Magnus Troest (born 5 June 1987) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian

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club Pompei.

Club career

Early years

Born in

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, Troest started playing football for several local clubs. He debuted for the Denmark U16 national team in October 2002, while playing for club

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. In the summer 2003, the 16-year-old Troest moved abroad to play for English club

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. The club reportedly wanted to sign his big brother Jonas Troest from B.93 as well. Troest signed a three-year contract. He played two years in the youth academy, but did not get his senior debut for Aston Villa.

Midtjylland

In May 2005 he transferred back home to Denmark, to play for

FC Midtjylland Football Club Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Superliga, which they ...

(FCM) in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship. He initially had to struggle to make the FCM

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, but finally made his senior debut in October 2005. He won the 2005 Danish ''under-19 Player of the Year'' award. From the second half of the 2005–06 season, he became a regular in the starting line-up. He scored his first two goals for FCM, as the club beat

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2–1 in March 2006.

Parma and Genoa

He then moved to

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in 2008 (Parma re-sold half of the contract to

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for €1.5 million) and he again performed well, playing nearly 30 games and helping the club into Serie A. Genoa bought back Troest in June 2009, for €900,000. Troest was one-year loaned to

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on 30 August 2009. He spent the

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on loan at

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. He played 25 times, and also scored once, the opener of a 2–2 home draw against

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in the penultimate matchday. Atalanta won the championship for the sixth time in history after collecting 79 points, two more than

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, the runner-up. This title was Troest first senior trophy.

Novara

On 3 August 2015, Troest joined

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. He left at the end of 2017–18 season, which saw the club relegated to third tier, after refusing to pen a new deal.

Juve Stabia

Troest remained in Italian second tier by completing a transfer to

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, signing a two-year contract with an option to renew. He took squad number 20, and made his official debut for the club on 16 September 2018 by playing full-90 minutes in a 3–0 success at Siracusa.

Nola 1925

On 9 February 2023, Troest joined

side Nola 1925 on a free transfer.

International career

Troest has amassed 31 appearances with Denmark youth teams.

Personal life

Troest is the younger brother of AB player Jonas Troest. His sister, Stina Troest, is a

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who has competed

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at the

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2010 and won silver.

Career statistics

Honours

;Atalanta *

;Juve Stabia *

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: 2018–19 (Group C)

References

External links

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Magnus Troest
official

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statistics at danskfodbold.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Troest, Magnus 1987 births Living people Footballers from Copenhagen Danish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Danish Superliga players Boldklubben af 1893 players FC Midtjylland players Aston Villa F.C. players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Parma Calcio 1913 players Genoa CFC players Atalanta BC players SSD Varese Calcio players SS Virtus Lanciano 1924 players Novara FC players SS Juve Stabia players Cavese 1919 players Segunda División players Recreativo de Huelva players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Danish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Denmark men's youth international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers 21st-century Danish sportsmen