Mikkel Mena Qvist
Mikkel Mena Qvist (born 22 April 1993) is a Danish-Colombian footballer, who plays as a left midfielder for Icelandic team KA, on loan from AC Horsens.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mikkel Mena Qvist | ||
Date of birth | 22 April 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Bogotá, Colombia | ||
Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in).[1] | ||
Playing position(s) | Left midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | KA (on loan from Horsens) | ||
Youth career | |||
Lyseng | |||
ASA | |||
AGF | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2017 | Lyseng | ||
2017– | Horsens | 67 | (3) |
2020– | → KA (loan) | 0 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:45, 5 February 2020 (UTC) |
Youth career
Qvist started his career at IF Lyseng, before joining ASA fodbold. As a U10-player, he joined AGF, where he played until he was 19 years old. He started playing as a left winger, until he was U13-player. After his team needed a left back, he began playing the role as left back.[2]
Club career
Lyseng IF
Qvist joined IF Lyseng after playing U19 football at AGF. He played for their team in the 4th tier of football in Denmark.
AC Horsens
On 6 December 2016 it was confirmed, that AC Horsens had signed Qvist surprisingly enough from a much lower rated Danish team, after successful one week trial.[2] Qvist got spotted after a match between his former club, Lyseng IF, and his new club, AC Horsens, in a Danish Cup game.
He got his debut for AC Horsens on 15 March 2017. Qvist started on the bench, but replaced Mikkel Jespersen in the 74th minute in a 3-1 defeat against his former youth club AGF in the Danish Cup. Qvist normally played as a left fullback, but was mostly used as a left midfielder in his first half season.
The midfielder got his official debut for AC Horsens on 7 April 2017.[3] Qvist started on the bench, but came on the pitch in the 81st minute, replacing André Bjerregaard in a 0-2 loss against Randers FC in the Danish Superliga.
Qvist signed a new contract with ACH in May 2017 until the summer 2019.[1] His contract got once again extended on 9 May 2018, this time until the summer 2022.[1]
On 4 February 2020, Qvist was loaned out to Icelandic club KA.[4]
References
- "AC Horsens forlænger med Mikkel Mena Qvist". achorsens.dk. 11 May 2017.
- "AC Horsens skriver kontrakt med Mikkel Qvist". achorsens.dk. 6 December 2016.
- "RANDERS VS. HORSENS 2 - 0". soccerway.com. 7 April 2017.
- "AC Horsens udlejer Mikkel Mena Qvist til KA Akureyri". achorsens.dk. 4 February 2020.
External links
- Mikkel Mena Qvist at Soccerway