Mathias Kvistgaarden
Kvistgaarden in 2020
Personal information
Full name Mathias Damm Kvistgaarden[1]
Date of birth (2002-04-15) 15 April 2002
Place of birth Birkerød, Denmark[2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Brøndby IF
Number 36
Youth career
2008–2013 Skjold Birkerød
2013–2015 Lyngby
2015–2020 Brøndby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Brøndby 66 (17)
International career‡
2019–2020 Denmark U18 6 (3)
2020 Denmark U19 1 (1)
2022– Denmark U21 10 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 September 2023

Mathias Damm Kvistgaarden (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰve̝stˌkɒˀn̩]; born 15 April 2002) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Danish Superliga club Brøndby.[4]

He has represented Denmark at youth level.

Club career

Brøndby

Youth

Born in Birkerød, Kvistgaarden began his career at hometown club IF Skjold Birkerød.[2] At age 11, he was noticed by scouts of FC Nordsjælland at a youth trial,[5] while at the same time going on trial at Lyngby Boldklub; eventually choosing to move to the Lyngby youth academy in 2013.[6][2] Two years later, he joined the youth academy of Brøndby IF at U13-level,[2] partly due to the Kvistgaarden family's close relationship to former head coach of Brøndby, Thomas Frank.[6] At the same time, he enrolled as a pupil at Brøndbyvester Skole located less than one kilometre from the club, with his main course being physical education.[6] He described the environment in the youth squads as being very competitive compared to his former experiences in IF Skjold and Lyngby, and the Brøndby U13-team ended up in first place of the table of their respective youth league that year.[6] Kvistgaarden was promoted to the U19-team in the summer of 2019, and scored nine goals in 14 appearances in their campaign in the under-19 league.[7]

First team

Kvistgaarden was included in the first-team squad for the first time on 5 July 2020, ahead of an away match in the Danish Superliga against AaB, due to regular first team strikers Simon Hedlund and Samuel Mráz having been tested positive for COVID-19.[8][9] During the match, which Brøndby lost 2–0, Kvistgaarden made his debut as a 73rd-minute substitute for Mikael Uhre.[10][11]

His first senior goal came on 6 March 2022, which proved to be the winning goal in a 1–0 away victory against Silkeborg in the domestic league.[12][13] He made his first start for Brøndby on 14 April in a league loss against AaB.[14] He signed a contract extension on 29 April, keeping him at the club until 2025.[15] In May 2022, Kvistgaarden scored four goals in three league appearances, including his first brace on the final matchday of the season against Silkeborg.[16][17] Before the match, he had been named Superliga Young Player of the Month for May.[18]

In May 2023, Kvistgaarden extended his contract with Brøndby until 2027.[19]

International career

Kvistgaarden has won six caps for Denmark at under-18 level in which he has scored three goals.[1] He made his debut for the Denmark under-19 team on 8 October 2020 in a friendly against Poland, where he scored a goal in a 3–1 win.[20]

On 4 June 2022, Kvistgaarden gained his first cap for the Denmark under-21s in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier against Kazakhstan.[21] He started and played 63 minutes before being substituted for Rasmus Højlund in a 3–0 win at Vejle Stadium.[22] He scored his first goal for the under-21 team ten days later against Turkey, poking in the ball at the far post after an assist by Gustav Isaksen.[23]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 December 2023[24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brøndby 2019–20 Superliga 10000010
2020–21 Superliga 2020—40
2021–22 Superliga 165201[lower-alpha 1]0195
2022–23 Superliga 307104[lower-alpha 2]2359
2023–24 Superliga 17542—145
Career total 661792528021

Honours

Brøndby

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Landsholdsdatabasen". dbu.dk. Danish Football Union. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Rossman Thejsen, Anna (20 January 2020). ""Efterskolen fjernede et pres"". Efterskolerne. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mathias Kvistgaarden - Player Profile". Eurosport (in Danish). Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Mathias Kvistgaarden at Soccerway
  5. ↑ "FCN Specifiktræning". fcn.dk. FC Nordsjælland. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Møller Karlsen, Nanna (17 August 2020). "Stort interview med Kvistgaarden: Om opvæksten, aggressivitet og jagten på gennembruddet". 3point.dk. 3point. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Mathias Kvistgaarden spillerprofil - 3point". 3point.dk. 3point. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Risager, Victor (5 July 2020). "Ung Brøndby-spiller kan få debut mod AaB". tipsbladet.dk. Tipsbladet. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  9. ↑ Møller Karlsen, Nanna (5 July 2020). "Trupnyt: Kvistgaarden kan debutere for Brøndby". 3point. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Debutant Kvistgaarden: Et helt andet tempo". brondby.com. Brøndby IF. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "AaB vs. Brøndby – 5 July 2020". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  12. ↑ "19-årig sikrer Brøndby vital sejr". TV2/Sport (in Danish). 6 March 2022. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Skarpe Brøndby straffede dominerende Silkeborg". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 6 March 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022.
  14. ↑ Jensen, Kenneth (14 April 2022). "Startopstillinger: Nu får BIF-talentet chancen". Tipsbladet (in Danish). Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  15. ↑ "Brøndby forlænger med talent". TV2 Sport (in Danish). 29 April 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  16. ↑ "Sejr over Silkeborg i mesterskabsspillets sidste kamp". Brøndby IF (in Danish). 22 May 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  17. ↑ Bech, Malthe Graungaard (22 May 2022). "Vilde Kvistgaarden sikrede BIF fjerdepladsen". bold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  18. 1 2 "Kvistgaarden er månedens unge spiller i 3F Superligaen: Det er fantastisk". bold.dk (in Danish). 22 May 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  19. ↑ Hoffskov, Ole (26 May 2023). "Brøndby IF forlænger med Mathias Kvistgaarden". Tipsbladet (in Danish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  20. ↑ Møller Karlsen, Nanna (9 October 2020). "Mathias Kvistgaarden scorede i U/19-landsholdets sejr over Polen". 3point.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  21. ↑ "U21-landshold tættere på EM efter storsejr". TV2 Sport (in Danish). 4 June 2022. Archived from the original on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  22. ↑ "Danmark – Kasakhstan 3–0". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  23. ↑ "U21-holdet misser direkte kval: Nu venter playoff". Tipsbladet (in Danish). 14 June 2022. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  24. ↑ Mathias Kvistgaarden at Soccerway
  25. ↑ "Soccer-Brondby beat Nordsjaelland to clinch Danish league title". Reuters. 24 May 2021. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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