Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mikkel Duelund Poulsen [1] | ||
Date of birth | 29 June 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Aarhus, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AGF (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–200? | Virup IF | ||
200?–200? | VRI | ||
200?–2005 | HEI | ||
2005–2008 | Skovbakken | ||
2008–2011 | AGF | ||
2011–2014 | Midtjylland | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2018 | Midtjylland | 90 | (21) |
2018– | Dynamo Kyiv | 21 | (1) |
2021–2023 | → NEC (loan) | 37 | (3) |
2023– | → AGF (loan) | 29 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2012 | Denmark U16 | 1 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Denmark U17 | 4 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Denmark U18 | 3 | (3) |
2015–2016 | Denmark U19 | 13 | (10) |
2016–2019 | Denmark U21 | 24 | (6) |
2018 | Denmark League XI | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 October 2017 |
Mikkel Duelund Poulsen (born 29 June 1997) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club AGF, on loan from Dynamo Kyiv.
Duelund was born in Aarhus and started playing football at the age of two in Virup IF. [3] From the time he was two years old, until he was eight years old, he played first for Vejlby-Risskov Idrætsklub (VRI) and then for Hjortshøj-Egaa Idrætsforening (HEI). [3] At the age of eight, he moved to IK Skovbakken, where he played for three years. [3]
At the age of 11, Duelund joined the AGF academy; the most renowned in the city. [3] He subsequently had offers from several other clubs, but at the age of 14 he chose to move to FC Midtjylland. [3]
Duelund began his professional career with Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland. In 2013, he took part in a trial with Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven but ultimately remained with Midtjylland's youth team. [4] During his time with the U19 group, Duelund won the Top Goalscorer and Player of the Season awards as the side were crowned Danish champions. [5] In 2014, he was named by The Guardian as one of 40 best young talents in World Football. [6]
Following his form at youth level Duelund was promoted to the first-team, making his league debut in March 2015 against Hobro IK, coming on as a second-half substitute for Petter Andersson. By the end of his debut season he had helped the club to its first ever Superliga title. [7] As a result of his showings in 2015 Duelund won the DBU U19 talent of the year-award. [8]
In the year that followed he made a goalscoring debut in the Champions League against Lincoln Red Imps before later debuting in the Europa League against Napoli. [5] In 2016–17, he became the seventh youngest player ever to score 10 career league goals in the Superliga. [7]
In March 2018, Duelund made his 100th appearance for Midtjylland and marked the occasion with a goal in a 2–1 win over Silkeborg. [9] The club ultimately went on to reclaim the Superliga title, ending ahead of rivals Brøndby. [10]
On 31 August 2018, Duelund signed a contract with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv. [11] He made his debut for the club on 16 September in a 1–1 away draw against Zorya Luhansk, coming on as a substitute in the 59th minute for Volodymyr Shepelyev. [12] In his third game, he scored his first goal for the club – the game-winner in a 1–0 away win over Arsenal Kyiv. [13] [14]
However, he would only play sporadically. Within two months of his move, he suffered an ankle fracture which meant that he barely made any appearances for over a year and a half. [15] [16] After recovering in February 2020, he mostly appeared as a substitute. During the 2020–21 season, Duelund made only four league appearances, of which one was in the starting lineup. [17] In November 2020, Duelund was one of multiple Dynamo players infected with SARS‑CoV‑2 during the COVID-19 pandemic. [18]
On 22 June 2021, recently promoted Dutch Eredivisie club NEC Nijmegen announced that they had signed Duelund on a one-season loan from Dynamo Kyiv with an option to buy. [19] [20] He made his debut on 14 August in a 5–0 loss to defending champions Ajax. [21]
On 5 August 2022, the loan was extended by another season. [22] He started the 2022–23 season in convincing fashion, scoring once and adding two assists on the second matchday in a 4–1 victory against FC Volendam. [23]
On 29 January 2023 NEC confirmed, that Duelund's contract had been terminated by mutual agreement. [24]
Later on the same day which Duelund left NEC Nijmegen, Danish Superliga club AGF confirmed that Duelund had returned to the club, which he played for as a youth player, on a loan deal for the rest of the season. [25]
In June 2017, Duelund was one of two 19-year-olds named in Denmark's squad for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Poland. [7] He featured twice at the tournament, including a start in a 3–0 loss to eventual champions Germany, before Denmark were eliminated during the group stages. [26] He got his debut for the Denmark League XI side in a friendly against Jordan on 15 January 2018, where he scored one goal in Denmark's 2–3 loss. [27]
In February 2016, ahead of the Midtjylland's Europa League game against Manchester United, Duelund stated he was a lifelong fan of the Premier League club and named Wayne Rooney as his footballing idol. [28]
Club | Season | League | Cup [lower-alpha 1] | Continental [lower-alpha 2] | Other | Total | ||||||
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League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Midtjylland | 2014–15 | Danish Superliga | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
2015–16 | Danish Superliga | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | |
2016–17 | Danish Superliga | 33 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 10 | |
2017–18 | Danish Superliga | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 9 | |
2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
Total | 95 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 26 | ||
Dynamo Kyiv | 2018–19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
2019–20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | ||
NEC (loan) | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 3 | ||
2022–23 | Eredivisie | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
Total | 37 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 41 | 4 | ||||
Aarhus GF (loan) | 2022–23 | Danish Superliga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Career total | 156 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 34 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Denmark | 2018 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 1 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 15 January 2018 | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | ![]() | 2–3 | 2–3 | Friendly |
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