Nikolai Baden
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikolai Baden Frederiksen | ||
| Date of birth | 18 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
WSG Tirol (on loan from Juventus U23) | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Næsby BK | |||
| 2015–2017 | FC Nordsjælland | ||
| 2018–2020 | Juventus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | FC Nordsjælland | 11 | (3) |
| 2019– | Juventus U23 | 9 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Fortuna Sittard (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2020– | → WSG Tirol (loan) | 11 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Denmark U16 | 7 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Denmark U17 | 9 | (6) |
| 2017–2018 | Denmark U18 | 5 | (2) |
| 2017– | Denmark U19 | 6 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:46, 22 December 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:39, 2 February 2020 (UTC) | |||
Nikolai "Futte" Baden Frederiksen (born 18 May 2000) is a Danish footballer who plays as a forward for Juventus U23.
Youth career
Baden started playing football at Næsby BK, and joined FC Nordsjælland in the summer 2015.[1] At the age of 14, Baden was on a trail at Liverpool.[2] He played a friendly game for their U16 squad against Wigan Athletic, which they won 2-1.
Club career
FC Nordsjælland
In the summer 2017, Baden signed a 3-year youth contract with the club and began training with the first team squad. He also went on a training camp with the team in the summer 2017 at the Netherlands.
Baden's first senior experience was on 30 July 2017, where he sat on the bench for the whole game against AaB. He got his debut for FC Nordsjælland on 14 October 2017 against Randers FC. Baden started on the bench, but replaced Viktor Tranberg in the 84th minute. Two minutes later, Baden scored the winning goal at the age of only 17 and FCN won the game 3-2.[3]
Juventus
On August 18, 2018, it was announced that Baden had signed a four-year deal with Juventus.[4] He started playing for the Primavera squad. Baden was bought for a price about 11,3 millioner danish krone.[5]
Baden mainly played for Juventus' Primavera team in his first season. He got his debut for Juventus U23 in the Serie C in April 2019. After 9 appearances in Serie C, Baden was loaned out to Dutch club Fortuna Sittard on 31 January 2020 for the rest of the season.[6] On 25 August, he was sent out on loan to Austrian club WSG Tirol for the 2020-21 season.[7]
References
- ^ "Kontrakt i FC Nordsjælland: Fynbo har knækket koden". fyens.dk. 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Nicolai i Liverpool". fyens.dk. 1 December 2014.
- ^ "17-årig FCN-matchvinder jubler over drømmedebut". bt.dk. 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Dansk angrebskomet skifter til Juventus". dr.dk. 18 August 2018.
- ^ Avis: Nikolai Baden Frederiksen kan blive Danmarks dyreste teenager, tipsbladet.dk, 21 August 2018
- ^ FORTUNA SITTARD HUURT VLEUGELAANVALLER FREDERIKSEN VAN JUVENTUS, fortunasittard.nl, 31 January 2020
- ^ Ung Juventus-dansker tager til Østrig, bold.dk, 25 August 2020
External links
- Nikolai Baden at Soccerway
- Nikolai Baden Frederiksen at DBU
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Danish footballers
- Danish expatriate footballers
- Denmark youth international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- FC Nordsjælland players
- Juventus F.C. players
- Juventus F.C. Under-23 players
- Fortuna Sittard players
- WSG Swarovski Tirol players
- Danish Superliga players
- Serie C players
- Eredivisie players
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Austria