Mathias Kvistgaarden

Mathias Damm Kvistgaarden (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰve̝stkɒˀn̩]; born 15 April 2002) is a Danish professional football forward who plays for Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF. He has represented Denmark at youth level.

Mathias Kvistgaarden
Personal information
Full name Mathias Damm Kvistgaarden[1]
Date of birth (2002-04-15) 15 April 2002
Place of birth Birkerød, Denmark
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Brøndby
Youth career
2008–2013 Skjold Birkerød
2013–2015 Lyngby
2015– Brøndby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Brøndby 3 (0)
National team‡
2019–2020 Denmark U18 6 (3)
2020– Denmark U19 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:11, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:04, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Youth

Born in Birkerød, Kvistgaarden began his career at hometown club IF Skjold Birkerød.[2] At age 11, he was noticed by scouts of FC Nordsjælland at a youth trial,[3] while at the same time going on trial at Lyngby Boldklub; eventually choosing to move to the Lyngby youth academy in 2013.[4][2] Two years later, he joined the youth academy of Brøndby IF at U13-level,[2] partly due to the Kvistgaarden family's close relationship to former head coach of Brøndby, Thomas Frank.[4] At the same time, he enrolled as a pupil at Brøndbyvester Skole located less than one kilometre from the club, with his main course being physical education.[4] He described the environment in the youth squads as being very competitive compared to his former experiences in IF Skjold and Lyngby, and the Brøndby U13-team ended up in first place of the table of their respective youth league that year.[4] Kvistgaarden was promoted to the U19-team in the summer of 2019, and scored nine goals in 14 appearances in their campaign in the under-19 league.[5]

First team

Kvistgaarden was included in the first-team squad for the first time on 5 July 2020, ahead of an away match in the Danish Superliga against AaB, due to regular first team strikers Simon Hedlund and Samuel Mráz having been tested positive for COVID-19.[6][7] During the match, which Brøndby lost 0–2, Kvistgaarden made his debut as a 73rd-minute substitute for Mikael Uhre.[8] [9]

International career

Kvistgaarden has won six caps for Denmark at under-18 level in which he has scored three goals.[1] He made his debut for the Denmark under-19 team on 8 October 2020 in a friendly against Poland, where he scored a goal in a 1–3 win.[10]

Career statistics
As of 20 December 2020[11]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brøndby IF 2019–20 Superliga 10000010
2020–21 Superliga 20200040
Total 30200050
Career total 30200050
  • (-) Not qualified

References
  1. "Landsholdsdatabasen". dbu.dk. Danish Football Union. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. Rossman Thejsen, Anna (20 January 2020). ""Efterskolen fjernede et pres"". efterskolerne.dk. Efterskolerne. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. "FCN Specifiktræning". fcn.dk. FC Nordsjælland. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  4. Møller Karlsen, Nanna (17 August 2020). "Stort interview med Kvistgaarden: Om opvæksten, aggressivitet og jagten på gennembruddet". 3point.dk. 3point. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. "Mathias Kvistgaarden spillerprofil - 3point". 3point.dk. 3point. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. Risager, Victor (5 July 2020). "Ung Brøndby-spiller kan få debut mod AaB". tipsbladet.dk. Tipsbladet. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  7. Møller Karlsen, Nanna (5 July 2020). "Trupnyt: Kvistgaarden kan debutere for Brøndby". 3point.dk. 3point. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  8. "Debutant Kvistgaarden: Et helt andet tempo". brondby.com. Brøndby IF. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  9. "AaB vs. Brøndby - 5 July 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  10. Møller Karlsen, Nanna (9 October 2020). "Mathias Kvistgaarden scorede i U/19-landsholdets sejr over Polen". 3point.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  11. Mathias Kvistgaarden at Soccerway


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