Thomas Mikkelsen

Thomas Korsgaard Mikkelsen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈme̝kl̩sn̩]; born 27 August 1983) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Brondby IF.

Club Career

Early years

Mikkelsen started out his career on Funen, playing for local lower division clubs B 1909, FC Fyn, and Nasby between 1998 and 2009.

Vestsjalland

On 17 June 2009, Mikkelsen was announced as the new goalkeeper of newly promoted Danish second tier club FC Vestsjalland. He became the starting goalkeeper for Vestsjalland, and signed a one-year contract extension on 8 July 2011. Six months later Mikkelsen signed another contract extension, this time a two-year deal, keeping him a part of the club until at least 2014. He continued as starting goalkeeper after head coach Ove Pedersen was appointed as replacement for the sacked Michael Schjonberg, and despite a weak start under the new coach results quickly improved. On 16 May 2013, Vestsjalland promoted to the Danish Superliga after a 0–0 draw home against Hobro IK.

On 21 July 2013, Mikkelsen made his first Superliga-appearance in a match against Brondby which ended in a 1–1 draw. He was a key part of the team that survived the struggle against relegation during the 2013–14 season. The following season, however, Vestsjalland suffered relegation, ending on 11th place in the league table.

A few months later, Vestsjalland went bankrupt after a longer period of financial troubles. This effectively made Mikkelsen a free agent. He ended his tenure with Vestsjalland with 182 league appearances.

Fredericia

Mikkelsen subsequently signed a one-and-a-half year contract with FC Fredericia. Here, he was announced as the starting goalkeeper and made his first appearance in a 1–0 away win over Silkeborg IF in the Danish second tier on 10 March. In his two seasons in Fredericia, Mikkelsen made 46 league appearances.

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On 30 March 2017, Danish Sup