Nicolaj Thomsen

Nicolaj Thomsen (born 8 May 1993) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for the Danish Superliga side FC Copenhagen.

Nicolaj Thomsen
Thomsen playing for AaB in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-05-08) 8 May 1993
Place of birth Skagen, Denmark
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Copenhagen
Number 8
Youth career
Skagen IK
2006–2009 Frederikshavn fI
2009–2011 AaB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 AaB 122 (10)
2016–2017 Nantes 13 (1)
2017– Copenhagen 62 (3)
National team
2011 Denmark U18 4 (0)
2011–2012 Denmark U19 7 (0)
2013–2015 Denmark U21 21 (3)
2014– Denmark 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:01, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Thomsen made his debut for AaB in the Danish Superliga as a starter against FC Midtjylland on 4 April 2012.[1]

After five seasons in AaB, Thomsen signed with FC Nantes in the French Ligue 1.

International career

Nicolai Thomsen made his first international appearance on 1 March 2011, when he played for Denmark U-18. Since then, he has played for U-19 and U-21, before getting his first match for the Danish national team on 18 November 2014 against Romania.[2]

Thomsen scored the only Danish goal in the 1–1 draw against Iceland which qualified Denmark U-21 for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[3] He was selected for the squad for the tournament and played the entire match in the opening win against the Czech Republic. He was in the line-up in the other two group stage-matches against Germany and Serbia. Thomsen was also chosen to the line-up in the semi final, where Denmark was defeated by Sweden.

Honours

Club

AaB

Copenhagen

References
  1. http://fodbold.aabsport.dk/nyheder/2012/04/aab-tabte-taet-kamp.aspx
  2. http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/PlayerInfo/6916&allmatch=1#match
  3. http://jyllands-posten.dk/sport/fodbold/landshold/ECE7111691/U21-landsholdet+klar+til+EM-slutrunde/
  4. "FC Copenhagen are Danish champions". The Copenhagen Post. 6 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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