Mikkel Duelund
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mikkel Duelund | ||
Date of birth | 29 June 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Aarhus, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
Number | 99 | ||
Youth career | |||
Aarhus AGF | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2018 | Midtjylland | 90 | (21) |
2018– | Dynamo Kyiv | 10 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2012 | Denmark U16 | 1 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Denmark U17 | 4 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Denmark U18 | 3 | (3) |
2015–2016 | Denmark U19 | 13 | (10) |
2016–2019 | Denmark U21 | 23 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 February 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 October 2017 |
Mikkel Duelund (born 29 June 1997) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League and the Denmark U21 national team.
Club career
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.[2] 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.[3] In 2014, he was named by The Guardian as one of 40 best young talents in World Football.[4]
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.[5] 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.[3] In 2016–17, he became the seventh youngest player ever to score 10 career league goals in the Superliga.[5]
In March 2018, Duelund made his 100th appearance for Midtjylland and marked the occasion with a goal in a 2–1 win over Silkeborg.[6] The club ultimately went on to reclaim the Superliga title, ending ahead of rivals Brøndby.[7]
Dynamo Kyiv
On 31 August 2018, Duelund signed a contract with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv.[8]
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.[5] 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.[9]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | Cup1 | League Cup | Continental2 | Other | Total | |||||||
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League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Midtjylland | 2014–15 | Superliga | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
2015–16 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 | ||
2016–17 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 10 | ||
2017–18 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 9 | ||
Total | 90 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 26 | ||
Dynamo Kyiv | 2018–19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
Total | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
Career Total | 99 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 27 |
1 Includes Danish Cup matches.
2 Includes both UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches.
Honours
Club
FC Midtjylland
- Danish Superliga (2): 2015; 2018[5][7]
Personal life
In February 2016, ahead of the Midtjylland's Europa League game against Manchester United, Duelund admitted to being a lifelong fan of the Premier League club and named Wayne Rooney as his footballing idol.[12]
References
- ^ https://upl.ua/ua/people/view/65840
- ^ Møbjerg Sørensen, Simon (10 November 2013). "FCM-talent prøvetræner i PSV Eindhoven". Tipsbladet (in Danish). Retrieved 5 June 2016.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Grønning, Jeppe (24 April 2016). "Mikkel Duelund: Fra Tonsser til Champions League". Tipsbladet (in Danish). Retrieved 5 June 2016.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Blight, Gary (14 October 2014). "Next Generation 2014: 40 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d Bairner, Robin (30 March 2017). "Meet Mikkel Duelund: The teenage talent who snubbed the Premier League to develop in Denmark". Goal. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Duelund jubler over jubilæumsmål: Det havde jeg ikke regnet med". Tips Bladet (in Danish). 5 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ a b Hoffskov, Ole (28 June 2018). "Mikkel Duelund: Superligaen trænger til profiler" (in Danish). Tipsbladet. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Mikkel DUELUND joins Dynamo!" (in Ukrainian). 31 August 2018.
- ^ "Duelund lever fint med presset". Bold (in Danish). 20 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Mikkel Duelund Club matches". Socceway. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ "Mikkel Duelund". World Soccer. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ Morgan, Tony (17 February 2016). "Manchester United: Midtjylland starlet Mikkel Duelund eager to eliminate boyhood club from Europa League". International Business Times. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
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External links
- Mikkel Duelund at Soccerway