Mikkel Damsgaard

Mikkel Krogh Damsgaard (Danish pronunciation: [ˈtɑmsˌkɒˀ]; born 3 July 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Italian Serie A club Sampdoria and the Denmark national team.

Club Career

Early career

Damsgaard started playing football in his hometown Jyllinge, where he played for eight years, with his father as his coach. During a game with Jyllinge FC, Damsgaard was spotted by a scout from Nordsjalland, who was out actually looking for another player, but ended up contacting Damsgaard. He then joined FC Nordsjalland as a U12 player on a youth contract until 2020.

Nordsjalland

On 27 September 2017, Damsgaard made his official debut for Nordsjalland at the age of 17. He played the whole game against Vejgaard BK in a Danish Cup game, making one assist in a 4–0 win at Soffy Road.

He made his Danish Superliga debut for Nordsjalland on 26 November 2017 in a game against AC Horsens in shirt number 27.

Sampdoria

On 6 February 2020, it was confirmed that Damsgaard had signed a four-year contract with Italian Serie A club Sampdoria with effect from 1 July 2020. The transfer fee was estimated at about €6.7 million (DKK 50 million). On 17 October 2020, he scored his first Serie A goal in a 3–0 victory against Lazio.

International Career

On 21 June 2021, Damsgaard scored a goal in a 4–1 win over Russia in the UEFA Euro 2020, to become the youngest Danish player to score at the European Championship, aged 20 years 353 days. In the Euro 2020 semi-finals, he scored the first goal against England with the tournament's only freekick goal. However Denmark eventually lost 2–1 after extra-time.

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