Full name Mikkel Duelund Years Team Name Mikkel Duelund | Playing position Role Footballer Number 22 Date joined 2014 | |
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Date of birth (1997-06-29) 29 June 1997 (age 18) Current team FC Midtjylland (#22 / Midfielder) | ||
Mikkel Duelund
Mikkel Duelund (born 29 June 1997) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Midtjylland in the Danish Superliga and the Denmark U21 national team.
Contents
- Mikkel Duelund
- Mikkel duelund goals assist 2015
- Midtjylland
- International career
- Club
- FC Midtjylland
- Personal life
- References
Mikkel duelund goals assist 2015
Midtjylland
Born in Aarhus, Denmark, Duelund began his playing career with Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland. In 2013, he took part in a trial with Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven but ultimately remained with Midtjylland's youth team. During his time with the U19 group, Duelund won the Top Goalscorer and Player of the Season awards as the side were crowned Danish champions. In 2014, he was named by The Guardian as one of 40 best young talents in World Football.
Following his form at youth level Duelund was promoted to the first-team, making his league debut in March 2015 against Hobro IK, coming on as a second-half substitute for Petter Andersson. By the end of his debut season he had helped the club to its first ever Superliga title. In the year that followed he made a goalscoring debut in the Champions League against Lincoln Red Imps before later debuting in the Europa League against Napoli. In 2016–17, he became the seventh youngest player ever to score 10 career league goals in the Superliga.
International career
In June 2017, Duelund was one of only two 19-year old's named in Denmark's squad for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Poland. He featured twice at the tournament, including a start in a 3–0 loss to eventual champions Germany, before Denmark were eliminated during the group stages.
Club
As of 13 August 20171 Includes Danish Cup matches.
2 Includes both UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches.
FC Midtjylland
Personal life
In February 2016, in the build-up to Midtjylland's Europa League clash with Manchester United, Duelund admitted to being a lifelong fan of the Premier League club and named Wayne Rooney as being his idol.