Mikkel Damsgaard

Mikkel Krogh Damsgaard (Danish pronunciation: [ˈtɑmsˌkɒˀ]; born 3 July 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Italian Serie A club Sampdoria.

Mikkel Damsgaard
Personal information
Full name Mikkel Krogh Damsgaard
Date of birth (2000-07-03) 3 July 2000
Place of birth Jyllinge, Denmark
Position(s) Winger, Forward
Club information
Current team
 Sampdoria
Number 38
Youth career
2005–2013 Jyllinge FC
2013–2017 Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Nordsjælland 84 (13)
2020– Sampdoria 20 (2)
National team‡
2017–2018 Denmark U18 2 (0)
2018–2019 Denmark U19 6 (0)
2019– Denmark U21 8 (1)
2020– Denmark 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:06, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Damsgaard started playing football in his hometown Jyllinge, where 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.[1] He then joined FC Nordsjælland as a U12 player on a youth contract until 2020.[2]

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.[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

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.[5] The transfer fee was estimated at about €6.7 million (DKK 50 million).[6] On 17 October 2020 he scored his first Serie A goal in a 3–0 victory against Lazio.[7]

Career statistics
As of match played 7 February 2021[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nordsjælland 2017–18 Superliga 17110—181
2018–19 3211060391
2019–20 351110—3611
Total 841330609313
Sampdoria 2020–21 Serie A 20220—222
Total 2022000222
Career total 10415506011515

References
  1. Davidsen, Martin (2 September 2020). "Podcast: Fra Jyllinge til Sampdoria - interview med Mikkel Damsgaard". playmaker.nu (in Danish). Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. Dalsgaard, Rudi (9 February 2018). "FCN's målsluger uden målnæse". Sjællandske Nyheder (in Danish). Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. "Reaktioner fra sejren over Vejgaard". FC Nordsjælland (in Danish). 27 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  4. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 26 November 2017.
  5. "Damsgaard blucerchiato dal 1° luglio, arriva dal Nordsjælland a titolo definitivo". U.C. Sampdoria (in Italian). 6 February 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  6. "Medier: FCN får 50 millioner for Damsgaard". bold.dk (in Danish). 6 February 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  7. "Grande Sampdoria: Lazio schiantata con Quagliarella, Augello e Damsgaard". U.C. Sampdoria (in Italian). 17 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  8. "Mikkel Damsgaard".
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