Mikkel Krogh Damsgaard (; born 3 July 2000) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a left winger or

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for

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club

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and the Denmark national team.

Club career

Early career

Damsgaard started playing football in his hometown Jyllinge, where he played for eight years, with his father as his coach. During a game with Jyllinge FC, Damsgaard was spotted by a scout from

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, who was out actually looking for another player, but ended up contacting Damsgaard. He then joined FC Nordsjælland as a U12 player on a youth contract until 2020.

Nordsjælland

On 27 September 2017, Damsgaard made his official debut for

at the age of 17. He played the whole game against

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in a Danish Cup game, making one assist in a 4–0 win at

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. He made his

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debut for Nordsjælland on 26 November 2017 in a game against AC Horsens in shirt number 27. On 12 July 2018, Damsgaard made his European debut for

against Cliftonville in a Europa League qualifier.

Sampdoria

On 6 February 2020, it was confirmed that Damsgaard had signed a four-year contract with Italian

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club

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with effect from 1 July 2020. The transfer fee was estimated at €6.7 million ( DKK 50 million). On 17 October 2020, he scored his first Serie A goal in a 3–0 victory against

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Brentford

On 10 August 2022, Damsgaard joined English

club

for a €15 million fee on a five-year deal.

International career

On 21 June 2021, Damsgaard scored a goal in a 4–1 win over

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in the

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, to become the youngest Danish player to score at the European Championship, aged 20 years 353 days. In the Euro 2020 semi-finals, he scored the first goal against

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with the tournament's only freekick goal. However Denmark eventually lost 2–1 after extra-time.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Damsgaard goal.''

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Damsgaard, Mikkel 2000 births Living people People from Roskilde Municipality Footballers from Region Zealand Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Danish men's footballers FC Nordsjælland players UC Sampdoria players Brentford F.C. players Danish Superliga players Serie A players Premier League players Denmark men's international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers UEFA Euro 2020 players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in England Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Danish expatriate sportspeople in England