Nicolai Poulsen
Personal information
Full name Nicolai Søberg Poulsen[1]
Date of birth (1993-08-15) 15 August 1993
Place of birth Randers, Denmark
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 AGF
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2003 Helsted-Fremad IF
2003–2013 Randers Freja
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 Randers FC 159 (4)
2017 → Sarpsborg 08 (loan) 8 (0)
2019– AGF 127 (3)
International career
2014 Denmark U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2023

Nicolai Søberg Poulsen (born 15 August 1993) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club AGF.

Club career

Randers FC

Having progressed through the club's youth system Poulsen made his first team debut in the 2012-13 season ending up with a total of nine appearances.

Poulsen soon established himself as a first team regular forming central midfield with Randers-captain Christian Keller in the 2014-15 season.

AGF

On 3 June 2019, Poulsen joined AGF for the 2019–20 season.[3]

International career

In the autumn of 2014, Poulsen made his debut for the Denmark national under-21 football team in a friendly match against the Czech Republic.[4]

On 30 July 2016, Poulsen was selected for the Denmark Olympic national team that was to participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5] However, in a Danish Superliga match against AGF the next day, Poulsen suffered a broken jaw in a head-to-head duel with his former teammate, AGF's Mustafa Amini and was therefore forced to stay at home.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "N. Poulsen: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Nicolai Poulsen, statistik fra superligaen, all-time – SuperStats". superstats.dk. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Officielt: AGF henter Nicolai Poulsen, bold.dk, 3 June 2019
  4. ↑ "TJEKKIET - DANMARK 2 - 2". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Randers FCs Nicolai Poulsen skal til OL". TV2 ØSTJYLLAND (in Danish). 30 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Knust Poulsen misser OL med brækket kæbe og hjernerystelse". TV2 ØSTJYLLAND (in Danish). 1 August 2016.
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