Mikkel Thygesen

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Mikkel Thygesen
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Thygesen with FC Midtjylland in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-10-22) 22 October 1984 (age 38)
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Roskilde (Manager)
Youth career
Greve Fodbold
Brøndby
Frem
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2004 Frem 45 (5)
2004–2007 Midtjylland 77 (11)
2007 Borussia Mönchengladbach 5 (0)
2007–2011 Midtjylland 116 (23)
2011–2015 Brøndby 90 (9)
2015 Hobro 9 (1)
2015 Randers 1 (0)
2015–2019 Roskilde 111 (16)
International career
2004 Denmark U-20 4 (1)
2004–2006 Denmark U-21 12 (2)
2006–2008 Denmark 3 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2023 Helsingør (assistant)
2023– Roskilde
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mikkel Thygesen (born 22 October 1984) is a Danish football coach and former player. he is the current manager of FC Roskilde.

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Thygesen was capped three times for the Denmark national team, all friendlies.

Club career

Early career

Born in Copenhagen, Thygesen started playing youth football for Greve Fodbold and later Brøndby IF, before getting his senior debut with Danish 1st Division (second tier) club BK Frem in the 2002–03 season. He helped Frem win promotion to the Danish Superliga in his second season, and was a part of Frem's starting line-up in the top-flight Danish championship. He played 30 out of 33 possible matches and scored five goals, which saw Frem relegated at the end of the season.

Midtjylland

Thygesen decided to stay in the Superliga, signing for FC Midtjylland in the summer of 2004. [1] Here, he quickly established himself in the starting line-up.

Originally bought as a winger by Midtjylland, [2] Thygesen made his breakthrough as a central midfielder, when he scored seven goals for the club in the first half of the 2006–07 season.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

On 9 January 2007, he was signed by Borussia Mönchengladbach in the German Bundesliga. [3] Rumours had initially sent him to Alemannia Aachen, but they were unwilling to pay the transfer fee demanded by Midtjylland. [4] [5] He joined Mönchengladbach at their January training camp, which meant he had to drop the league national team tour. [6] On 27 January 2007, he made his Bundesliga debut against Energie Cottbus, which Mönchengladbach lost 1–3. [7] He made two appearances under head coach Jupp Heynckes, before the latter was fired, which meant that Thygesen had a hard time finding his way into the first team. Thygesen had failed to break into the team under new coach Jos Luhukay, playing only three of the remaining 15 league games. [8]

Borussia Mönchengladbach were relegated from the Bundesliga at the end of the season, and Thygesen looked to leave the club in the summer 2007. He returned to FC Midtjylland on 1 July 2007, looking to strengthen his former club before their 2007-08 UEFA Cup campaign. [9]

Brøndby

On 1 June 2011, he signed a three-year deal with Brøndby IF.

International career

Thygesen made his debut for the Danish under-21 national team in November 2004, when he replaced Sebastian Svärd in the second half of the 2006 European Under-21 Championship qualification match against the Georgia under-21s. He scored a goal in the game, which the Denmark under-21s won 4–2. In May 2006, he was selected for the Danish squad at the 2006 European Under-21 Championship main tournament.

On 15 November 2006, he got his debut for the senior Danish national team under national team manager Morten Olsen. Thygesen came on as a substitute for Christian Poulsen in the second half of a friendly match against the Czech Republic. Five days later, he was called up for the league national team, for the trip to the United States, El Salvador and Honduras in January 2007.

Coaching career

After four years at FC Roskilde, it was announced on 8 July 2019 that he had left the club. [10] Two weeks later he announced, that he had retired and would continue at FC Helsingør as an assistant manager. [11] Thygesen left the position in February 2023. [12]

On 4 September 2023, he was announced as new manager of FC Roskilde succeeding Jesper Håkansson. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Johansen, Carsten (11 June 2004). "Mikkel Thygesen til FC Midtjylland". bold.dk. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Barnwell, David (1 January 2007). "Efterårets gennembrud: Mikkel Thygesen". bold.dk. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mikkel Thygesen på plads i Gladbach". dr.dk. Danmarks Radio. 9 January 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Hybholt Hare, Hans-Henrik (4 January 2007). "Thygesen tæt på Alemannia Aachen". ekstrabladet.dk. Ekstra Bladet . Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Aachen raser over FCM". dr.dk. Danmarks Radio. 8 January 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Thygesen melder fra til ligalandsholdet". fyens.dk. Fyens Stiftstidende. 9 January 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Panum, Jacob (27 January 2007). "Thygesen debuterede med nederlag". dr.dk. Danmarks Radio . Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  8. ↑ Laursen, Anders (12 February 2007). "Ny træner har taget fejl af Thygesen". dr.dk. Danmarks Radio . Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Thygesen back at Midjylland". uefa.com. Retrieved 1 July 2007.
  10. ↑ Mikkel Thygesen stopper i FC Roskilde, bold.dk, 8 July 2019
  11. ↑ MIKKEL THYGESEN NY ASSISTENTTRÆNER I FC HELSINGØR, fchelsingor.dk, 23 July 2019
  12. ↑ Mikkel Thygesen om exit: FC Helsingør fortjener noget andet og bedre, bold.dk, 14 February 2023
  13. ↑ Mikkel Thygesen er ny cheftræner i FC Roskilde, fc-roskilde.dk, 4 September 2023
Sporting positions
Preceded by F.C. Midtjylland captain
2009–2011		Succeeded by
Preceded by Brøndby IF captain
2013–2014		Succeeded by
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