Martin Mikkelsen
Danish footballer (born 1986)
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Martin Bentzen Veng Mikkelsen (born 29 April 1986) is a Danish football coach and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of Aarhus Fremad's U-23 team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 April 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Vejlby, Denmark[1] | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aarhus Fremad (U-23 manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Skovbakken | |||
| 1992–1996 | Vejlby IK | ||
| 1997–2004 | AGF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2008 | AGF | 2 | (0) |
| 2008–2014 | Fredericia | 155 | (16) |
| 2014–2019 | Hobro | 143 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Fredericia | 21 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Aarhus Fremad | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 336 | (20) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001 | Denmark U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2002 | Denmark U17 | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2023 | Aarhus Fremad (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Aarhus Fremad (reserves manager) | ||
| 2023–2025 | Odder IGF (assistant) | ||
| 2025 | Odder IGF | ||
| 2026– | Aarhus Fremad (U-23 manager) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
Mikkelsen made his professional debut as part of AGF on 25 July 2004 in a 2–2 away draw against FC Nordsjælland, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute for Jeffrey Aubynn.[3] He would later play for FC Fredericia and Hobro IK.[4]
Coaching career
On 11 August 2019, Mikkelsen returned to FC Fredericia.[5] Two weeks later, he was also hired as a youth consultant at Danish 2nd Division club VSK Aarhus.[6]
He left Fredericia in June 2020, and signed with Aarhus Fremad in the Danish 2nd Division, where he would become a player-assistant to head coach Morten Dahm Kjærgaard.[7][8] He retired as a player in July 2021 to focus full-time on his role as assistant coach of Aarhus Fremad.[9] On 14 June 2022 Mikkelsen confirmed, that he accepted an offer to become the manager of Aarhus Fremad's reserve team, which was playing in the Denmark Series.[10] However, he would still serve as assistant coach for the first team alongside the new position.
In July 2023, Mikkelsen joined Odder IGF as assistant coach to Jacob Eichner.[11] In July 2025, Mikkelsen extended his contract with Odder until June 2027 and would, along with Eichner, form a head coach duo.[12] One month later, in August 2025, Eichner left the club for VSK Aarhus, and Mikkelsen consequently took over the head coach role at Odder on his own.[13]
In January 2026, Mikkelsen was appointed manager of Aarhus Fremad's U-23 team.[14]
Career statistics
- As of match played on 1 April 2018[15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fredericia | 2008–09 | Danish 1st Division | ? | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | ? | 5 | |||
| 2009–10 | ? | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | ? | 4 | |||||
| 2010–11 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2011–12 | ? | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 2012–13 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | |||||
| 2013–14 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 51 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 13 | ||
| Hobro | 2014–15 | Danish Superliga | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 2 | |||
| 2015–16 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 1 | |||||
| 2016–17 | Danish 1st Division | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | Danish Superliga | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 109 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 4 | ||
| Career totals | 160 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 17 | ||