Alexander Juel Andersen

Alexander Juel Andersen (Danish pronunciation: [alekˈsanˀtɐ ˈjuˀl ˈɑnɐsn̩]; born 29 January 1991) is a Danish football defender, who plays for Odense Boldklub

Club Career

Viborg FF

Andersen is born and raised in Viborg. He started playing at a local club, Bruunshab-Tapdrup IF, where he played some years before the trip went on to FK Viborg. Already at the age of 16, he went on a trial at AS Monaco. He was promoted to the first team squad in August 2008 at the age of 17.

His professional career accelerated when he became the fourth youngest player in 2007 to debut in the Danish Superliga. This happened, when he came on the pitch in a Danish Superliga match between Viborg FF and Randers FC at the age of only 16 years. He was nominated as the player of the year by the fans for the 2008/09 season. Andersen started out as a midfielder in his youth career, but was retrained as a defender.

He continued to develop and spent another three years at the club, after extending his contract with the club until 2011. Although he got a good portion of time on the pitch, it wasn’t enough for him in the last, so he was loaned out to Randers FC.

Loan to Randers FC

Andersen was loaned out to Randers FC in January 2011 until the summer 2011. In Randers, Andersen didn’t play a single match due to a lot of injuries. He was operated for an injury in his groin in March 2011.

AC Horsens

AC Horsens signed Andersen already in January 2011, but the transfer would first be valid from the summer 2011, when his contract with Viborg FF expired. He was initially not bought into the starting lineup, but he quickly changed it and quickly became a regular part of Johnny Molby's squad.

When AC Horsens was relegated to the Danish 1st Division back in 2013, many clubs were interested in the right back, but AGF pulled the longest straw when they presented the player to a 4-year contract with expiry in July 2017.