Filip Jörgensen (born 16 April 2002) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

for

Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...

club Chelsea. Born in Sweden, he plays for the Denmark national team.

Club career

Villarreal

Born in

Lomma Lomma () is a locality and the seat of Lomma Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden. In 2020 it had 13,772 inhabitants. History Lomma was mentioned in a deed of Cnut the Great under the name ''Lumaby'' in the year 1085. Skåne's cultural centre at ...

, Jörgensen joined

Villarreal Villarreal (officially, in ) is a city and municipality in the province of Castellón which is part of the Valencian Community in the east of Spain. The town is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's capital ( ...

's youth setup in 2017, after representing

Mallorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest of the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of the island, Palma, Majorca, Palma, i ...

, AD Penya Arrabal, Santa Catalina Atlético,

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

and GIF Nike Lomma. Jörgensen made his senior debut on 18 October 2020, starting in a 0–1 away loss against

SCR Peña Deportiva Sociedad Cultural Recreativa Peña Deportiva is a Spanish football team based in Santa Eulària des Riu, in the autonomous community of Balearic Islands. According to its Fundational Act Peña Deportiva was founded on March 21, 1935. It plays in ...

. On 12 November, he renewed his contract until 2025. Jörgensen made his first team debut on 15 December 2021, coming on as a second-half substitute for

Gerónimo Rulli Gerónimo Rulli (; born 20 May 1992) is an Argentine Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille, Marseille and the Argentina national football team, Argen ...

in a 7–1 away victory against

Atlético Sanluqueño CF Atlético Sanluqueño Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1948, although its registration in official competitions took place in 195 ...

, for the season's

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

. He made his professional debut with the B-side on 14 August 2022, starting in a 2–0

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

away victory against

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spani ...

La Liga Debut

Jörgensen made his

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

debut on 30 January 2023, starting in a 1–0 home loss against

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in the Villa de Vallecas district of Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish foot ...

. In August, he was promoted to the main squad, being assigned the number 13 jersey. In the 2023–24 season, he became the goalkeeper with most saves in La Liga in 143 occasions. On 13 June 2024, he extended his contract until 2029.

Chelsea

On 30 July 2024, Jörgensen joined

club Chelsea for an undisclosed fee of around £20m, signing a seven-year deal.

International career

Jörgensen was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and a Danish father. He represented

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

at under-17 and under-19 levels before switching allegiance to

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

in May 2021, On 7 June 2025, Jörgensen made his debut for the Denmark national team in a friendly match against

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Repub ...

. Despite an early own goal from teammate

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg Pierre-Emile Kordt Højbjerg (born 5 August 1995) is a Danish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and vice captain for club Olympique de Marseille, Marseille and Captain (association football), capt ...

, Denmark won the game 2–1 with Jörgensen playing the full match.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Villarreal *

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

Chelsea *

UEFA Conference League The UEFA Conference League (UECL), usually known simply as the Conference League, is an annual football competition organised since 2021 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It is the thir ...

: 2024–25 *

FIFA Club World Cup The FIFA Club World Cup (FIFA CWC) is an international men's association football competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (FIFA), the sport's global sports governing body, governing body. The compe ...

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

Individual *UEFA Conference League Team of the Season: 2024–25

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jorgensen, Filip 2002 births Living people People from Lomma Municipality Danish men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Danish people of Swedish descent Swedish people of Danish descent Men's association football goalkeepers La Liga players Segunda División players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Premier League players Villarreal CF B players Villarreal CF players Chelsea F.C. players UEFA Conference League–winning players Danish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Danish expatriate sportspeople in England Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Spain 21st-century Danish sportsmen 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Expatriate men's footballers in England