Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andreas Poulsen | ||
Date of birth | 13 October 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Ikast, Denmark [1] | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Silkeborg | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
Ikast KFUM | |||
Herning Fremad | |||
Midtjylland | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | Midtjylland | 8 | (0) |
2018–2022 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 24 | (0) |
2018–2022 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0 | (0) |
2020 | → Austria Wien (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2021 | → Austria Wien (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → FC Ingolstadt (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2022–2024 | AaB | 20 | (1) |
2023–2024 | → Silkeborg (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2024– | Silkeborg | 25 | (0) |
International career | |||
2014 | Denmark U16 | 2 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Denmark U17 | 14 | (2) |
2016 | Denmark U18 | 2 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Denmark U19 | 10 | (5) |
2018–2021 | Denmark U21 | 17 | (1) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:14, 31 August 2025 (UTC) |
Andreas Poulsen (born 13 October 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Danish Superliga club Silkeborg.
Poulsen started his career in the local football club, Ikast KFUM. He made his professional debut in the Danish Superliga for Midtjylland on 1 December 2016 in a game against Silkeborg, where he played the whole game on the left back. [3]
Poulsen won the 'Academy Player of The Year' award at FC Midtjylland for the 2017–18 season. [4]
After a great 2017–18 season for Poulsen with 12 games played for the first team, Poulsen was sold to Borussia Mönchengladbach for 34 million Danish kroner (€4.5 million) which could further increase to 50 million kroner (€6.7 million). This made him the most expensive teenager in Danish football history. [5] Poulsen signed a five-year contract with the German club.
On 3 January 2020, it was announced that Poulsen had been loaned to Austria Wien of the Austrian Bundesliga for the remainder of the season. [6]
On 8 February 2021, Poulson moved for a second time to Austria Wien, on a loan deal until the end of the season. [7]
On 19 August 2021, it was announced that Poulsen had been loaned to 2. Bundesliga side FC Ingolstadt 04, until the end of the season. [8]
At the end of June 2022 it was confirmed that Poulsen had returned to his homeland, signing a deal until June 2026 with Danish Superliga side AaB. [9]
At the end of August 2023, Poulsen joined Silkeborg on a one-year loan deal. [10] After the season, the deal was made permanent, with Poulsen signing a three-year contract. [11]
Silkeborg