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Maurits Kjærgaard

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Maurits Kjærgaard
Kjaergaard with Red Bull Salzburg in 2023
Personal information
Full name Maurits Kjaergaard[1]
Date of birth (2003-06-26) 26 June 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Herlev, Denmark
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Red Bull Salzburg
Number 14
Youth career
2017–2019 Lyngby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 FC Liefering 47 (7)
2021– Red Bull Salzburg 67 (6)
International career
2018–2019 Denmark U16 6 (2)
2019–2020 Denmark U17 11 (1)
2020– Denmark U19 2 (0)
2021– Denmark U21 14 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2023

Maurits Kjærgaard (born 26 June 2003) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.[3]

Club career

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In February 2021, he made his debut for Red Bull Salzburg. On 8 March 2022, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 7–1 away defeat to Bayern Munich in the 2021–22 season round of 16.[4] Hence, he became the youngest Danish player to score in the competition, aged 18 years and 255 days.[5]

Career statistics

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As of match played 27 October 2024[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Liefering 2019–20 2. Liga 13 2 13 2
2020–21 2. Liga 28 3 28 3
2021–22 2. Liga 6 2 6 2
Total 47 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 7
Red Bull Salzburg 2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 17 2 4 1 4[a] 1 25 4
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 26 2 3 0 7[b] 0 36 2
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 17 2 2 1 3[a] 0 21 3
2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 6 0 1 1 5[a] 4 0 0 12 5
Total 67 6 10 3 19 5 0 0 95 14
Career total 114 13 10 3 19 5 0 0 143 21
Notes
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League

Honours

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Red Bull Salzburg

References

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  1. ^ Maurits Kjærgaard at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg - kjaergaard".
  3. ^ a b Maurits Kjærgaard at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Kjærgaard-mål da Bayern smadrede Salzburg". bold.dk (in Danish). 8 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Dansker skriver sig ind i historiebøgerne - Her bliver han den yngste danske målscorer i CL nogensinde" (in Danish). TV3 Sport. 9 March 2022.
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