Jannik Vestergaard

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Jannik Vestergaard
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Vestergaard arriving at Craven Cottage in 2024.
Personal information
Full name Jannik Vestergaard [1]
Date of birth (1992-08-03) 3 August 1992 (age 32) [2]
Place of birth Hvidovre, Denmark
Height 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) [3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 23
Youth career
Vestia
Frem
Copenhagen
Brøndby
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2011 1899 Hoffenheim II 22 (4)
2011–2015 1899 Hoffenheim 71 (4)
2015–2016 Werder Bremen 48 (3)
2016–2018 Borussia Mönchengladbach 66 (7)
2018–2021 Southampton 72 (4)
2021– Leicester City 60 (2)
International career‡
2010 Denmark U18 4 (1)
2010–2011 Denmark U19 7 (0)
2011 Denmark U20 2 (0)
2011–2015 Denmark U21 28 (4)
2013– Denmark 51 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:17, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Jannik Vestergaard (born 3 August 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Leicester City and the Denmark national team.

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Vestergaard played for various Danish and German clubs before joining Southampton in 2018. He also played for various youth levels and debuted for the senior team in 2013.

Early and personal life

Vestergaard was born to a Danish father and a German mother in the Copenhagen suburb of Hvidovre and grew up in Copenhagen. [4]

His German grandfather Hannes Schröers and uncle Jan Schröers were also footballers for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Bayer 05 Uerdingen respectively. [4] His cousin Mika Schröers played for Borussia Mönchengladbach's youth teams in 2016. [5] [6]

He has a girlfriend, Pernille, and a dog, Brady. [7]

Club career

Youth career

Vestergaard played youth football with Vestia, Boldklubben Frem, Kjøbenhavns Boldklub and Brøndby. [8] [9] [10]

Bundesliga

In 2010, Vestergaard left Denmark to sign for German club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. [11] [12] [10] He would make his professional debut as a substitute for Ryan Babel in a Bundesliga fixture against Eintracht Frankfurt on 16 April 2011. [13]

Vestergaard became an established starter during the 2011–12 season and scored his first goal in a 1–1 draw with SV Werder Bremen on 11 February 2012. [14]

After four seasons at Hoffenheim, he moved to Werder Bremen in January 2015. [15] [16] He made his debut for Bremen in a 2–0 win over Hertha BSC on 1 February. [17]

Vestergaard training with Werder Bremen in 2015. Jannik-Vestergaard-Training-Bremen (cropped).jpg
Vestergaard training with Werder Bremen in 2015.

On 11 June 2016, Vestergaard joined Borussia Mönchengladbach for a reported transfer of €12 million plus bonuses. [5] [6] [18] During his first season at Borussia, Vestergaard made his UEFA Champions League debut. [19] [20]

Southampton

Vestergaard moved to English club Southampton on 13 July 2018, signing a four-year contract. [21] [19] On 12 August 2018, he made his debut in a 0–0 draw against Burnley in the Premier League. [22] He scored his first goal for the club on 31 August 2019, the equaliser in a 1–1 draw against Manchester United. [23]

Leicester City

On 12 August 2021, it was announced that Southampton had accepted a transfer offer from Leicester City for Vestergaard. [24] On 13 August 2021, he signed for Leicester City on a three-year contract, for an undisclosed fee. [25] [26] He made his debut for the club one day later in the opening weekend of the Premier League as a 62nd-minute substitute in a 1–0 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. [27]

After making 19 appearances during his first season at Leicester, [20] Vestergaard did not appear at all during the 2022–23 season, as the club was relegated from the Premier League. [28] He was demoted to the reserves in March 2023 after giving an interview critical of manager Brendan Rodgers; [29] Rodgers was sacked by the club a month later after a poor run of results left Leicester in the relegation zone. [28] [30]

Following relegation to the EFL Championship, Vestergaard established himself as a starting central defender for Leicester in their 2023–24 season under new manager Enzo Maresca. [28] On 6 August 2023, he started Leicester's opening match of the Championship, a 2–1 home win over Coventry City. On 21 October, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 away win at Swansea City. [31] On 7 June 2024, he extended his contract with the club until 2027. [32]

International career

Youth level

Besides Denmark, Vestergaard was also eligible to represent Germany through his German mother. [33]

Vestergaard represented the Denmark national youth teams at under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels. [9] He received his first call-up to the Denmark senior team in August 2013, describing it as his "dream" to play for the country, [34] and he made his debut later that month in a match against Poland. [35] His first goal for Denmark came in his first competitive game, against Sweden in the European Championship play-off return leg on 17 November 2015. [36]

He represented the Denmark U21 team at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the Czech Republic, and scored in a 2–1 defeat of the host nation in the opening match at the Eden Arena in Prague. [37]

Senior level

Vestergaard was a member of Denmark's squad at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, [38] but did not make any appearances in the tournament. [19]

In June 2021, he was included in the national team's bid for 2020 UEFA Euro, where the team reached the semi-finals. [39]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 December 2024 [40]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1899 Hoffenheim 2010–11 Bundesliga 10———10
2011–12 Bundesliga23230——262
2012–13 Bundesliga16010—20190
2013–14 Bundesliga25140——291
2014–15 Bundesliga6111——72
Total714910020825
Werder Bremen 2014–15 Bundesliga15110——161
2015–16 Bundesliga33251——383
Total483610000544
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2016–17 Bundesliga34450—10 [c] 0494
2017–18 Bundesliga32320—00343
Total6677000100837
Southampton 2018–19 [41] Premier League 2302010—260
2019–20 [42] Premier League1912000—211
2020–21 [43] Premier League3032000—323
Total724601000794
Leicester City 2021–22 [44] Premier League10010306 [d] 0200
2022–23 [45] Premier League001020—30
2023–24 [46] Championship 4222000—442
2024–25 [47] Premier League800010—90
Total602406000762
Career total317203227018037422
  1. ↑ Includes DFB-Pokal, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Europa League, three appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 18 November 2024 [48]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Denmark 201310
201410
201531
201670
201730
201820
201900
202030
2021110
202231
202320
2024141
Total513
Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vestergaard goal. [49]
List of international goals scored by Jannik Vestergaard
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
117 November 2015 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, DenmarkFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2–22–2 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
226 March 2022 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, NetherlandsFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1–12–4 Friendly
38 June 2024 Brøndby Stadium, Brøndbyvester, DenmarkFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 2–03–1Friendly

Honours

Leicester City

Individual

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