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Police say the man seems interested in revealing his identity, but cannot.

Last month, a man appeared in the Amager district as if out of nowhere with a minor head injury and very little else. He had no money, no identification and the only words he uttered were a whispered "missing person".

After calls from worried passers-by, the man was picked up by an ambulance and taken to hospital for scans and a thorough psychological assessment. However, investigators are no wiser as to the man's identity. The only sign of any affiliation is an unfinished tattoo on his back of the FC Copenhagen logo.

"He speaks a little bit, using both Danish and English words, but nothing that we can string together to form any meaning," deputy assistant commissioner Tommy Keil of Amager Police told Jyllands-Posten newspaper.

Police have visited pubs and tattoo parlours in the Langebro area in Amager where the man was found on February 24, hoping that someone knew the man, but with no luck.

The identification process is further complicated since several of his finger tips have been worn down, making it impossible to get fingerprints.

"Whether it is due to hard physical work or whether it's done on purpose is impossible to say," Kiel said.

The police have sent out pictures and a description of the man to police in other European countries.

Not even the man's unique tattoo has led police any closer to identifying the man.

Superintendent Erik Rørbye Petersen has been with the police for many years, and he has never experienced anything like this. "It's strange to meet a man who seems genuinely interested in revealing his identity, but who simply can't," he told Berlingske Tidende newspaper. "It can make you wonder whether he's just pulling our legs. We can only guess, and the funny thing about this case is that you can't help coming up with all sorts of theories."

The man, who is currently residing in a mental institution in Amager, is aged 25 to 30, around 180-185cm tall and of a heavy build.