Hungarian society as a whole. I was wondering how aloof and distant they would be, but I didn't experience that, everyone helps, smiles, my little daughter is having a good time, so I would say that was the biggest surprise, how positive the Hungarian people made an impression on me.

- You live in Fehérvár with your wife and little daughter. How do you spend your free time?

- My little girl is now one and a half years old, so her favourite pastime is playing for hours on the playground. We love going to toy shops, sometimes we visit Budapest, but basically we live our daily lives.

- Do you have a favourite place in Hungary?

- Budapest is also a wonderful city, but I can't pick one place there. In Fehérvár, we live very close to the city centre, where there are very cosy cafés that are already open in better weather, and one of our favourites is around these.

- I heard that you are also trying to improve your Hungarian, for example, you have learned to count in Hungarian, which is useful for shopping. Do you sometimes understand what people around you are talking about in Hungarian?

- Sometimes I catch words, but I must admit that it is very difficult to learn Hungarian. Sometimes I ask the people around me if I understand the topic of the conversation, sometimes the answer is yes, other times it is completely different from what I was thinking. I also learnt numbers because my experience is that if you can address Hungarian people in a few Hungarian words, they appreciate it and try even harder to help. 

- What is your strategy for learning the language?

- When I joined Vidi, I started with Duolingo, but there I always had to put together sentences that were not the most important for me in everyday life. That's why I later got into numbers and certain words that could help me in the changing room or in a shopping centre.

- What is the most difficult thing for you in Hungarian?

- Definitely the correct pronunciation of words. After I arrived, I had a lot of problems pronouncing the city name Székesfehérvár. And when learning numbers, I realised that I had to be very careful, because if I mispronounced a sound, I would pronounce a completely different word than I wanted to. 

- You must have had an easier time with the local language in Sweden, but what about Kazakh and Dutch?

- Yes, Swedes speak almost the same language as Danes. The Kazakh language is mainly similar to Russian, and after a few months I knew the expressions used on the football pitch in their language. I learned Dutch very quickly: like most kids in Denmark, I learned English and German at school, and Dutch is a mixture of the two. After four months I understood a lot of things, after six months I understood almost everything, and after a year I was fluent in Dutch, which was appreciated by the locals. I've hardly used German since school, I understand it, but when I start speaking German, it's more like Dutch now.

- Film or book?

- Film.

- Do you have a favourite?

- Not really, I'm very fond of an old classic Danish series, but hardly anyone here knows it (laughs).

- When watching films at home with the family, does your little girl have a favourite story?

- Yes, a fairy tale called Curli Girls in English is her favourite, which is watched by a lot of people in Scandinavian countries. When I'm tired, it can even turn me off a bit.

- Do you have a favourite Hungarian and Danish food?

- I've tried Hungarian goulash soup, which I really liked, while in Denmark I like the traditional food. The traditional Danish lunch is smørrebrød. It's brown bread with cheese, ham and other toppings, and it's typically what Danish families have for Christmas dinner.

- Do you have any qualities that few people know about you?

- It's no secret, but perhaps many people don't know that I study finance in a two-and-a-half-year course, where I learn a number of skills that can be applied in any corporate environment.

- If I were to travel to Denmark, what would you say I should definitely visit?

- Definitely the capital Copenhagen, which is a very beautiful city, definitely worth a visit. If you also want a delicious lunch, be sure to visit the harbour called Nyhavn, where you'll find lots of old cafes and you can also try the aforementioned smørrebrød.

- If we go back in time 10 years, would Kasper then be happy with Kasper now?

- I think so. I found my wife and we had our little girl, they are the most important for me. My career could probably have been even more successful, but overall I'm satisfied with it.

- And if we try to go forward 10 years in time, what would you be satisfied with?

- I can see myself in the world of football 10 years from now, either directly with a team or in the background, for example in the agent world. As a player, I've travelled abroad a lot and have already played football in several countries, so I think I could help a lot of future young players. And I plan to live in my hometown Odense, which for me is the most beautiful city in the world.