Mikkel Damsgaard
Personal information
Full name Mikkel Krogh Damsgaard[1]
Date of birth (2000-07-03) 3 July 2000 (age 23)[2]
Place of birth Jyllinge, Denmark
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 Brentford
Number 24
Youth career
2005–2013 Jyllinge FC
2013–2017 Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Nordsjælland 84 (13)
2020–2022 Sampdoria 46 (2)
2022– Brentford 28 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 Denmark U18 2 (2)
2018–2019 Denmark U19 6 (0)
2019–2020 Denmark U21 8 (1)
2020– Denmark 25 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:20, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:09, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Mikkel Krogh Damsgaard (Danish pronunciation: [ˈdɑmsˀˌgɒˀ]; born 3 July 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Premier League club Brentford and the Denmark national team.

Club career

Early career

Damsgaard started playing football in his hometown Jyllinge, where he played for eight years, with his father as his coach. During a game with Jyllinge FC, Damsgaard was spotted by a scout from Nordsjælland, who was out actually looking for another player, but ended up contacting Damsgaard.[3] He then joined FC Nordsjælland as a U12 player on a youth contract until 2020.[4]

Nordsjælland

On 27 September 2017, Damsgaard made his official debut for Nordsjælland at the age of 17. He played the whole game against Vejgaard BK in a Danish Cup game, making one assist in a 4–0 win at Soffy Road.[5]

He made his Danish Superliga debut for Nordsjælland on 26 November 2017 in a game against AC Horsens in shirt number 27.[6]

On 12 July 2018, Damsgaard made his European debut for Nordsjælland against Cliftonville in a Europa League qualifier.[7]

Sampdoria

On 6 February 2020, it was confirmed that Damsgaard had signed a four-year contract with Italian Serie A club Sampdoria with effect from 1 July 2020.[8] The transfer fee was estimated at €6.7 million (DKK 50 million).[9] On 17 October 2020, he scored his first Serie A goal in a 3–0 victory against Lazio.[10]

Brentford

On 10 August 2022, Damsgaard joined English Premier League club Brentford for a €15 million fee on a five-year deal.[11][12]

International career

On 21 June 2021, Damsgaard scored a goal in a 4–1 win over Russia in the UEFA Euro 2020, to become the youngest Danish player to score at the European Championship, aged 20 years 353 days.[13] In the Euro 2020 semi-finals, he scored the first goal against England with the tournament's only freekick goal. However Denmark eventually lost 2–1 after extra-time.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 August 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nordsjælland 2017–18 Danish Superliga 17 1 1 0 — — 18 1
2018–19 Danish Superliga 32 1 1 0 — 6[c] 0 39 1
2019–20 Danish Superliga 35 11 1 0 — — 36 11
Total 84 13 3 0 — 6 0 93 13
Sampdoria 2020–21 Serie A 35 2 2 0 — — 37 2
2021–22 Serie A 11 0 1 0 — — 12 0
Total 46 2 3 0 — — 49 2
Brentford 2022–23 Premier League 26 0 1 0 2 0 — 29 0
2023–24 Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 27 0 1 0 2 0 — 30 0
Career total 157 15 7 0 2 0 6 0 172 15
  1. ^ Includes Danish Cup, Coppa Italia, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 19 June 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Denmark 2020 1 0
2021 12 4
2022 8 0
2023 4 0
Total 25 4
Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Damsgaard goal.[16]
List of international goals scored by Mikkel Damsgaard
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 28 March 2021 MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark 2  Moldova 2–0 8–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 3–0
3 21 June 2021 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark 5  Russia 1–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 2020
4 7 July 2021 Wembley Stadium, London, England 8  England 1–0 1–2 (a.e.t.) UEFA Euro 2020

References

  1. ^ "2022/23 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Denmark" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  3. ^ Davidsen, Martin (2 September 2020). "Podcast: Fra Jyllinge til Sampdoria - interview med Mikkel Damsgaard". playmaker.nu (in Danish). Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ Dalsgaard, Rudi (9 February 2018). "FCN's målsluger uden målnæse". Sjællandske Nyheder (in Danish). Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Reaktioner fra sejren over Vejgaard". FC Nordsjælland (in Danish). 27 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 26 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Europa League Qual (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Damsgaard blucerchiato dal 1° luglio, arriva dal Nordsjælland a titolo definitivo". U.C. Sampdoria (in Italian). 6 February 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Medier: FCN får 50 millioner for Damsgaard". bold.dk (in Danish). 6 February 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Grande Sampdoria: Lazio schiantata con Quagliarella, Augello e Damsgaard". U.C. Sampdoria (in Italian). 17 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  11. ^ Romano, Fabrizio (10 August 2022). "Brentford snap up Mikkel Damsgaard from Sampdoria for €15m". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Brentford sign Mikkel Damsgaard". Brentford. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Russia 1-4 Denmark: Dazzling Danes storm into last 16". UEFA. 21 June 2021.
  14. ^ "England vs Denmark". UEFA. 7 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Mikkel Damsgaard". Soccerway.
  16. ^ "Mikkel Damsgaard". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

External links

Brentford F.C. – current squad
Denmark squads
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