Jeppe Okkels

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Jeppe Okkels
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Personal information
Date of birth (1999-07-27) 27 July 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Silkeborg, Denmark
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
Utrecht
Number 17
Youth career
2003–2011 ØBG Silkeborg
2011–2018 Silkeborg IF
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2020 Silkeborg IF 89 (9)
2020–2023 IF Elfsborg 100 (24)
2024– Utrecht 0 (0)
International career
2014–2015 Denmark U16 7 (0)
2015–2016 Denmark U17 14 (4)
2016–2017 Denmark U18 4 (2)
2017–2018 Denmark U19 9 (3)
2019 Denmark U20 2 (0)
2020 Denmark U21 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2023

Jeppe Okkels (born 27 July 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Eredivisie club FC Utrecht.

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Career

Silkeborg

Jeppe Okkels started playing football at the age of 3–4 and moved from ØBG Silkeborg to Silkeborg IF at the age of 12, joining the club's under-13s. During the summer of 2014, he signed his first contract with Silkeborg and was called up for the U16 national team. [1]

In the April 2015, Okkels went on a one-week trial with German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. [2]

Okkels made his Danish 1st Division and Silkeborg debut on 28 May 2016. Okkels started on the bench, but replaced Mikkel Vendelbo in the 67th minute in a 5–0 victory against Vejle Boldklub. [3]

IF Elfsborg

On 26 August 2020 it was confirmed, that Okkels had joined Swedish Allsvenskan club IF Elfsborg on a deal until the end of 2024. [4] After 29 goals and 16 assists in 118 games, Okkels left Elfsborg in January 2024.

FC Utrecht

On 30 January 2024, Okkels joined Dutch Eredivisie club FC Utrecht on a deal until the end of June 2027. [5]

Honours

Silkeborg

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References

  1. "Jeppe Okkels". silkeborgif.com. Archived 2017-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Jeppe Okkels - SIF". silkeborgif.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2021. Archived 25 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "SILKEBORG VS. VEJLE 5 - 0". soccerway.com. 29 September 2016.
  4. VÄLKOMMEN JEPPE OKKELS, elfsborg.se, 26 August 2020
  5. Flankaanvaller Jeppe Okkels versterkt FC Utrecht, fcutrecht.nl, 30 January 2024
  6. "Jeppe Okkels - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 December 2023.