Mads Borchers

Mads Borchers

Borchers with Varbergs BoIS in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	(2002-06-18) 18 June 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth	Sønderborg, Denmark
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre forward
Team information
Current team	FC Ingolstadt
Number	9
Youth career
0000–2017	SUB Sønderborg
2017–2021	Esbjerg fB
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–2022	Esbjerg fB	3	(0)
2022	→ 07 Vestur (loan)	25	(12)
2023	HB Tórshavn	16	(6)
2023	Varbergs BoIS	13	(1)
2024–2025	VPS	22	(15)
2025–	FC Ingolstadt	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2025

Mads Borchers (born 18 June 2002) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for German 3. Liga club FC Ingolstadt.

Club career

Born in Sønderborg, Borchers started playing football in a youth sector of a local club SUB Sønderborg, and joined Esbjerg fB in 2017.

Borchers started his senior career with Esbjerg fB in second-tier Danish 1st Division in 2021. ^[1] He was loaned out to 07 Vestur in Faroe Islands Premier League for the 2022 season. During the season, he made 25 league appearances and scored 12 goals for 07 Vestur.

In 2023, he joined another Faroese club HB Tórshavn. ^[2] During the first half of the season, Borchers made 21 appearances and scored seven goals for the club in all competitions combined.

In July 2023, he moved to Swedish Allsvenskan side Varbergs BoIS. ^[3]

In March 2024, Borchers moved to Finland and signed with Veikkausliiga club Vaasan Palloseura (VPS) on 15 March. ^{[4] [5]} He scored ten goals in his 16 first league appearances, but missed the second half of the season due to injury. ^[6] On 19 August, his contract was extended for the 2025 season. ^[7] On 5 April 2025, Borchers scored a hat-trick in the season opening home match against AC Oulu, helping his side to win the game 4–3, after having trailed by two.

On 11 July 2025, Borchers signed with FC Ingolstadt in Germany. ^[8]

Career statistics

As of 12 May 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		League cup [b]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Esbjerg fB	2020–21	Danish 1st Division	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
	2021–22	Danish 1st Division	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	Total		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
07 Vestur (loan)	2022	Faroe Islands Premier League	25	12	3	3	–		–		28	15
HB Tórshavn	2023	Faroe Islands Premier League	16	6	3	1	–		2 [c]	0	21	7
Varbergs BoIS	2023	Allsvenskan	13	1	3	0	–		–		16	1
VPS	2024	Veikkausliiga	16	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	10
	2025	Veikkausliiga	6	5	1	0	3	1	–		10	6
	Total		22	15	2	0	3	1	0	0	27	16
FC Ingolstadt	2025–26	3. Liga	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
Career total			79	34	11	4	3	1	2	0	95	39

1. Includes Faroe Islands Cup, Svenska Cupen, Suomen Cup
2. Includes Finnish League Cup
3. Includes UEFA Europa Conference League

References

1. Fra drengedrøm til professionel fodboldspiller: 18-årige Mads har skrevet kontrakt med EfB, Jydske Vestskysten, 6 June 2021
2. HB missir nú helst eisini Mads Borchers, portal.fo, 23 July 2023
3. Dansker er taget fra Færøerne til Sverige: Fuldstændig sindssygt, bold.dk, 3 September 2023
4. Tervetuloa Vaasan Palloseuraan Mads Borchers!, vepsu.fi, 15 March 2024
5. Har VPS hittat skyttekungens ersättare? Dansk anfallare flyttar till Vasa: ”Hoppas att laget ska ta en bättre placering än förra säsongen”, Svenska Yle, 15 March 2024
6. VPS:lle paha takaisku - ykköstykki Mads Borchers sivussa jopa koko loppukauden, veikkausliiga.com, 24 August 2024
7. Vepsuun jatkosopimuksia - ensi kauden joukkueessa jatkaa vahva runko!, vepsu.fi, 29 August 2024
8. "Neuer Schanzer an Bord: Mads Borchers kommt von Vaasan Palloseura zum FC Ingolstadt 04" [New Schanzer on board: Mads Borchers joins FC Ingolstadt 04 from Vaasan Palloseura] (in German). FC Ingolstadt 04. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.

External links

• Mads Borchers at Soccerway
• Mads Borchers at WorldFootball.net