Mikkel Maigaard Jakobsen (born 20 September 1995) is a Danish professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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Club career

Esbjerg

Maigaard joined

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from

Varde IF Varde Idrætsforening is an association football club based in Varde, Southern Jutland, Denmark that competes in the Denmark Series, the fifth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1975 as a result of the merger between Varde Gym ...

, when he was 13 years old. Maigaard made his debut for the first team on 26 September 2013 against

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in the

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. He played a well match, and scored for Esbjerg in the 81' minute to 6–1. The game ended 7–1 to Esbjerg. On 12 December 2013, Maigaard played his first professional game for Esbjerg. He started on the bench, but came on the pitch in the 82nd minute, where he replaced

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in a

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match against Red Bull Salzburg, which Esbjerg lost 0–3. In April 2014, Maigaard signed a new contract with Esbjerg, which expired in the summer 2015. The new contract contained, that he was going to join the first team squad in the summer 2014. Together with three other U19 players, Maigaard was moved to the first team squad in the summer 2014.

Brabrand

Some months after leaving Esbjerg in the summer 2015 where his contract expired, Maigaard signed with the

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side

Brabrand Brabrand () is a postal district of Aarhus Municipality, Denmark. South of Brabrand, in the Aarhus river-valley, is the largest recreational area of Aarhus Municipality, comprising the Brabrand Lake and the meadow-lake of Årslev, with surroundi ...

ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar

On 1 February 2016, it was confirmed that Maigaard had signed a two-year contract with Icelandic

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side ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar. After about one-and-a-half-year at the club, the manager of the club confirmed on 23 October 2017 that Maigaard wouldn't continue at the club. He left the club immediately.

Raufoss

Maigaard signed for Norwegian 2. divisjon-side

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on 12 January 2018.

Strømsgodset

On 1 August 2019,

Strømsgodset Strømsgodset is a former municipality in Vestfold county (from 1964 Buskerud county) in Norway which is today a part of the city of Drammen. History Strømsgodset was originally a small rural annex to the city parish of Bragernes (Drammen). ...

announced that Maigaard had joined the club on a contract until the end of 2021.

Sarpsborg 08

On 31 August 2021, the last day of the 2021–22 summer transfer market, Maigaard joined fellow league club

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on a deal until the end of 2023.

Cracovia

On 13 February 2024, Maigaard signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Polish

club

Career statistics

Honours

IBV * Icelandic Cup:

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maigaard, Mikkel 1995 births Living people People from Varde Municipality Footballers from the Region of Southern Denmark Danish men's footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Esbjerg fB players Brabrand IF players Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja players Raufoss IL players Strømsgodset Toppfotball players Sarpsborg 08 FF players KS Cracovia players Besta deild karla players Norwegian Second Division players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Ekstraklasa players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Danish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Danish expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Danish sportsmen