Mads Borchers

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Mads Borchers
Danish footballer Mads Borchers (cropped).jpg
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
–2017 SUB Sønderborg
2017–2021 Esbjerg fB
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Esbjerg fB 3 (0)
202207 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.

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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
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Esbjerg fB 2020–21 Danish 1st Division 2020
2021–22 Danish 1st Division1010
Total3000000030
07 Vestur (loan) 2022 Faroe Islands Premier League 2512332815
HB Tórshavn 2023 Faroe Islands Premier League166312 [c] 0217
Varbergs BoIS 2023 Allsvenskan 13130161
VPS 2024 Veikkausliiga 16101000001710
2025 Veikkausliiga651031106
Total22152031002716
FC Ingolstadt 2025–26 3. Liga 000000
Career total793411431209539

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.