Mathias Kvistgaarden

Mathias Damm Kvistgaarden (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰve̝stˌkɒˀn̩]; born 15 April 2002) is a Danish professional football forward who plays for Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF. He has represented Denmark at youth level.

Mathias Kvistgaarden
Personal information
Full name Mathias Damm Kvistgaarden[1]
Date of birth (2002-04-15) 15 April 2002
Place of birth Birkerød, Denmark
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Brøndby
Youth career
2008–2013 Skjold Birkerød
2013–2015 Lyngby
2015– Brøndby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Brøndby 14 (1)
National team‡
2019–2020 Denmark U18 6 (3)
2020– Denmark U19 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:08, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:04, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Youth

Born in Birkerød, Kvistgaarden began his career at hometown club IF Skjold Birkerød.[2] At age 11, he was noticed by scouts of FC Nordsjælland at a youth trial,[3] while at the same time going on trial at Lyngby Boldklub; eventually choosing to move to the Lyngby youth academy in 2013.[4][2] Two years later, he joined the youth academy of Brøndby IF at U13-level,[2] partly due to the Kvistgaarden family's close relationship to former head coach of Brøndby, Thomas Frank.[4] At the same time, he enrolled as a pupil at Brøndbyvester Skole located less than one kilometre from the club, with his main course being physical education.[4] He described the environment in the youth squads as being very competitive compared to his former experiences in IF Skjold and Lyngby, and the Brøndby U13-team ended up in first place of the table of their respective youth league that year.[4] Kvistgaarden was promoted to the U19-team in the summer of 2019, and scored nine goals in 14 appearances in their campaign in the under-19 league.[5]

First team

Kvistgaarden was included in the first-team squad for the first time on 5 July 2020, ahead of an away match in the Danish Superliga against AaB, due to regular first team strikers Simon Hedlund and Samuel Mráz having been tested positive for COVID-19.[6][7] During the match, which Brøndby lost 0–2, Kvistgaarden made his debut as a 73rd-minute substitute for Mikael Uhre.[8] [9]

His first senior goal came on 6 March 2022, which proved to be the winning goal in a 1–0 away victory against Silkeborg in the domestic league.[10][11]

International career

Kvistgaarden has won six caps for Denmark at under-18 level in which he has scored three goals.[1] He made his debut for the Denmark under-19 team on 8 October 2020 in a friendly against Poland, where he scored a goal in a 1–3 win.[12]

Career statistics
As of 14 November 2021[13]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brøndby 2019–20 Danish Superliga 10000010
2020–21 Danish Superliga 2020–40
2021–22 Danish Superliga 10101030
Career total 40301080

References
  1. "Landsholdsdatabasen". dbu.dk. Danish Football Union. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. Rossman Thejsen, Anna (20 January 2020). ""Efterskolen fjernede et pres"". efterskolerne.dk. Efterskolerne. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. "FCN Specifiktræning". fcn.dk. FC Nordsjælland. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  4. Møller Karlsen, Nanna (17 August 2020). "Stort interview med Kvistgaarden: Om opvæksten, aggressivitet og jagten på gennembruddet". 3point.dk. 3point. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. "Mathias Kvistgaarden spillerprofil - 3point". 3point.dk. 3point. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. Risager, Victor (5 July 2020). "Ung Brøndby-spiller kan få debut mod AaB". tipsbladet.dk. Tipsbladet. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  7. Møller Karlsen, Nanna (5 July 2020). "Trupnyt: Kvistgaarden kan debutere for Brøndby". 3point.dk. 3point. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  8. "Debutant Kvistgaarden: Et helt andet tempo". brondby.com. Brøndby IF. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  9. "AaB vs. Brøndby - 5 July 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  10. "19-årig sikrer Brøndby vital sejr - TV 2". TV2/Sport (in Danish). 6 March 2022. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022.
  11. "Skarpe Brøndby straffede dominerende Silkeborg". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 6 March 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022.
  12. Møller Karlsen, Nanna (9 October 2020). "Mathias Kvistgaarden scorede i U/19-landsholdets sejr over Polen". 3point.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  13. Mathias Kvistgaarden at Soccerway
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