Jesper Lindorff Juelsgård (born 26 January 1989) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Juelsgård is a product of

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's football academy, which he joined from the childhood club Spjald IF. He was sent on a six-month loan to

Skive IK Skive Idræts Klub, commonly known as Skive IK, SIK (especially locally) or simply Skive, is a Danish professional football club based in Skive, Central Denmark Region. Founded in 1901, the club is affiliated with the DBU Jutland associatio ...

in 2008 alongside fellow talent

Christian Sivebæk Christian Sivebæk (born 19 February 1988) is a retired Danish professional footballer. He is son of the former Denmark international, John Sivebæk. Career Club Sivebæk began his youth career with Vejle Boldklub . In 2005, he signed his fir ...

. Upon his return to Midtjylland, he made his debut against AGF on 2 November 2008 as a starter, before being substituted in the 77th minute for Kim Christensen as his club lost 2–1. He managed to become a starter for the following years and he made a total of 144 league appearances for the club. He also won Player of the Year at the club for 2011. On 7 July 2014, Juelsgård signed a three-year contract with French

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club Évian. He managed to stay with the French club for just over a year before signing a four-year agreement with

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on 28 August 2015. After a promising start at Brøndby, Juelsgård gradually slipped out of the starting line-up on the team, and he then moved to AGF, just before the summer transfer window closed in 2016. He signed a three-year contract extension in June 2019. On 22 February 2022, Juelsgård was sold to Icelandic club Valur. His contract was terminated in October 2022. On 12 January 2023, Juelsgård signed for

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on a deal until June 2024.

International career

Juelsgård made his debut for the Denmark national team on 15 August 2012 against

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, where Denmark lost 1–3.

Honours

Club

Midtjylland *

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runner-up: 2007–08 *

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runner-up: 2009–10,

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AGF * The Atlantic Cup: 2018, 2020

Individual

Player of the Year: 2011

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Juelsgaard, Jesper 1989 births Living people Men's association football defenders Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers People from Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality FC Midtjylland players Skive IK players Thonon Evian Grand Genève FC players Brøndby IF players Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Valur (men's football) players FC Fredericia players Danish Superliga players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Danish expatriate sportspeople in France Danish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Footballers from the Central Denmark Region