Nicolai Jørgensen

Nicolai Jørgensen
	Jørgensen with Feyenoord in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Nicolai Mick Jørgensen
Date of birth	15 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Ballerup, Denmark
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
0000–2001	Skovlunde IF
2001–2006	AB
2006	Brøndby
2007–2009	AB
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2010	AB
2010–2012	Bayer Leverkusen
2012	→ Kaiserslautern (loan)
2012	→ Copenhagen (loan)
2012–2016	Copenhagen
2016–2021	Feyenoord
2021–2022	Kasımpaşa
2022	Copenhagen
International career‡
2009	Denmark U18
2009–2010	Denmark U19
2011	Denmark U20
2010–2012	Denmark U21
2011–2019	Denmark
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:30, 25 June 2022 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:29, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Nicolai Mick Jørgensen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈne̝koˌlɑjˀ ˈme̝k ˈjɶɐ̯ˀn̩sn̩]; born 15 January 1991) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward. He is currently a free agent.

Club career

Akademisk Boldklub

Nicolai Jørgensen began his career at Grantoften IF, he later joined Skovlunde IF and joined Akademisk Boldklub afterwards, where he played for nine years apart from half a year as a U-15 player in Brøndby IF.^[2]

Bayer Leverkusen

Jørgensen joined German team Bayer 04 Leverkusen for their pre-season training camp in July scoring four goals in his first 45-minute appearance,^[3] and was subsequently signed for a five-year contract with Leverkusen on 12 July 2010.^[4] He made his Bundesliga debut in a 3–6 defeat to Borussia Mönchengladbach on 29 August 2010 being introduced as a substitute after 63 minutes.^[5]

F.C. Copenhagen

In July 2012, Jørgensen returned to his native Denmark joining F.C. Copenhagen on a one-year loan. In September, the club announced to have had exercised a purchase option, making the deal permanent with Jørgensen signing a contract until 2016.^[6]

Feyenoord

During the summer of 2016, Jørgensen joined Feyenoord for €3.5 million signing a five-year deal.^[7]^[8] In his first season at the club he became the Eredivisie's top scorer with 21 goals, helping Feyenoord to win their first title since 1999.^[9]

On 22 April 2018, he scored the opening goal as Feyenoord won the 2017–18 KNVB Cup final 3–0 against AZ Alkmaar.^[10]

On 14 June 2019, Feyenoord announced that they had reached principle agreement with Jørgensen to extend his contract until 2022.^[11]

Return to Copenhagen

After terminating his contract with Turkish club Kasımpaşa, Jørgensen returned to his former club F.C. Copenhagen on 31 January 2022, signing a deal for the rest of the season.^[12] After a disappointing season with one goal in nine games, Jørgensen left the club in June 2022, as his contract came to an end.^[13]

International career

On 4 October 2010, Jørgensen was called up for the Denmark's national football team, for the matches against Portugal and Cyprus in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group H. He scored the winning goal in the 70th minute against Belarus on 14 June 2011 in the 2011 UEFA European U-21 Football Championship.^[14] On 14 November 2015, he scored his first international goal for Denmark national football team in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Playoffs against Sweden. Denmark had lost 1–2 to Sweden but it was a crucial away goal for Denmark.

In June 2018 he was named in Denmark's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 May 2022^[16]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Akademisk Boldklub	2008–09	Danish 1st Division	8	0	0	0	—		—		8	0
	2009–10	Danish 1st Division	23	7	1	1	—		—		24	8
	Total		31	7	1	1	—		—		32	8
Bayer Leverkusen	2010–11	Bundesliga	9	0	1	0	8^[b]	0	—		18	0
	2011–12	Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	1^[c]	0	—		2	0
	Total		10	0	1	0	9	0	—		20	0
1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan)	2011–12	Bundesliga	5	0	0	0	—		—		5	0
Copenhagen	2012–13	Danish Superliga	27	11	1	0	8	1	—		36	12
	2013–14	Danish Superliga	16	7	2	0	6^[c]	1	—		24	8
	2014–15	Danish Superliga	25	10	4	0	8	2	—		37	12
	2015–16	Danish Superliga	31	15	5	2	4^[b]	2	—		40	19
	Total		99	43	12	2	26	6	—		137	51
Feyenoord	2016–17	Eredivisie	32	21	3	2	6^[b]	2	1^[d]	0	42	25
	2017–18	Eredivisie	26	10	3	1	4^[c]	2	1^[d]	0	34	13
	2018–19	Eredivisie	24	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	28	10
	2019–20	Eredivisie	13	5	2	0	2^[b]	0	—		17	5
	2020–21	Eredivisie	19	3	1	0	3^[b]	0	—		23	3
	Total		114	46	13	6	15	4	2	0	144	56
Kasımpaşa	2021–22	Süper Lig	15	2	0	0	—		—		15	2
Copenhagen	2021–22	Danish Superliga	9	1	0	0	—		—		9	1
Career total			283	99	27	9	50	10	2	0	362	118

^ Includes Danish Cup, DFB-Pokal, KNVB Cup
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Appearances in UEFA Europa League
^ ^a ^b ^c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
^ ^a ^b Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

International

As of match played 3 March 2020^[17]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Denmark	2011	2	0
	2012	1	0
	2013	6	0
	2014	0	0
	2015	7	1
	2016	8	5
	2017	6	2
	2018	8	1
	2019	3	0
Total		41	9

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jørgensen goal.

List of international goals scored by Nicolai Jørgensen^[17]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 November 2015	Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden	Sweden	1–2	1–2	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
2	24 March 2016	MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark	Iceland	1–0	2–1	Friendly
3	24 March 2016	MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark	Iceland	2–0	2–1	Friendly
4	31 August 2016	CASA Arena, Horsens, Denmark	Liechtenstein	1–0	5–0	Friendly
5	31 August 2016	CASA Arena, Horsens, Denmark	Liechtenstein	2–0	5–0	Friendly
6	15 November 2016	Eden Arena, Prague, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1–1	1–1	Friendly
7	10 June 2017	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	1–0	3–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	1 September 2017	Telia Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Poland	3–0	4–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	16 November 2018	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	Wales	1–0	2–1	2018–19 UEFA Nations League B