Christian Gytkjær

Christian Lund Gytkjær (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkytˌkʰeˀɐ̯]; born 6 May 1990) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Venezia.

Christian Gytkjær
Gytkjær with Lech Poznań in 2017
Personal information
Full name Christian Lund Gytkjær
Date of birth (1990-05-06) 6 May 1990
Place of birth Roskilde, Denmark
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Venezia
Number 9
Youth career
Roskilde
Jyllinge FC
2005–2008 Lyngby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Lyngby 34 (10)
2010–2013 Nordsjælland 24 (3)
2012 → Akademisk Boldklub (loan) 12 (6)
2012 → Sandnes Ulf (loan) 12 (8)
2013–2016 Haugesund 81 (36)
2016–2017 Rosenborg 28 (19)
2017 1860 Munich 15 (2)
2017–2020 Lech Poznań 102 (55)
2020–2023 Monza 82 (21)
2023– Venezia 0 (0)
International career
2006 Denmark U16 1 (0)
2006 Denmark U17 6 (4)
2007–2008 Denmark U18 3 (0)
2008–2009 Denmark U19 10 (2)
2009–2011 Denmark U20 7 (3)
2016–2019 Denmark 9 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2023

Early life

Christian Gytkjær started his youth career playing for Roskilde, before moving on to Lyngby in 2005.[2] In October 2007, he was invited for a trial at Liverpool in England with his brother, Frederik, ultimately nothing materialized from the visit.[3] Gytkjær went on to be Lyngby's top scorer in 2007–08 for the under-18 side.[2]

Club career

Lyngby Boldklub

Gytkjær was called up to the Lyngby first team in the middle of 2008, signing a new contract keeping him at the club until 2010.[2] He scored three goals in eight appearances in his debut season in the 1st Division. By the 2009–10 campaign, Gytkjær had become one of Lyngby's most anticipated talents to come through their youth system.[4]

On 2 February 2010, it was confirmed Gytkjær would leave Lyngby when his contract expired in the summer to join Danish Cup winners Nordsjælland on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract,[5] following in the footsteps of Andreas Bjelland, Andreas Laudrup and Morten Nordstrand, who had left Lyngby for the Farum-based club. While his future had been set, Gytkjær was still to play out the remainder of the 2009–10 season with Lyngby, where he was targeted by the supporters who disapproved in seeing another player their team had nurtured head over to neighboring rivals. The backlash was only increased when the player was photographed with an FCN shirt while still under contract to Lyngby.[6]

Nordsjælland

Christian Gytkjær made his debut for Nordsjælland in a 2–0 away defeat to Superliga champions Copenhagen on 14 August 2010, when he was brought into the team to replace Nicki Bille Nielsen, who was sold to Villarreal.

Lech Poznań

On 28 June 2017, he signed a two-year contract with Ekstraklasa side Lech Poznań, with the option for an extra 12 months.[7]

He made his debut for the club during the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round away game against FK Haugesund, which Lech lost 3–2.[8] He scored his first (and second) goal for Lech in a 5–1 home win over Piast Gliwice in the third round of the 2017–18 season.[9]

On 7 March 2019, he signed a contract extension, running until the end of the 2019–20 season.

On 19 July 2020, during his last game for Lech, he scored twice in a 4–0 home win against Jagiellonia Białystok and led the team to secure second place in the 2019–20 season.[10] He finished the campaign as top scorer with 24 goals. He also won Forward of the Season award.[11] During the three years at Lech Poznań, he played in 119 games and scored 65 goals, which made him the best foreign goalscorer in club's history.[12]

Monza

On 22 July 2020, Gytkjær joined newly promoted Italian Serie B side Monza on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract with the option of a third.[13] He made his debut on 3 October against Empoli, and scored his first goal on 31 October, converting a penalty kick against Cittadella.[14] He renewed his expiring contract in February 2022 for one year.[15]

With five goals in four 2021–22 Serie B promotion play-off games – including three goals in two final games against Pisa – Gytkjær helped Monza gain promotion to the Serie A for the first time in their history, and was awarded the play-off MVP award.[16] He made his Serie A debut on 13 August 2022, as a substitute in a 2–1 home defeat to Torino.[17] On 18 September, Gytkjær came on as a substitute and scored in an upset 1–0 win against Italian giants Juventus; it was Monza's first-ever Serie A win.[18]

International career

Gytkjær was part of the Denmark under-17 team that won the 2006 Nordic Championship in the Faroe Islands. He scored three goals in a 4–0 win over England in the final.[19]

Personal life

Gytkjær's younger brother, Frederik, also is a footballer.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 10 November 2022[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lyngby 2008–09 Danish 1st Division 8300——83
2009–10 Danish 1st Division 26720——287
Total 34102000003610
Nordsjælland 2010–11 Danish Superliga 1932000—213
2011–12 Danish Superliga 5011——61
2012–13 Danish Superliga 21———21
Total 264310000295
Akademisk Boldklub (loan) 2011–12 Danish 1st Division 12600——126
Sandnes Ulf (loan) 2012 Tippeligaen 12800—2[lower-alpha 2]31411
Haugesund 2013 Tippeligaen 251134——2815
2014 Tippeligaen 2615312[lower-alpha 3]0—3116
2015 Tippeligaen 301023——3213
Total 81368820009144
Rosenborg 2016 Tippeligaen 2819516[lower-alpha 4]3—3923
1860 Munich 2016–17 2. Bundesliga 15210—2[lower-alpha 5]0182
Lech Poznań 2017–18[21] Ekstraklasa 3719104[lower-alpha 3]2—4221
2018–19[22] Ekstraklasa 3112206[lower-alpha 3]5—3917
2019–20[23] Ekstraklasa 342443——3827
Total 10255731070011965
Monza 2020–21 Serie B 22610—1[lower-alpha 6]0246
2021–22 Serie B 33910—4[lower-alpha 6]53814
2022–23 Serie A 11111——122
Total 66163100557422
Career total 3621472914181098418179
  1. Includes the Danish Cup, Norwegian Football Cup, DFB-Pokal, Polish Cup
  2. Appearances in Tippeligaen relegation play-offs
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League qualifying round(s)
  4. Four appearances two goals in UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, two appearances one goal in UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds
  5. Appearances in 2. Bundesliga promotion play-offs
  6. Appearance(s) in Serie B promotion play-offs

International
As of match played 15 November 2019[24]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Denmark 201610
201700
201820
201965
Total95
Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gytkjær goal.
List of international goals scored by Christian Gytkjær
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 26 March 2019 St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland   Switzerland 2–3 3–3 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification [25]
2 5 September 2019 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar  Gibraltar 5–0 6–0 [26]
3 6–0
4 15 October 2019 Aalborg Stadium, Aalborg, Denmark  Luxembourg 4–0 4–0 Friendly [27]
5 15 November 2019 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark  Gibraltar 2–0 6–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification [28]

Honours

FC Nordsjælland

Rosenborg

Denmark U17

  • Nordic Championship: 2006

Individual

References
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