Mads Frøkjær-Jensen
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mads Frøkjær-Jensen | ||
Date of birth | 29 July 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Hvidovre, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Preston North End | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
Hvidovre | |||
Avedøre | |||
Rosenhøj | |||
Greve | |||
2014–2018 | OB | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2023 | OB | 117 | (16) |
2023– | Preston North End | 54 | (5) |
International career | |||
2020 | Denmark U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:27, 7 November 2024 (UTC) |
Mads Frøkjær-Jensen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈfʁœˌkʰeˀɐ̯ ˈjensn̩]; born 29 July 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the EFL Championship club Preston North End.[1]
Career
[edit]OB
[edit]Frøkjær-Jensen joined OB in 2014.[2] On 19 December 2017, Frøkjær-Jensen signed a three-year professional contract active from the summer 2018, which also meant, that he would be promoted permanently to the first team squad.[3] He made his official debut on 6 September 2018, Frøkjær-Jensen got his debut for the first team of OB in the Danish Cup. He started on the bench, before replacing Nicklas Helenius in the 73rd minute in a 4–0 victory against Akademisk Boldklub.[4]
Frøkjær-Jensen made his Danish Superliga debut on 14 April 2019 against FC Midtjylland coming in from the bench with 17 minutes left.[5] He played a total of five games for the first team in the 2018–19 season. On 24 January 2020, OB confirmed that Frøkjær-Jensen had signed a contract extension until the summer 2024.[6]
Preston North End
[edit]On 11 July 2023, Frøkjær-Jensen signed for English Championship club Preston North End for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £1.2 million euros.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 30 October 2024[1]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
OB | 2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||||
2020–21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||||
2021–22 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 2 | — | — | 36 | 8 | ||||
2022–23 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 8 | ||||
Total | 117 | 16 | 12 | 2 | — | — | 129 | 18 | ||||
Preston North End | 2023–24 | Championship | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 42 | 3 | |
2024–25 | Championship | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 15 | 3 | ||
Total | 52 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 57 | 6 | |||
Career total | 169 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 186 | 24 |
Honours
[edit]OB
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mads Frøkjær-Jensen at Soccerway
- ^ Hansen, Jørgen (17 June 2016). "Greve-træning gav skub fremad". Sjællandske Nyheder (in Danish). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ Rasmussen, Leif (19 December 2017). "18-årig får kontrakt i OB". Fyens Stiftstidende (in Danish). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ "Sikkert avancement i Sydbank Pokalen". ob.dk (in Danish). Odense Boldklub. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
Med små tyve minutter tilbage af kampen blev der givet debut til Mads Frøkjær-Jensen, så vi i dag fik tre debutanter på banen, hvoraf to af dem var fra vores aget akademi i form af Oliver Christensen og Mads Frøkjær-Jensen, mens Kamil Vacek også spillede sin første OB-kamp.
- ^ Dalgård, Jonas (15 April 2019). "OB-debutant: Har ventet lidt længe på det". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ "OB forlænger kontrakten med Mads Frøkjær". ob.dk (in Danish). Odense Boldklub. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ "Preston sign midfielder Frokjaer-Jensen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Odense BK - FC Midtjylland 3:4 (DBU Pokalen 2021/2022, Final)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
External links
[edit]- Mads Frøkjær-Jensen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Danish men's footballers
- Danish Superliga players
- Denmark men's youth international footballers
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Odense Boldklub players
- Men's association football midfielders
- People from Hvidovre Municipality
- Hvidovre IF players
- Greve Fodbold players
- Avedøre IF players
- Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark
- Preston North End F.C. players
- Danish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in England
- English Football League players
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen