Per joined Everton in the summer of 2005 from Italian side Udinese for a fee of £5 million.

His move to Goodison ended a four year spell in Italy. He was signed by Udinese from B93 Copenhagen in 2001 and played a pivotal role in the Club's rise up the Italian football ladder, finishing fourth at the end of the 2004/05 campaign to book a place in the Champions League for the first time in the Italian side's history.

During his time at Udinese he made 94 appearances and scored three goals.

The 6ft 4ins defender was sidelined during pre-season and spent the first six months of his Toffees career in the treatment room and then on the substitute bench when he recovered.

After making only two appearances, the Danish international returned to Italy with Fiorentina in January 2006.