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Mathias Jørgensen
Jørgensen playing for Huddersfield Town in 2018
Personal information
Full name Mathias Jattah-Njie Jørgensen[1]
Date of birth (1990-04-23) 23 April 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark[1]
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Huddersfield Town
Number 25
Youth career
1994–2007 B.93
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Copenhagen 92 (6)
2012–2014 PSV Eindhoven 14 (2)
2013–2014 Jong PSV 7 (1)
2014–2017 Copenhagen 93 (4)
2017– Huddersfield Town 45 (1)
International career‡
2006 Denmark U-16 1 (0)
2006–2007 Denmark U-17 3 (0)
2007 Denmark U-18 1 (0)
2008–2012 Denmark U-21 15 (1)
2008– Denmark 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:03, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Mathias Jattah-Njie Jørgensen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈjɶɐ̯n̩sn̩]; born 23 April 1990) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for the EFL League One club Huddersfield Town and the Denmark national team.

He began his career at boyhood club FC Copenhagen, playing regularly in five Superliga seasons, before a move to PSV Eindhoven in 2012, where he spent two seasons in the Eredivisie before returning to Denmark after finding his chances limited. He joined Huddersfield Town in July 2017 for a fee of £3.5 million.

Formerly an international at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-21 level, Jørgensen made his senior international debut for Denmark aged 18 in November 2008.

Career

FC Copenhagen

Born to a Danish mother and a Gambian father, Jørgensen moved to FC Copenhagen from neighbouring club B.93, where he had played in first team matches even at the young age of 16. He signed a three-year contract with FCK on 26 June 2007.[2] Before signing with the Danish champions, he had visited Arsenal for a one-week trial.[3]

On 21 July 2007, Jørgensen strained the inner ligament in the left knee in a reserve team match – less than a month after he moved to the club.[4] On 9 September, he played again for the reserve team.[5] His first team debut came on 26 September 2007 in a cup match against FC Fredericia. He substituted Oscar Wendt 5 minutes before full-time, in the match FCK won 3–1.[6] Three days later he got his Superliga debut, this time replacing Hjalte Nørregaard about 15 minutes before full-time.[7]

Only 8 days after his first team debut, Jørgensen was thrown on pitch in the extra time of the UEFA Cup first round second leg at Parken Stadium against RC Lens, after captain Michael Gravgaard had received a red card. He was substituted for Marcus Allbäck and played in the central defence together with Brede Hangeland, and they prevented any more goals for Lens, when they were 10 against 11.[8]

On 19 November 2008, he made his debut for the Danish national football team in a friendly against Wales.[9]

After Roland Nilsson became manager for Copenhagen he became captain for "The Lions". 22 February 2012 it was announced that Jørgensen would join Dutch club PSV Eindhoven on a free transfer during the summer transfer window.[10]

PSV

Jørgensen was featured in an unofficial pre-season tournament, The Polish Masters, in July 2012 and scored his first goal for PSV in their game against S.L. Benfica on 22 July. However, he struggled to break into PSV's first XI and only played 14 matches for the club over the course of two years.

Return to FC Copenhagen

On 7 July 2014, Jørgensen returned to his former team FC Copenhagen for a fee of around 600,000 Euros.[11]

Huddersfield Town

On 7 July 2017, Huddersfield Town confirmed the signing of Jørgensen from FC Copenhagen for £3.5 million on a three-year contract.[12]

International career

In May 2018 he was named in Denmark's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[13]

Personal life

Jørgensen is dating Hungarian model Enikő Mihalik.[14]

Nickname

He received his nickname from the movie Cool Runnings, where one of the main characters is named Sanka (played by Doug E. Doug).[15] Mathias Jørgensen's nickname was coined by Johan Lange back in 2000, while both Lange and Jørgensen were still at B.93.[16] Lange would go on to be one of the assistant managers during Zanka's first time at F. C. Copenhagen, and he would later serve as the Technical Director when Zanka returned to the club in 2014.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 October 2018[18]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Copenhagen 2007–08 Danish Superliga 12 1 0 0 — 0 0 12 1
2008–09 Danish Superliga 20 0 0 0 — 10 0 30 0
2009–10 Danish Superliga 24 4 0 0 — 9 1 33 5
2010–11 Danish Superliga 25 1 1 1 — 11 0 37 1
2011–12 Danish Superliga 11 0 2 0 — 4 0 17 0
Total 92 6 3 1 — 34 0 129 7
PSV Eindhoven 2012–13 Eredivisie 5 2 3 1 — 2 1 10 4
2013–14 Eredivisie 9 0 0 0 — 5 0 14 0
Total 14 2 3 1 — 7 1 24 4
Jong PSV 2013–14 Eerste Divisie 7 1 — — — 7 1
FC Copenhagen 2014–15 Danish Superliga 29 1 4 0 — 9 1 42 2
2015–16 Danish Superliga 31 3 5 1 — 3 0 39 4
2016–17 Danish Superliga 33 0 3 0 — 15 2 51 2
Total 93 4 12 1 — 27 3 132 8
Huddersfield Town 2017–18 Premier League 38 0 2 0 0 0 — 40 0
2018–19 Premier League 7 0 0 0 0 0 — 7 0
Career total 251 13 20 3 0 0 68 5 338 21

International

As of match played 1 July 2018[19]
National team Season Apps Goals
Denmark
2008 1 0
2009 0 0
2010 1 0
2011 4 0
2012 0 0
2013 0 0
2014 0 0
2015 0 0
2016 3 0
2017 2 0
2018 4 1
Total 15 1

International goals

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.
Goal Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 1 July 2018 Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia 15  Croatia 1–0 1–1 (2–3 p) 2018 FIFA World Cup

Honours

FC Copenhagen

Individual

  • Players' Talent of the Year: 2008[20]
  • Arla Talent of the Year: 2008[21]
  • Arla U-19 National Team Talent of the Year: 2008[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Jørgensen: Mathias Jattah-Njie Jørgensen: Player". BDFutbol. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Stortalent til F.C. København" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 26 June 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2007.
  3. ^ "Lørdagstræning i PARKEN" (in Danish). TV 2 Sport. 25 November 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Lørdagstræning i PARKEN" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2007.
  5. ^ "Christiansen: – Bedre dag for dag" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 11 September 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2007.
  6. ^ "26.09. FC Fredericia – F.C. København (Kampreferat)" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 26 September 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "29.09. F.C. København – Lyngby Boldklub (Kampreferat)" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 29 September 2007. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "04.10. F.C. København – RC Lens (Kampreferat)" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 4 October 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Bellamy matchvinder i Brøndby" (in Danish). bold.dk. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  10. ^ "Jørgensen agrees to swap København for PSV". uefa.com. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  11. ^ "Officielt: FCK henter Zanka hjem". Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  12. ^ "TRANSFER: MATHIAS JØRGENSEN JOINS TOWN". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  13. ^ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  14. ^ "Mihalik Enikő megtalálta az igazit". 15 July 2014.
  15. ^ "Fra A til Z som Zanka" (in Danish). sporten.dk. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  16. ^ "Manden bag Zanka" (in Danish). tipsbladet.dk. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Johan Lange" (in Danish). F. C. København. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  18. ^ "M. JØRGENSEN". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  19. ^ "Mathias "Zanka" Jørgensen". Danish Football Association. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  20. ^ "Årets Talent 2008" (in Danish). Spillerforeningen. 11 November 2008. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ Nielsen, Pia Schou (17 November 2008). "Martin Laursen Årets Spiller" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  22. ^ Berendt, Lars (5 December 2008). "Lumb og Eriksen nyeste Arla Landsholdstalenter" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
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