Nicolai Jørgensen


Nicolai Mick Jørgensen is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Feyenoord and the Denmark national team.

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.

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, and was subsequently signed for a five-year contract with Leverkusen on 12 July 2010. 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.

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.

Feyenoord

During the summer of 2016, Jørgensen joined Feyenoord for €3.5 million signing a five-year deal. 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.
On 22 April 2018, he scored the opening goal as Feyenoord won the 2017–18 KNVB Cup final 3–0 against AZ Alkmaar.
On 14 June 2019, Feyenoord announced that they had reached principle agreement with Jørgensen to extend his contract until 2022.

International career

On 4 October 2010, Jørgensen was called up for the Denmarks 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. 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 May 2018 he was named in Denmark's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
114 November 2015Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden1–21–2UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
224 March 2016MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark1–02–1Friendly
324 March 2016MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark2–02–1Friendly
431 August 2016CASA Arena, Horsens, Denmark1–05–0Friendly
531 August 2016CASA Arena, Horsens, Denmark2–05–0Friendly
615 November 2016Eden Arena, Prague, Czech Republic1–11–1Friendly
710 June 2017Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan1–03–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
81 September 2017Telia Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark3–04–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
916 November 2018Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales1–02–12018–19 UEFA Nations League B

Honours

Club

F.C. Copenhagen
Feyenoord