Mikkel Mena Qvist

Mikkel Mena Qvist (born 22 April 1993) is a Danish-Colombian footballer, who plays as a left midfielder for HB Køge on loan from AC Horsens.

Mikkel Mena Qvist
Personal information
Full name Mikkel Mena Qvist
Date of birth (1993-04-22) 22 April 1993
Place of birth Bogotá, Colombia
Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in).[1]
Position(s) Left midfielder
Club information
Current team
 HB Køge
(on loan from Horsens)
Number 17
Youth career
Lyseng
ASA
2002–2012 AGF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Lyseng
2017– Horsens 67 (3)
2020 → KA (loan) 11 (0)
2021– → HB Køge (loan) 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:16, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Youth career

Qvist started his career at IF Lyseng, before joining ASA Fodbold. As a U10-player, he joined AGF, where he played until he was 19 years old. He started playing as a left winger, until he was U13-player. After his team needed a left back, he began playing the role as left back.[2]

Club career

Lyseng IF

Qvist joined IF Lyseng after playing U19 football at AGF. He played for their team in the 4th tier of football in Denmark.

AC Horsens

On 6 December 2016 it was confirmed, that AC Horsens had signed Qvist surprisingly enough from a much lower rated Danish team, after successful one week trial.[2] Qvist got spotted after a match between his former club, Lyseng IF, and his new club, AC Horsens, in a Danish Cup game.

He got his debut for AC Horsens on 15 March 2017. Qvist started on the bench, but replaced Mikkel Jespersen in the 74th minute in a 3–1 defeat against his former youth club AGF in the Danish Cup. Qvist normally played as a left fullback, but was mostly used as a left midfielder in his first half season.

The midfielder got his official debut for AC Horsens on 7 April 2017.[3] Qvist started on the bench, but came on the pitch in the 81st minute, replacing André Bjerregaard in a 0–2 loss against Randers FC in the Danish Superliga.

Qvist signed a new contract with ACH in May 2017 until the summer 2019.[1] His contract got once again extended on 9 May 2018, this time until the summer 2022.[1]

On 4 February 2020, Qvist was loaned out to Icelandic club KA.[4] On 25 January 2021, Qvist then joined Danish 1st Division club HB Køge on loan for the rest of the season.[5]

References
  1. "AC Horsens forlænger med Mikkel Mena Qvist". achorsens.dk. 11 May 2017.
  2. "AC Horsens skriver kontrakt med Mikkel Qvist". achorsens.dk. 6 December 2016.
  3. "RANDERS VS. HORSENS 2 - 0". soccerway.com. 7 April 2017.
  4. "AC Horsens udlejer Mikkel Mena Qvist til KA Akureyri". achorsens.dk. 4 February 2020.
  5. HB Køge opruster defensivt: Mere fysik og lange indkast, hbkoge.dk, 25 January 2021
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