danish football player

For the swedish politician, see Mikael Damsgaard Mikkel Krogh Damsgaard ( danish pronunciation : [ ˈtɑmsˌkɒˀ ] ; born 3 July 2000 ) is a danish professional football player who plays as a winger for italian Serie A club Sampdoria and the Denmark home team.

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

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 lookout from Nordsjælland, who was out actually looking for another actor, but ended up contacting Damsgaard. [ 1 ] He then joined FC Nordsjælland as a U12 player on a youth contract until 2020. [ 2 ]

Nordsjælland [edit ]

On 27 September 2017, Damsgaard made his official debut for Nordsjælland at the historic period of 17. He played the whole plot against Vejgaard BK in a danish Cup game, making one assist in a 4–0 gain at Soffy Road. [ 3 ] He made his danish Superliga debut for Nordsjælland on 26 November 2017 in a game against AC Horsens in shirt number 27. [ 4 ]

Sampdoria [edit ]

On 6 February 2020, it was confirmed that Damsgaard had signed a four-year compress with italian Serie A club Sampdoria with effect from 1 July 2020. [ 5 ] The transfer tip was estimated at about €6.7 million ( DKK 50 million ). [ 6 ] On 17 October 2020, he scored his first base Serie A finish in a 3–0 victory against Lazio. [ 7 ]

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International career [edit ]

On 21 June 2021, Damsgaard scored a goal in a 4–1 winnings over Russia in the UEFA Euro 2020, to become the youngest danish musician to score at the European Championship, aged 20 years 353 days. [ 8 ] In the Euro 2020 semi-finals, he scored the foremost finish against England with the tournament ‘s only freekick finish. however Denmark finally lost 2–1 after extra-time. [ 9 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 3 October 2021[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nordsjælland 2017–18 Danish Superliga 17 1 1 0 — 18 1
2018–19 32 1 1 0 6 0 39 1
2019–20 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 7 0 1 0 — 8 0
Total 42 2 3 0 0 0 45 2
Career total 126 15 6 0 6 0 138 15

International [edit ]

As of match played 12 October 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Denmark 2020 1 0
2021 12 4
Total 13 4
Scores and results list Denmark’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Damsgaard goal.[11]

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