Mads Hinrichsen Aaquist (born 31 December 1994) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Copenhagen

Aaquist is a product of F.C. Copenhagen's youth sector. He began playing for the first team in the winter 2012/13 and played several friendly matches for the club. He expressed at this point to the medias, that he would wish he was a permanent part of the first team. Aaquist gained his first

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match and official debut for FCK on 20 May 2013, when he replaced

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in the final match of the season, a home game against

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. Just hours after the announcement of his return to FCK, it was further announced, that FCK had terminated his contract.

Loan to AC Horsens

In the autumn 2014, he was loaned out to

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for the rest of the season. Aaquist played his first match for the club on 27 July 2014 against

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. However, Aaquist was struggling to get playtime and did only play 6 matches. AC Horsens announced on 21 January 2015, that they had sent Aaquist return to FCK six months earlier than expected.

FC Helsingør

On 21 January 2015, Aaquist signed with FC Helsingør on a free transfer. He signed a contract until the summer 2015, and later extended his contract after playing 14 league games for the club in his first 6 months. He got his debut for

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on 26 July 2015. Aaquist started on the bench, but replaced Jonas Hebo Rasmussen in the 60th minute in a 0–3 defeat against

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in the

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. The defender extended his contract for three years in May 2016. He played 27 league matches in his first season at the club.

Nordsjælland

Aaquist signed for

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on 22 August 2017.

Randers

Aaquist joined

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on 23 August 2018 on loan until 30 June 2019.

Viborg

After his loan spell with

, Aaquist returned to

and started in the first five league games. However, he moved to

in the

on 22 August 2019, where he signed a three-year deal.

Fremad Amager

On 31 January 2022, Aaquist joined fellow league club

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on a deal for the rest of the season. He left the club in June 2024.

Position

Aaquist used to play as a fullback, mostly on the right side, but in the 2016/17 season, he mostly played as a left or right midfielder. He even played in the central midfield the whole match against

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in May 2017.

Honours

Copenhagen *

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Viborg *

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aaquist, Mads Living people 1994 births Footballers from Herlev Municipality Danish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football utility players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Danish 2nd Division players F.C. Copenhagen players AC Horsens players FC Helsingør players FC Nordsjælland players Randers FC players Viborg FF players Fremad Amager players Denmark men's youth international footballers 21st-century Danish sportsmen