Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
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| Full name | Pierre Emile Højbjerg | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 August 1995 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||
| Number | 34 | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| –2009 | BK Skjold | ||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Copenhagen | ||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Brøndby IF | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2012– | Bayern Munich II | 24 | (4) | ||||||||
| 2013– | Bayern Munich | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Denmark U17 | 10 | (3) | ||||||||
| 2012– | Denmark U19 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 April 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 April 2013 | |||||||||||
Pierre Emile Højbjerg (born 5 August 1995) is a Danish footballer playing for FC Bayern Munich.[1] He also holds a French passport as his mother is half French.[2]
Club career
A product of FC Copenhagen youth academy, he joined Brøndby IF in 2011 and FC Bayern Munich only a year after.[3] He looks upon Zidane as his role model.[4] In March 2013, he was on the Bayern Munich bench for the first time when Bayern Munich met Bayer Leverkusen, but he was unused as a substitute.[5] Aged 17 years and 251 days, he made his professional debut on 13 April 2013 in the Bundesliga against 1. FC Nuremberg, as a substitite for Xherdan Shaqiri[6][7] and thus became the youngest player ever to play for the Bayern Munich first team in the Bundesliga.[8]
Pierre Højbjerg was honoured with the title Danish under 17 player of the year in 2011.
Club statistics
Statistics accurate as of 14 April 2013
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bayern Munich | 2012-13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
DBU's Talentpris 2011: Danish under 17 player of the year[9]
References
- ^ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg at Soccerway
- ^ "Pierre Højbjerg". footballzz.com. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ "Pierre Emile Höjbjerg". transfermarkt.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ "Bayerns Supertalent: Zidane ist sein Vorbild" (in German). fussball-vorort.de. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ DR.dk (15 March 2013). "Dansk kæmpetalent kan få debut i Bayern".
- ^ "Bayern München vs. Nürnberg 4 - 0". soccerway.com. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ "FC Bayern demontiert schwachen Club" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ "Rekorde, Rekorde" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ "DBU's Talentpris" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 13 April 2013.