Mads Frøkjær-Jensen

Mads Frøkjær-Jensen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈfʁœˌkʰeˀɐ̯ ˈjensn̩]; born 29 July 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the EFL Championship club Preston North End.[1]

Mads Frøkjær-Jensen
Personal information
Full name Mads Frøkjær-Jensen
Date of birth (1999-07-29) 29 July 1999
Place of birth Hvidovre, Denmark
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Preston North End
Number 10
Youth career
Hvidovre
Avedøre
Rosenhøj
Greve
2014–2018 OB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2023 OB 117 (16)
2023– Preston North End 11 (3)
International career
2020 Denmark U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:38, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Career

OB

Frøkjær-Jensen joined OB in 2014.[2] On 19 December 2017, Frøkjær-Jensen signed a three-year professional contract active from the summer 2018, which also meant, that he would be promoted permanently to the first team squad.[3] He made his official debut on 6 September 2018, Frøkjær-Jensen got his debut for the first team of OB in the Danish Cup. He started on the bench, before replacing Nicklas Helenius in the 73rd minute in a 4–0 victory against Akademisk Boldklub.[4]

Frøkjær-Jensen made his Danish Superliga debut on 14 April 2019 against FC Midtjylland coming in from the bench with 17 minutes left.[5] He played a total of five games for the first team in the 2018–19 season. On 24 January 2020, OB confirmed that Frøkjær-Jensen had signed a contract extension until the summer 2024.[6]

Preston North End

On 11 July 2023, Frøkjær-Jensen signed for English Championship club Preston North End for an undisclosed fee.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 October 2023

[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
OB 2018–19 Danish Superliga 17000170
2019–20 25210262
2020–21 19020210
2021–22 28682368
2022–23 28810298
Total 1171612212918
Preston North End 2023–24 Championship 1130010123
Career total 12719122100014121

Honours

OB

References

  1. Mads Frøkjær-Jensen at Soccerway
  2. Hansen, Jørgen (17 June 2016). "Greve-træning gav skub fremad". Sjællandske Nyheder (in Danish). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. Rasmussen, Leif (19 December 2017). "18-årig får kontrakt i OB". Fyens Stiftstidende (in Danish). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  4. "Sikkert avancement i Sydbank Pokalen". ob.dk (in Danish). Odense Boldklub. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2020. Med små tyve minutter tilbage af kampen blev der givet debut til Mads Frøkjær-Jensen, så vi i dag fik tre debutanter på banen, hvoraf to af dem var fra vores aget akademi i form af Oliver Christensen og Mads Frøkjær-Jensen, mens Kamil Vacek også spillede sin første OB-kamp.
  5. Dalgård, Jonas (15 April 2019). "OB-debutant: Har ventet lidt længe på det". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  6. "OB forlænger kontrakten med Mads Frøkjær". ob.dk (in Danish). Odense Boldklub. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  7. "Preston sign midfielder Frokjaer-Jensen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  8. "Odense BK - FC Midtjylland 3:4 (DBU Pokalen 2021/2022, Final)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2023-07-11.

ØMads Frøkjær-Jensen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)

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