Morten Frendrup
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Morten Wetche Frendrup | ||
| Date of birth | 7 April 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Tuse, Holbæk, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brøndby IF | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tuse IF | |||
| 2013–2014 | Holbæk B&I | ||
| 2013–2018 | Brøndby | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Brøndby | 20 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Denmark U16 | 3 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Denmark U17 | 15 | (0) |
| 2018– | Denmark U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2018– | Denmark U19 | 7 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:19, 9 December 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:40, 12 September 2019 (UTC) | |||
Morten Wetche Frendrup (Danish pronunciation: [ˈfʁɑnˀtʁɔp]; born 7 April 2001) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF.
Club career
Early career
Born in Tuse outside Holbæk, Frendrup started playing for local team Tuse IF, before moving to Holbæk B&I.[1] He was only at Holbæk for one year, because he had joined the Brøndby IF academy at under-14 level, which meant that he played for two clubs for a short period.[2][3] During this time, he commuted several times a week between his home in Tuse and Brøndby, a distance of approximately 60 kilometres. When Frendrup finished primary education, he began attending Brøndby Idrætsefterskole, a five minute walk from the Brøndby IF training ground.[2]
He won the Danish under-15 Cup on 11 May 2016 in a 1–0 win over FC Nordsjælland.[4][3] At under-17 level, he captained the team to a second-place finish in the league behind winners AGF.[5]
Brøndby
In the summer of 2017, aged 16, Frendrup was included in the first-team training camp in Austria together with fellow academy players Christian Enemark and Andreas Bruus.[6] In December 2017, he signed a new deal with Brøndby, keeping him in the club until the summer of 2020.[7][8]
On 11 February 2018, Frendrup made his senior debut, aged 16, in a 3–1 win over Lyngby Boldklub in the Danish Superliga. He was brought on as a substitute in the 85th minute,[9] becoming the youngest player to appear for Brøndby, 37 days younger than second on the list, Magnus Warming.[10] On 15 March 2018, Frendrup signed his first professional contract, keeping him at the club until 2021.[11]
During the 2019–20 season, Frendrup started playing more regularly in the fall due to long-term injuries to starters Lasse Vigen, Simon Tibbling and Josip Radošević.[12] His performances during these games were praised, and he subsequently won the Brøndby Player of the Month award for November.[13] On 12 January 2020, Frendrup signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with Brøndby, running until 2023.[14]
Career statistics
- As of 3 March 2020[15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brøndby IF | 2017–18 | Danish Superliga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
- (-) Not qualified
References
- ^ Vestergaard, Anders (19 May 2017). "Morten fra Tuse udtaget til landsholdet" (in Danish). sn.dk. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Fra Tuse til Brøndby IF's startopstilling – Podcast med Morten Frendrup". 3point.dk. 3point. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ a b Steen Sørensen (13 October 2017). "Frendrup: Største oplevelse at være med Superliga-truppen i Østrig". 3point.dk.
- ^ "Brøndbyernes IF (øst 1) 1-0 Farum BK (øst 1)". DBU.
- ^ "U17 DRENGE LIGAEN 2016/17 (2017)". DBU.
- ^ Nanna Møller Karlsen (1 July 2017). "Superliga-truppen, tre Masterclass-talenter og Kliment drager til Østrig". 3point.dk.
- ^ Nanna Møller Karlsen (21 December 2017). "Morten Frendrup forlænger med Brøndby IF". 3point.dk.
- ^ Anders Degn (21 December 2017). "U-landsholdsspiller i Brøndby: Stolt over at forlænge med klubben over alle". Tipsbladet.
- ^ Gohr, Simon (11 February 2018). "Fantastic Images: Watch Brøndby's Fans Pay Homage to the 16-Year Old Debutant, Morten Frendrup" (in Danish). TV3 Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Top 10: Youngest Superliga Debutants in the History of Brøndby" (in Danish). 3Point.dk. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Morten Frendrup Promoted to Superliga Squad from Next Summer" (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Jensen, Kenneth (30 October 2019). "Ude i lang tid: Brøndby-profil skal opereres" (in Danish). Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ "Fansene har talt: Månedens spiller for november er Morten Frendrup" (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Brøndby sikrer sig midtbanetalent frem til 2023" (in Danish). Tipsbladet. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ Morten Frendrup at Soccerway
External links
- Morten Frendrup profile at the Danish Football Association website