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Jannik Vestergaard
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-08-03) 3 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Hvidovre, Denmark
Height 1.99 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Central defender
Team information
Current team
 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number 4
Youth career
Brøndby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 1899 Hoffenheim II 22 (4)
2011–2015 1899 Hoffenheim 72 (4)
2015–2016 Werder Bremen 48 (3)
2016– Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 (0)
International career‡
2010 Denmark U18 4 (1)
2010–2011 Denmark U19 7 (0)
2011 Denmark U20 2 (0)
2011–2015 Denmark U21 28 (4)
2013– Denmark 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:01, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:39, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

Jannik Vestergaard (born 3 August 1992) is a Danish international footballer who plays professionally for German club Borussia Mönchengladbach, as a central defender.

Early and personal life

Vestergaard was born to a Danish father and a German mother in the Copenhagen suburb of Hvidovre and grew up in Copenhagen.[2]

His German grandfather Hannes Schröers and uncle Jan Schröers also were footballers for Fortuna Dusseldorf and Bayer 05 Uerdingen respectively.[2] His cousin Mika Schröers plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach's youth teams.[3][4]

Club career

Vestergaard played youth football with Brøndby.[5] He began his senior career with German club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.[1][6] He moved to Werder Bremen in January 2015.[7][8]

On 11 June 2016, Vestergaard joined Borussia Mönchengladbach for a reported transfer of €12 million plus bonuses.[3][4][9]

International career

Vestergaard represented the Denmark national youth teams at under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels.[5] He received his first call-up to the Danish senior team in August 2013, describing it as his "dream" to play for the country,[10] and he made his debut later that month in a match against Poland.[11]

He represented the Denmark U21 team at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the Czech Republic, and scored in a 2–1 defeat of the host nation in the opening match at the Eden Arena in Prague.[12]

He was also eligible to represent Germany through his German mother.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 May 2016[14]
Club Season Division League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hoffenheim 2010–11 Bundesliga 1 0 — — 1 0
2011–12 23 2 3 0 — 26 2
2012–13 16 0 1 0 2 0 19 0
2013–14 25 1 4 0 — 29 1
2014–15 6 1 1 1 — 7 2
Total 71 4 9 1 2 0 82 5
Werder Bremen 2014–15 Bundesliga 15 1 1 0 — 16 1
2015–16 33 2 5 1 — 38 3
Total 48 3 6 1 0 0 54 4
Career total 119 7 15 2 2 0 136 9

International

International goals

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.[15]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 17 November 2015 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark  Sweden 2–2 2–2 Euro 2016 qual. play-offs

References

  1. ^ a b "Jannik Vestergaard". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Fußball-Spielbetriebs GmbH (Hrsg.) (2011-03-30). "JANNIK VESTERGAARD: DER LANGE". achtzehn99 (in German). Retrieved 2016-04-27. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |trans_title=, |day=, |month=, and |deadurl= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach GmbH (publisher) (11 June 2016). "Borussia verpflichtet Jannik Vestergaard". Borussia Mönchengladbach (in German). Retrieved 12 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach GmbH (publisher) (11 June 2016). "Borussia sign Jannik Vestergaard". Borussia Mönchengladbach. Retrieved 12 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b "Profile" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ^ Jannik Vestergaard at fussballdaten.de (in German)
  7. ^ "Vestergaard joins Bremen from Hoffenheim". Bundesliga. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Bremen land Vestergaard". Soccerway. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  9. ^ "„Gute Lösung" mit Vestergaard". Kreiszeitung (in German). 10 June 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Jannik V: Drømmen har altid været Danmark" (in Danish). Bold. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  11. ^ Jan Vinberg Eliassen (14 August 2013). "Målrigt opgør endte med dansk nederlag" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  12. ^ "Czech Republic 1-2 Denmark". UEFA. 17 June 2015.
  13. ^ Lars Bruun-Mortensen (28 May 2013). "Dansk stortalent føler sig mere og mere tysk" (in Danish). TV2. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  14. ^ Jannik Vestergaard at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  15. ^ "Jannik Vestergaard". Danish FA. Retrieved 14 February 2016.


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