Mikkel Andersen

Mikkel Andersen

Personal information
Full name	Mikkel Andersen
Date of birth	17 December 1988 (1988-12-17)
Place of birth	Herlev, Denmark
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Reading
Number	31
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2007	Akademisk Boldklub	7	(0)
2007–	Reading	0	(0)
2008	→ Torquay United (loan)	3	(0)
2008	→ Rushden & Diamonds (loan)	3	(0)
2008	→ Brentford (loan)	1	(0)
2009	→ Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)	5	(0)
2009–2011	→ Bristol Rovers (loan)	58	(0)
National team‡
2007	Denmark U19	2	(0)
2007	Denmark U20	1	(0)
2009–	Denmark U21	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:13, 5 January 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 07:55, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Mikkel Andersen (born 17 December 1988 in Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Reading, and has played three games for the Denmark national under-21 football team.

Club career

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 the 6 March, 2009, it was revealed that Andersen had joined League One side Brighton & Hove Albion on loan for one month.

Bristol Rovers (loan)

On September 1, 2009, deadline day, Andersen was signed on loan by Bristol Rovers until January 1. He made his debut against Millwall which Bristol Rovers won 2–0, keeping a clean sheet, and went on to play in all eighteen of The Pirates' league games during his initial four month spell. Shortly before the deal expired, it was extended for a further four weeks, Rovers wanting to keep him until the end of the season, but managerless Reading wanted to appoint a new boss before committing him to a longer term move.

At the end of January, Andersen finally extended his loan spell until the end of the season, as Reading appointed caretaker boss Brian McDermott on a permanent basis. On the 20th 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 MK Dons' Jermaine Easter as Rovers won 1–0, keeping another clean sheet this penalty save was his first ever one.

By the time his loan spell in Bristol had finished, Andersen had played 39 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.

On 2 August 2010, Bristol Rovers re-signed him as they cancelled the loan of West Brom goalkeeper Luke Daniels because of a back injury.

Andersen finished his loan spell with Bristol Rovers on 5 January 2011.

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. While on loan at Bristol Rovers, Andersen re-entered the Under-21s for an October 2009 friendly against Georgia, but served as back-up for Lössl. He replaced Lössl for the Under-21 games in November 2009 and March 2010, having played a total three Under-21 national team games. 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.

External links

• Denmark national team profile
• Mikkel Andersen profile at readingfc.co.uk
• Mikkel Andersen career stats at Soccerbase