Mikkel_Duelund
Mikkel Duelund
Danish footballer (born 1997)
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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikkel Duelund Poulsen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-06-29) 29 June 1997 (age 26) | ||
| 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) | 27 | (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 17 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 October 2017 | |||
Early career
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]
Midtjylland
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]
Dynamo Kyiv
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]
NEC (loan)
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]
AGF (loan)
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
| Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Continental[lower-alpha 2] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
- Includes Danish Cup, Ukrainian Cup and KNVB Cup
- Includes both UEFA Champions League and Europa League
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Duelund goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 January 2018 | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |  Jordan | 2–3 | 2–3 | Friendly |
Midtjylland
Dynamo Kyiv
- "Mikkel Duelund". World Soccer. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- "Дуелунд | Українська Премʼєр-Ліга | Офіційний сайт УПЛ - upl.ua". upl.ua. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- Larsen, Michael Patrick (20 July 2015). "Fokus på: Mikkel Duelund – fra leg til Superliga". Tipsbladet.dk (in Danish).
- Møbjerg Sørensen, Simon (10 November 2013). "FCM-talent prøvetræner i PSV Eindhoven". Tipsbladet (in Danish). Retrieved 5 June 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Grønning, Jeppe (24 April 2016). "Mikkel Duelund: Fra Tonsser til Champions League". Tipsbladet (in Danish). Retrieved 5 June 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Blight, Gary (14 October 2014). "Next Generation 2014: 40 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Bairner, Robin (30 March 2017). "Meet Mikkel Duelund: The teenage talent who snubbed the Premier League to develop in Denmark". Goal. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- DBU. "Årets Talenter (tidligere Årets Arla Talent)". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- "Duelund jubler over jubilæumsmål: Det havde jeg ikke regnet med". Tips Bladet (in Danish). 5 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- Hoffskov, Ole (28 June 2018). "Mikkel Duelund: Superligaen trænger til profiler" (in Danish). Tipsbladet. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- "Mikkel DUELUND joins Dynamo!" (in Ukrainian). 31 August 2018.
- "Zorya Lugansk - Dinamo Kiev 1:1 (Premyer Liga 2018/2019, 8. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- "Duelund og 12 andre spillere misser Barcelona-kamp - TV 2". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 3 November 2020.
- "Arsenal Kiev - Dinamo Kiev 0:1 (Premyer Liga 2018/2019, 10. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- "Mikkel DUELUND: "I need a surgery"". fcdynamo.kiev.ua. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- Stigsen, Rasmus (28 March 2020). "Mikkel Duelund om situationen i Kiev: 'Jeg står stærkere nu end før jeg blev skadet'". TV3 SPORT (in Danish).
- "Mikkel Duelund » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- "A number of Dynamo players and employees tested positive for COVID-19". fcdynamo.kiev.ua. 1 November 2020.
- "N.E.C. huurt Mikkel Duelund". N.E.C. (in Dutch). 22 June 2021.
- Okstrøm, Oliver (25 June 2021). "Duelund havde dansk interesse: Derfor blev det NEC". Tipsbladet.dk (in Danish).
- "Ajax vs. NEC - 14 August 2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- "Mikkel Duelund komend seizoen N.E.C.'er". N.E.C. (in Dutch). 5 August 2022. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- "N.E.C. boekt eerste driepunter in Volendam". N.E.C. (in Dutch). 14 August 2022. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- N.E.C. en Duelund komen contractontbinding overeen, nec-nijmegen.nl, 29 January 2023
- MIKKEL DUELUND VENDER HJEM TIL AARHUS, agf.dk, 29 January 2023
- "Duelund lever fint med presset". Bold (in Danish). 20 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- "Jordan ordnede tandløse Danmark". 10 February 2023.
- Morgan, Tony (17 February 2016). "Manchester United: Midtjylland starlet Mikkel Duelund eager to eliminate boyhood club from Europa League". International Business Times. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - "Mikkel Duelund Club matches". Socceway. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- "Favbet League (2020/21)". www.upl.ua. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- "Динамо - Шахтар | Рапорт арбітра | Українська Прем'єр-Ліга | Офіційний сайт УПЛ - upl.ua". upl.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- "Шахтар - Динамо | Рапорт арбітра | Українська Премʼєр-Ліга | Офіційний сайт УПЛ - upl.ua". upl.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- Mikkel Duelund at AGF (in Danish)
- Mikkel Duelund at Danish Superliga (in Danish)
- Mikkel Duelund at Soccerway
