Silas Andersen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Silas Sinan Erhen Thorup Andersen | ||
| Date of birth | 13 June 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | BK Häcken | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Sundby BK | ||
| 2018–2021 | FC Copenhagen | ||
| 2021–2023 | Inter | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2025 | Utrecht | 2 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | → Jong Utrecht | 46 | (3) |
| 2025– | BK Häcken | 26 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2020 | Denmark U16 | 10 | (1) |
| 2020 | Denmark U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Denmark U18 | 10 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Denmark U19 | 7 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Denmark U20 | 9 | (2) |
| 2025– | Denmark U21 | 7 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 01:53, 2 April 2026 (UTC) | |||
Silas Sinan Erhen Thorup Andersen (born 13 June 2004) is a Danish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swedish club BK Häcken.
Early life
[edit]Andersen joined the youth academy of Italian Serie A side Inter at the age of seventeen.[1]
Club career
[edit]On 30 January 2025, Andersen signed a four-year contract with BK Häcken in Sweden.[2] In March 2026 Andersen was in talks to sign with Wolverhampton.
International career
[edit]Andersen played for the Denmark national under-19 football team, where he was regarded as one of the team's most important players.[3]
Style of play
[edit]Andersen mainly operates as a midfielder and has been described as "good running and more than decent insertion skills, he has yet to find a role and a defined tactical position".[4]
Personal life
[edit]Andersen has regarded Netherlands international Frenkie de Jong, France international Paul Pogba, and Croatia international Luka Modric as his football idols.[5]
Honours
[edit]BK Häcken
References
[edit]- ^ "Silas A: En drengedrøm". bold.dk.
- ^ "BK Häcken värvar mittfältare från FC Utrecht: "Jag är en vinnare"" [BK Häcken signs midfielder from FC Utrecht: "I am a winner"] (in Swedish). BK Häcken. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ "Andersen: Fremtidens store stjerne trænede med de allerbedste". fodboldfordrenge.dk.[dead link]
- ^ "Chi è =Silas Andersen?". puglia24news.it.
- ^ "Andersen: Jagten på drengedrømmen". lixen.dk.
- Living people
- 2004 births
- Danish men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- FC Utrecht players
- Jong FC Utrecht players
- BK Häcken players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Danish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen
- Danish people of Turkish descent