Mark Brink Christensen (born 15 March 1998) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Esbjerg fB

Born in

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, Denmark, Brink is a product of

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and has played for the club his entire youth career. He was the captain of the under-17 team and was promoted to the under-19 team at age 17. was promoted to the first team squad in the autumn of 2015 at the age of 17. In March 2015, Brink won the Under-17 Talent of the Year 2015 award by the

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. He made his debut on 1 October 2015 in

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match against amateur side, Søhus Stige BK, where Brink played the full ninety minutes in a 9–0 victory. Brink made his league debut for Esbjerg on 4 April 2016 at the age of 18. Brink started on the pitch, but was replaced by Lasse Rise in the 62nd minute in a 1–0 victory against

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in the

. A few days later, he extended his contract until 2019. After an individual successful period, his contract was extended once again in April 2017 until 2021. On 25 July 2019, Brink made his European debut, starting in a 2–0 away loss to Belarusian club Shakhtyor Soligorsk in the second qualifying round of the

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Silkeborg

On transfer deadline day, 31 January 2020, Brink joined

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on a three-year contract. He made his competitive debut for the club on 16 February, replacing Vegard Moberg in the 84th minute of a 2–0 home loss to AaB. Silkeborg suffered relegation to the

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at the end of the 2019–20 season, bottom of the league. On 11 September 2020, Brink scored his first goal for Silkeborg in the 92nd minute of a 4–2 away loss to

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on the first matchday of the

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. Silkeborg bounced back to the Danish Superliga that season, finishing second in the league with Brink as a starter. He made 29 appearances, scoring the one goal. With Brink as one of the key players in midfield, Silkeborg was one of the positive surprises of the 2021–22 season, impressing with an attacking and entertaining style of play under head coach

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. Due to the

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, all Russian teams were excluded from European tournaments by

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. This meant that the

winners entered the final qualifying round for the

. When

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won the

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, and at the same time finished in second place in the Superliga, which now gave access to

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qualification, Silkeborg secured Europa League qualification by virtue of their third-place Superliga finish. Brink finished the season with 34 appearances in which he scored one goal.

Nordsjælland

On 2 September 2024, Nordsjælland announced the signing of Brink on a contract until June 2027.

Career statistics

Honours

Silkeborg *

: 2023–24

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brink, Mark 1998 births Living people Footballers from Esbjerg Men's association football midfielders Danish men's footballers Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Esbjerg fB players Silkeborg IF players FC Nordsjælland players Denmark men's youth international footballers 21st-century Danish sportsmen