Jeppe Okkels
Personal information
Full name Jeppe Okkels
Date of birth (1999-07-27) 27 July 1999
Place of birth Silkeborg, Denmark
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 IF Elfsborg
Number 19
Youth career
2003–2011 ØBG Silkeborg
2011–2018 Silkeborg IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Silkeborg IF 89 (9)
2020– IF Elfsborg 100 (24)
International career
2014–2015 Denmark U16 7 (0)
2015–2016 Denmark U17 14 (4)
2016–2017 Denmark U18 4 (2)
2017–2018 Denmark U19 9 (3)
2019 Denmark U20 2 (0)
2020 Denmark U21 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2023

Jeppe Okkels (born 27 July 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Allsvenskan club IF Elfsborg.

Career

Silkeborg

Jeppe Okkels started playing football at the age of 3–4 and moved from ØBG Silkeborg to Silkeborg IF at the age of 12, joining the club's under-13s. During the summer of 2014, he signed his first contract with Silkeborg and was called up for the U16 national team.[1]

In the April 2015, Okkels went on a one-week trial with German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.[2]

Okkels made his Danish 1st Division and Silkeborg debut on 28 May 2016. Okkels started on the bench, but replaced Mikkel Vendelbo in the 67th minute in a 5–0 victory against Vejle Boldklub.[3]

IF Elfsborg

On 26 August 2020 it was confirmed, that Okkels had joined Swedish Allsvenskan club IF Elfsborg on a deal until the end of 2024.[4]

Honours

Silkeborg

References

  1. ↑ "Jeppe Okkels". silkeborgif.com. Archived 2017-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Jeppe Okkels - SIF". silkeborgif.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2021. Archived 25 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "SILKEBORG VS. VEJLE 5 - 0". soccerway.com. 29 September 2016.
  4. ↑ VÄLKOMMEN JEPPE OKKELS, elfsborg.se, 26 August 2020
  5. ↑ "Jeppe Okkels - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
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