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

Nicolai Poulsen
Personal information
Full name Nicolai Søberg Poulsen[1]
Date of birth (1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 (age 30)
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)
2017Sarpsborg 08 (loan) 8 (0)
2019– AGF 131 (3)
International career
2014 Denmark U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 April 2024

Club career edit

Randers FC edit

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 edit

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

International career edit

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 edit

  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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