Mikkel Damsgaard
Danish footballer (born 2000)
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Mikkel Krogh Damsgaard (Danish pronunciation: [ˈtɑmsˀˌkɒˀ]; born 3 July 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking or central midfielder for Premier League club Brentford and the Denmark national team.
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Damsgaard in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikkel Krogh Damsgaard[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 July 2000[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Jyllinge, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brentford | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2013 | Jyllinge FC | ||
| 2013–2017 | Nordsjælland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | Nordsjælland | 84 | (13) |
| 2020–2022 | Sampdoria | 46 | (2) |
| 2022– | Brentford | 113 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Denmark U18 | 2 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Denmark U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Denmark U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 2020– | Denmark | 38 | (7) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:25, 16 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025 | |||
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 Nordsjælland, who was out actually looking for another player, but ended up contacting Damsgaard.[3] He then joined FC Nordsjælland as a U12 player on a youth contract until 2020.[4]
Nordsjælland
On 27 September 2017, Damsgaard made his official debut for Nordsjælland at the age of 17. He played the whole game against Vejgaard BK in a Danish Cup game, making one assist in a 4–0 win at Soffy Road.[5]
He made his Danish Superliga debut for Nordsjælland on 26 November 2017 in a game against AC Horsens in shirt number 27.[6]
On 12 July 2018, Damsgaard made his European debut for Nordsjælland against Cliftonville in a Europa League qualifier.[7]
Sampdoria
On 6 February 2020, it was confirmed that Damsgaard had signed a four-year contract with Italian Serie A club Sampdoria with effect from 1 July 2020.[8] The transfer fee was estimated at €6.7 million (DKK 50 million).[9] On 17 October 2020, he scored his first Serie A goal in a 3–0 victory against Lazio.[10]
Brentford
On 10 August 2022, Damsgaard joined English Premier League club Brentford for a €15 million fee on a five-year deal.[11][12] On 17 September 2024, Damsgaard scored his first goal for the club when he scored Brentford's second goal in a 3–1 win over Leyton Orient in the EFL Cup.[13][14] The following month, on 9 November, Damsgaard scored his first league goal in a 3–2 win over Bournemouth.[15] On 22 January 2025, Damsgaard signed a new contract with the club through 2030 with an option for a further year.[16] Damsgaard was voted Supporters' Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year at Brentford's 2024–25 end-of-year awards.[17]
International career
On 21 June 2021, Damsgaard scored a goal in a 4–1 win over Russia in the UEFA Euro 2020, to become the youngest Danish player to score at the European Championship, aged 20 years 353 days.[18] In the Euro 2020 semi-finals, he scored the first goal against England with the tournament's only freekick goal. However Denmark eventually lost 2–1 after extra-time.[19]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 16 March 2026[20]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nordsjælland | 2017–18 | Danish Superliga | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[c] | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | Danish Superliga | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 11 | |||
| Total | 84 | 13 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 93 | 13 | |||
| Sampdoria | 2020–21 | Serie A | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Total | 46 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 49 | 2 | ||||
| Brentford | 2022–23 | Premier League | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Premier League | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Premier League | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 43 | 3 | ||
| 2025–26 | Premier League | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 30 | 3 | ||
| Total | 113 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 127 | 6 | |||
| Career total | 243 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 269 | 21 | ||
- Includes Danish Cup, Coppa Italia, FA Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 18 November 2025[21]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 3 | |
| Total | 38 | 7 | |
- Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Damsgaard goal.[21]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 March 2021 | MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark |  Moldova | 2–0 | 8–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 3–0 | |||||
| 3 | 21 June 2021 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark |  Russia | 1–0 | 4–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 |
| 4 | 7 July 2021 | Wembley Stadium, London, England |  England | 1–0 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | UEFA Euro 2020 |
| 5 | 8 September 2025 | Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece |  Greece | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 12 October 2025 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark | Greece | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 7 | 15 November 2025 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark |  Belarus | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
