Magnus Kofod Andersen

Magnus Kofod Andersen (born 10 May 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club Nordsjælland.

Magnus Kofod Andersen
Personal information
Full name Magnus Kofod Andersen
Date of birth (1999-05-10) 10 May 1999
Place of birth Hundested, Denmark
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Nordsjælland
Number 8
Youth career
Hundested IK
2009–2018 Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Nordsjælland 160 (5)
National team
2017 Denmark U-18 2 (0)
2017–2018 Denmark U-19 6 (0)
2018–2021 Denmark U-21 24 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:58, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Andersen started playing football at a local club called Hundested IK. Later, he got contacted by scouts from FC Nordsjælland, and joined the club at the age of 10.[2]

Andersen's first senior experience was on 17 February 2017, where he sat on the bench for the whole game against Lyngby Boldklub. He got his debut for FC Nordsjælland on 17 July 2017. Andersen started on the bench, but replaced Mathias Jensen in the 74th minute in a 2-1 victory against OB in the Danish Superliga.[3] Andersen plays with shirt number 38 for the senior team.

Despite his young age, Andersen was nominated as the MOTM by Arbejdernes Landsbank after a victory against F.C. Copenhagen.[4]

International career

In November 2020 he was called up to Kasper Hjulmand's senior squad for the friendly against Sweden due to several cancellations from, among others, the Danish national team players playing in England, due to the COVID-19 restrictions, as well as a case of COVID-19 in the squad, which had put several national team players in quarantine.[5]

References
  1. Magnus Kofod Andersen at Soccerway
  2. "FCN forlænger med tre spillere af egen avl". fcn.dk. 3 October 2017.
  3. "OB VS. NORDSJÆLLAND 1 - 2". soccerway.com. 17 July 2017.
  4. MAGNUS KOFOD: VI VAR TÆT PÅ TOPNIVEAU‚ fcn.dk, 27 August 2017
  5. "Hjulmand has selected possible debutants for the national team". jyllands-posten.dk. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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