Full name Mikkel Andersen Years Team Weight 91 kg Number 31 Height 1.96 m | Playing position Role Football player Place of birth Herlev, Denmark Name Mikkel Andersen | |
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Date of birth (1988-12-17) 17 December 1988 (age 26) Current team FC Midtjylland (#31 / Goalkeeper) Similar People Kian Hansen, Daniel Royer, Johan Dahlin, Adam Federici, Jess Thorup Profiles | ||
Mikkel andersen proud on debut despite defeat sheff wed 1 0 reading 20 09 14
Mikkel Andersen (born 17 December 1988) is a Danish football goalkeeper who plays for Lyngby BK in the Danish Superliga. He has played 14 games for the Denmark national under-21 football team, from which 4 unofficial games at the Toulon Tournament, made him receive the Best Keeper award. From The remaining 10 U21 National Denmark games, 3 of them were at The U21 Euro2011.
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- Mikkel andersen proud on debut despite defeat sheff wed 1 0 reading 20 09 14
- Mikkel andersen vi kan g re skade p rubin kazan
- Denmark
- Reading
- Bristol Rovers loan
- Portsmouth loan
- Randers loan
- Midtjylland
- Lyngby BK
- International career
- Career statistics
- References
He has played 17 international UEFA games, amongst which are vs Rubin Kazan, Napoli, Club Brugge, Manchester United(EL last 32), Slovan Bratislava and FC Krasnodar.
Mikkel andersen vi kan g re skade p rubin kazan
Denmark
Andersen began his career with Danish club AB Copenhagen and became the youngest goalkeeper to play in Danish senior football. He joined Reading on a two-and-a-half-year contract on 26 January 2007, having played seven times for AB.
Reading
Andersen signed a loan deal with Torquay United on 26 February 2008, making his debut the same day in a 1–1 draw at home to Altrincham.
He returned to Reading having played three times for Torquay during his one-month on loan and looked set to remain with Reading for the remainder of the season. However, he joined Rushden & Diamonds on a seven-day emergency loan on 15 April 2008, making his Rushden debut in a 2–1 win at home to Torquay. He also played in the defeats against Exeter City and Oxford United before returning to Reading.
In December 2008, he was again signed on an emergency loan, this time for Brentford, whose first-choice keeper Ben Hamer, also borrowed from Reading, was suspended. He was named MOTM and Team of the week for his performance in this one game.
On 6 March 2009, it was revealed that Andersen had joined League One side Brighton & Hove Albion on loan for one month.
On 20 September 2014, he made his full debut for the club in a 1-0 defeat away to Sheffield Wednesday.
Bristol Rovers (loan)
On 1 September 2009, deadline day, Andersen was signed on loan by Bristol Rovers until 1 January. He made his debut against Millwall which Bristol Rovers won 2–0, keeping a clean sheet.
On 20 March, Andersen played against two other on-loan Reading players Scott Davies and Alex McCarthy. He kept a clean sheet from that game which ended 3–0 to Bristol Rovers. On 5 April, he saved a penalty from Milton Keynes Dons' Jermaine Easter as Rovers won 1–0, keeping another clean sheet this penalty save was his first ever one.
Andersen played 58 League games for The Pirates. He was awarded the League One side's Young Player of the Year trophy, and was also ranked third in the overall Player of the Year poll. For his performances and awards he was named In The BBC Team of The Year as well.
Andersen finished his loan spell with Bristol Rovers on 5 January 2011.
Portsmouth (loan)
On 17 August, Andersen joined Portsmouth on loan for one month. He made his debut in an Npower League 1 game against Bournemouth, the game ended in a 1–1 draw.
Randers (loan)
On 11 June 2013 Andersen joined Danish Superliga side Randers on loan for the 2013–14 season. Andersen made his debut on 20 July 2013 against Viborg in a game that ended 2-2.
Midtjylland
On 25 June 2015, Andersen signed a two-year contract with FC Midtjylland. Andersen played all 6 matches in the Europa League group stages against Club Brugge, Legia Warsaw and Napoli, where FC Midtjylland finished runners up to qualify for Europa League final rounds. In February 2016 FC Midtjylland and Andersen beat Manchester United 2-1 at MCH Arena and lost 5-1 at Old Trafford in the second game in the 1/16 Europa League final. Andersen saved a penalty from Juan Mata and his general performances made him MOM alongside Man United's Dempay in those two games. In the same 15/16 season Mikkel Andersen kept an average score of under 1 goal against in the Superliga, where FC Midtjylland finished 3 and won the bronze medals. In addition to his performances at the Europa League group stages and final, that made him the best single goalkeeper in the Danish League and the best goalkeeper in FC Midtjyllands history. Mikkel Andersen announced to the medias, that he would leave the club in the summer 2017.
Lyngby BK
Andersen signed a three-year contract with Lyngby Boldklub on 24 June 2017.
International career
After signing for Reading, Andersen played three games for the Danish national under-19 and under-20 teams during 2007. He made his debut for the Denmark national under-21 football team in February 2009, replacing Jonas Lössl at half-time. In May 2010, he joined the under-21 team for a series of unofficial games at the international 2010 Toulon Tournament. He made four appearances as Denmark finished runners-up, and was named goalkeeper of the tournament.