Mikkel Bischoff

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Mikkel Bischoff
Personal information
Full name Mikkel Rufus Mutahi Bischoff
Date of birth (1982-02-03) 3 February 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
KB
Fremad Amager
AB
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2002 AB 10 (0)
2002–2006 Manchester City 1 (0)
2004–2005Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 11 (1)
2006Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 4 (0)
2006–2007 Coventry City 3 (0)
2007–2011 Brøndby 54 (1)
2011 Lyngby 0 (0)
Total83(2)
International career
2002–2003 Denmark U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mikkel Rufus Mutahi Bischoff (born 3 February 1982) is a Danish football pundit and former professional player who played as a centre back. Having started his senior career with AB in 2001, he joined Manchester City a year later. For Manchester City, he only made two appearances in four years and was loaned out to Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday. After leaving Manchester City, he spent half a season at Coventry City before returning to Denmark with Brøndby where he remained for a few years. He ended his career with Lyngby in 2011. He also played four games for the Denmark under-21 national team.

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Career

Born in Copenhagen, Bischoff made his senior debut with Danish club Akademisk Boldklub, where he made just eleven Danish league appearances. [1] On 15 May 2002, he moved abroad to join English club Manchester City for a fee of £750,000. [2] He was the fourth Dane to sign for Manchester City in less than a year, with Peter Schmeichel, Niclas Jensen and Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard at City already. Signing Bischoff was part of a move to strengthen the team's prospects for the future, and he made his debut for the Danish under-21 national team upon his arrival at City. [3] After making his one and only league appearance for City against Blackburn Rovers in September 2002, he underwent a hernia operation, and was unable to make an impression for the club. [4] He was under the knife again in the summer of 2003 after picking up a foot injury playing for the Denmark under-21 side.

Things did not get much better for Bischoff during the 2003–04 season. He returned for just one game – making an appearance in the starting lineup for the second-leg UEFA Cup win over League of Wales club The New Saints in August. Bischoff returned to the reserves.

At the end of September 2004, Bischoff joined Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers on a month-long loan deal, in order to gain some valuable first team experience. After impressing in seven appearances and a goal against Nottingham Forest, [5] he remained at Molineux as he signed a season-long loan deal with the club on the last day of the transfer window.

Bischoff returned to Manchester City at the end of the season, but after another half-year as a substitute, he signed a loan deal with Sheffield Wednesday in March 2006 and made his "Owls" debut against QPR the following day. [1] In spite of suffering a small injury, Bischoff played his part in helping Wednesday avoid relegation from the Football League Championship. At the end of the season, he was released by Manchester City, along with nine teammates, following the expiration of his contract. [6] He went on to sign for Coventry City several weeks later, in June 2006. [7] After three games in seven months, Bischoff moved back to Denmark on a free transfer in the January 2007 transfer window, in order to play for Brøndby IF. [8] He played regularly during his first couple of seasons at the club, before retiring at age 30 on 10 August 2012. [9]

Personal life

Bischoff's nephew, Clement Bischoff, is also a professional footballer. [10] [11]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupEuropeOthersTotalRef.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AB 2001–02 Danish Superliga 1000000100 [12]
Manchester City 2002–03 Premier League 100000000010 [13]
2003–04 000000100010 [14]
Total100000100020
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 2004–05 Championship 11100000000111 [15]
Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 2005–06 Championship400000000040 [16]
Coventry City 2006–07 Championship300000000030 [17]
Brøndby IF 2006–07 Danish Superliga60000060 [12]
2007–08 20000020 [12]
2008–09 1301000140 [12]
2009–10 2605100311 [12]
2010–11 715000121 [12]
Total541000011100652
Career total832000012100953

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