Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gustav Tang Isaksen | ||
Date of birth | 19 April 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Hjerk, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward, winger [1] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | SS Lazio | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2012 | Roslev IK | ||
2012–2019 | Midtjylland | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2023 | Midtjylland | 100 | (24) |
2023– | Lazio | 30 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2016–2017 | Denmark U16 | 4 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Denmark U17 | 15 | (6) |
2018–2019 | Denmark U18 | 5 | (1) |
2019–2020 | Denmark U19 | 6 | (1) |
2020–2022 | Denmark U21 | 19 | (7) |
2024– | Denmark | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:54, 26 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:02, 28 March 2024 (UTC) |
Gustav Tang Isaksen (born 19 April 2001) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Serie A club SS Lazio and the Denmark national team.
Growing up in Hjerk, Salling, Isaksen moved to the Midtjylland academy from Roslev IK at under-12-level, after having started playing football as a three-year-old. [2]
After he signed his first professional contract in May 2019 – a five-year deal – [3] he made his debut on 25 August 2019 in the Danish Superliga when he came on as a substitute for Awer Mabil in the 78th minute of the 2–0 away win over SønderjyskE. [4] He made his first ever start on 29 September in a 1–0 loss to OB in the domestic league. [5] At the end of the season, Midtjylland won the Superliga title, with Isaksen recording 15 appearances. [6]
On 25 November 2020, Isaksen made his first European appearance, coming on as a substitute for Anders Dreyer in the 82nd minute of a 3–1 loss to Ajax in the UEFA Champions League group stage. [7] He scored his first professional goal on 11 February 2021 in the Danish Cup quarter-final first leg against OB. Starting as a right winger, he netted the 2–1 winner. [8]
On 20 February 2023, Isaksen scored his first hat-trick in Midtjylland's spring opener against Viborg, which ended in a 4–0 victory. [9] He finished top scorer in the 2023-24 Danish Superliga season.
On 8 August 2023, he was signed by Italian club S.S. Lazio. [10] He scored his first goal for the club on 30 December 2023, scoring the second goal in Lazio's 3-1 victory over Frosinone Calcio.
Isaksen played for various Danish national youth teams. On 4 September 2020, he made his Denmark under-21 debut in a 1–1 draw against Ukraine, coming on as a substitute for Rasmus Carstensen in the 81st minute. [11]
He was a part of Denmark's under-21 squad for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. [12]
He earned his first international cap for the Denmark national team when he came on as a substitute for Anders Dreyer during Denmark's 2-0 victory over the Faroe Islands on 27 March, 2024.
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Midtjylland | 2019–20 | Danish Superliga | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
2020–21 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 30 | 3 | |||
2021–22 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 [lower-alpha 3] | 2 | — | 46 | 8 | |||
2022–23 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 12 [lower-alpha 4] | 3 | — | 44 | 22 | |||
2023–24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 100 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 5 | — | 138 | 33 | |||
Lazio | 2023–24 | Serie A | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 37 | 3 |
2024–25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | |||
Total | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 4 | ||
Career total | 130 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 177 | 37 |
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