▁part ▁of ▁the ▁O B ▁first ▁team ▁alongside ▁later ▁national ▁team ▁players ▁All an ▁N iel sen ▁and ▁Brian ▁Ste en ▁N iel sen . ▁Hel veg ▁represented ▁Den mark ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁Summer ▁Olympics , ▁playing ▁all ▁three ▁Den mark ▁matches ▁in ▁the ▁tournament . ▁When ▁O B ▁played ▁English ▁club ▁Ar sen al ▁F . C . ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 3 – 9 4 ▁Cup ▁W inners ' ▁Cup ▁tournament , ▁Hel veg ▁was ▁put ▁to ▁the ▁task ▁of ▁handling ▁English ▁international ▁stri ker ▁Ian ▁Wright , ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁received ▁pra ise . ▁ ▁Mov ing ▁abroad ▁Thomas ▁Hel veg ' s ▁international ▁career ▁began ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁loan ed ▁out ▁for ▁six ▁months ▁by ▁O B , ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁He ▁joined ▁Italian ▁club ▁U d inese ▁Cal cio , ▁who ▁were ▁re leg ation ▁batt lers ▁in ▁the ▁Serie ▁A ▁championship . ▁He ▁made ▁his ▁U d inese ▁debut ▁in ▁a ▁ 0 – 0 ▁draw ▁with ▁At al anta ▁B . C . ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁November ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁and ▁played ▁ 2 2 ▁games ▁and ▁scored ▁two ▁goals ▁in ▁his ▁first ▁season ▁at ▁the ▁club . ▁Even ▁though ▁U d inese ▁was ▁re leg ated ▁to ▁the ▁Serie ▁B ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁season , ▁he ▁received ▁his ▁first ▁call - up ▁to ▁the ▁Den mark ▁national ▁team ▁by ▁national ▁manager ▁Richard ▁M ø ll er ▁N iel