| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Illum Simmelhack | ||
| Date of birth | 11 November 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Roskilde, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Silkeborg | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2021 | Roskilde | ||
| 2021–2022 | Randers | ||
| 2022–2024 | Copenhagen | ||
| 2023–2024 | → AC Milan (loan) | ||
| 2024– | Silkeborg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Randers | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Copenhagen | 0 | (0) |
| 2024– | Silkeborg | 25 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Denmark U17 | 7 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | Denmark U18 | 10 | (6) |
| 2024– | Denmark U19 | 7 | (3) |
| 2025– | Denmark U20 | 2 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:07, 17 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:02, 10 June 2025 (UTC) | |||
Alexander Illum Simmelhack (born 11 November 2005) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Danish Superliga club Silkeborg.
Born in Roskilde, Alexander Simmelhack started his career local side FC Roskilde's youth team, where he played until the age of 15. [2]
On 25 June 2021, Simmelhack was signed by Randers on a 3-year youth contract. [3] On 24 June 2022, after one season with the youth team and two appearances for the senior side in the Danish Superliga, his contract was terminated after he expressed a desire to leave the club. [4]
Less than a month after leaving Randers, on 16 July 2022, Simmelhack joined fellow Danish Superliga club Copenhagen on a contract until 2025. [5] During the 2022–23 season, he played for the Copenhagen under-19 and reserves. [6]
On 30 August 2023, he was loaned out to AC Milan's youth team for the duration of the 2023–24 season, with an option for the deal to be made permanent. [7] While at AC Milan, he reached the final of the UEFA Youth League, where his team lost 3–0 to Olympiacos. [8] [9]
On 21 August 2024, Danish Superliga club Silkeborg announced the signing of Simmelhack on a contract until the end of 2027. [10] [11] He made his debut for the club on 25 August against Vejle in the Superliga, when he came on as a substitute for Younes Bakiz in the 87th minute, scoring the third goal of the match six minutes later to seal a 3–1 victory. [12] [13] In a match during the Superliga relegation round against Sønderjyske on 11 May 2025, he scored the only goal leading to Silkeborg's victory. [14] [15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Randers | 2021–22 | Danish Superliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copenhagen | 2022–23 | Danish Superliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Danish Superliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Silkeborg | 2024–25 | Danish Superliga | 23 | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 29 | 6 | |
| 2025–26 | Danish Superliga | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 27 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 6 | ||
...angriberen Alexander Simmelhack, slog til med kampens enlige scoring, der sikrede Silkeborg en sejr på 1-0.[...striker Alexander Simmelhack scored the only goal of the match, securing a 1-0 victory for Silkeborg.]
Greb Alexander Simmelhack lige chancen? Når man råder over Tonni Adamsen, skal man gribe chancen som andetvalg. Simmelhack fik chancen fra start i går og gjorde det fremragende. Efter en lettere anonym første halvleg dukkede han op på det rette tidspunkt med scoringen til 10, hvilket antaendte hjemmeholdet.[Did Alexander Simmelhack seize the opportunity? When you have Tonni Adamsen, you have to seize the opportunity as a second choice. Simmelhack got the chance from the start yesterday and did excellently. After a somewhat anonymous first half, he appeared at the right time with the score to 10, which ignited the home team.]