Nicolaj Thomsen

Nicolaj Thomsen (born 8 May 1993) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Thomsen was born in Skagen and played youth football with Skagen IK and Frederikshavn fI before starting his professional career with AaB. After moving to French Ligue 1 club FC Nantes in 2016, he had a four-year stint with FC Copenhagen. Thomsen moved to Norwegian club Valerenga in 2021, before returning to Denmark again, signing with SonderjyskE in January 2022.

Thomsen has won one cap with the Denmark national team.

Club Career

Early career

Thomsen played for Skagen IK before he moved to Frederikshavn fI when he was 13 years old. Three years later, at the age of 16, he moved to the AaB academy.

AaB

Thomsen made his debut for AaB in the Danish Superliga as a starter in a 1–2 loss against Midtjylland on 4 April 2012. In his first season, he made six appearances, five of which were as a substitute. He scored his first goal for AaB in a 4–1 victory over Randers on 12 November 2013 in his 42nd Superliga appearance.

In April 2014, Thomsen extended his contract so that it ran until 31 December 2016.Kent Nielsen, AaB's head coach at the time, stated that Thomsen "has everything that is demanded of a modern football player in top football. Relentless energy and a fine technique."

Nantes

After five seasons in AaB, Thomsen signed with FC Nantes in the French Ligue 1 in June 2016. According to Tipsbladet, the price was DKK 3.9 million, which could increase to DKK 4.5 million depending on performance. In the summer transfer window of 2015, Thomsen had also been close to moving to the French club, but negotiations were slowed down as Thomsen suffers from lazy eye which means that he has a decreased eyesight of 90% in his right eye.

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