Christian Nørgaard

Christian Thers Nørgaard (Danish pronunciation: [ˈnɶɐ̯ˌkɒˀ]; born 10 March 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English club Brentford. He came to prominence in his homeland with Brøndby and was capped by Denmark at youth level.

Christian Nørgaard
Nørgaard playing for Hamburger SV II in 2012
Personal information
Full name Christian Thers Nørgaard[1]
Date of birth (1994-03-10) 10 March 1994
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Brentford
Number 6
Youth career
BK Heimdal
0000–2008 Espergærde IF
2008–2012 Lyngby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Lyngby 1 (0)
2012–2013 Hamburger SV II 22 (2)
2012–2013 Hamburger SV 0 (0)
2013–2018 Brøndby 116 (8)
2018–2019 Fiorentina 6 (0)
2019– Brentford 42 (0)
National team
2009–2010 Denmark U16 3 (0)
2010–2011 Denmark U17 22 (3)
2011–2013 Denmark U19 19 (1)
2013 Denmark U20 2 (1)
2013–2017 Denmark U21 27 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:49, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Early years

A midfielder, Nørgaard began his career in his native Denmark with BK Heimdal and Espergærde IF, before entering the youth system at Lyngby in 2008.[3] He progressed to win three calls into the first team squad during the 2011–12 season and made his only senior appearance for the club as a substitute in a 2–2 Superliga draw with HB Køge on 20 November 2011.[4] Two months later, Nørgaard transferred to Bundesliga club Hamburger SV for a €400,000 fee and signed a three-and-a-half year contract.[5] He was unable to settle at the club and failed to make any first team appearances before his departure in August 2013.[3] He gained his first regular experience of senior football with 22 appearances for the reserve team.[4]

Brøndby IF

On 21 August 2013, it was announced that Nørgaard had joined Danish Superliga club Brøndby on a four-year contract.[6] After making 13 appearances during the 2013–14 season,[7] he thereafter was a regular fixture in the team and signed a new two-and-a-half year contract in January 2017.[8] Nørgaard was named as Brøndby's Player of the Year for the 2017 calendar year and won the first silverware of his career with the 2017–18 Danish Cup.[9][1] Nørgaard became a cult hero at the club and by the time of his departure in July 2018,[10] he had made 145 appearances and scored 11 goals.[4]

Fiorentina

On 19 July 2018, Nørgaard moved to Italy to sign for Serie A club Fiorentina for a fee of approximately €3.5 million.[11] He signed a four-year contract,[12] but made just six appearances before departing the club in May 2019.[13][14]

Brentford

On 28 May 2019, Nørgaard moved to England to join Championship club Brentford on a four-year contract, with the option of an additional year, for an undisclosed fee,[14] reported to be £2.8 million.[15] The move reunited him with his former Brøndby and Denmark youth coach Thomas Frank.[16] Used as a screening midfielder in front of the defence,[17] Nørgaard made 45 appearances during the 2019–20 season,[18] which ended with defeat in the 2020 Championship play-off Final.[19]

International career

Nørgaard won 73 caps and scored five goals for Denmark between U16 and U21 level.[20] He was a part of the Danes' 2011 U17 World Cup and 2015 and 2017 European U21 Championship squads.[14] Nørgaard was an unused substitute for the senior team during two UEFA Nations League group stage matches in September and November 2018.[4]

Career statistics
As of match played 4 August 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoals
Lyngby BK 2011–12[4] Superliga 1000 —— —10
Hamburger SV II 2011–12[4] Regionalliga Nord 61— —— —61
2012–13[4] 161— —— —161
Total 222——— —222
Hamburger SV 2012–13[4] Bundesliga 0000—— —00
Brøndby 2013–14[7] Superliga 13000 —— —130
2014–15[4] 21331 —1[lower-alpha 1]0 —264
2015–16[4] 16040 —4[lower-alpha 1]0 —250
2016–17[4] 31441 —8[lower-alpha 1]0 —275
2017–18[4] 34141 —3[lower-alpha 1]0 —412
2018–19[13] 10— —00 —10
Total 1168153 —160 —14711
Fiorentina 2018–19[13] Serie A 6000 —— —60
Brentford 2019–20[18] Championship 4200000— 3[lower-alpha 2] 0450
Career total 1861015300160 3 022013
  1. Appearances in Europa League
  2. Appearances in Championship play-offs

Honours

Brøndby

Individual

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References
  1. "Get to Know: Christian Nørgaard". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. "Christian Nørgaard – Midfielder – First Team – Brentford FC". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. "Christian Nørgaard, stortalentet fra Espergærde". Helsingør Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  4. Christian Nørgaard at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  5. Hanghøj Kristensen, Søren (25 January 2012). "Lyngby-talent solgt to HSV" (in Danish). www.tipsbladet.dk. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  6. "Brøndby IF henter Christian Nørgaard i HSV – Brøndby IF". brondby.com (in Danish). www.brondby.com. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  7. "Games played by Christian Nørgaard in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  8. "Brøndby IF og Christian Nørgaard forlænger kontrakten – Brøndby IF". brondby.com (in Danish). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  9. Hansen, Kenneth. "Christian Nørgaard årets spiller i Brøndby". bold.dk. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  10. "Bech: Kæmpe skulderklap til Nørgaard". bold.dk (in Danish). bold.dk. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  11. "Brøndby sælger Christian Nørgaard til Fiorentina". DR (in Danish). DR. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  12. "Medie: Christian Nørgaard er på vej væk fra Fiorentina". Tipsbladet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  13. "Games played by Christian Nørgaard in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  14. "Christian Nørgaard signs from Fiorentina". www.brentfordfc.com. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  15. "Brentford to sign Christian Norgaard from Fiorentina". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  16. "Nørgaard genforenes med Thomas Frank i Brentford". jv.dk (in Danish). JydskeVestkysten. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  17. Fisher, Ben (3 August 2020). "Silk and steel: how Thomas Frank gave Brentford reason to dream big | Ben Fisher". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  18. "Games played by Christian Nørgaard in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  19. "Brentford 1 Fulham 2". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  20. "Landsholdsdatabasen". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
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