Nicolai Jørgensen
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 15 January 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Ballerup, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Feyenoord | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2001 | Skovlunde IF | ||
| 2001–2006 | Akademisk Boldklub | ||
| 2006 | Brøndby IF | ||
| 2007–2009 | Akademisk Boldklub | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Akademisk Boldklub | 32 | (8) |
| 2010–2012 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | (0) |
| 2012 | → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Copenhagen (loan) | 8 | (3) |
| 2012–2016 | Copenhagen | 92 | (43) |
| 2016– | Feyenoord | 30 | (21) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | Denmark U18 | 4 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Denmark U19 | 12 | (6) |
| 2011 | Denmark U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Denmark U21 | 10 | (1) |
| 2011– | Denmark | 22 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:00, 11 December 2016 (UTC) |
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Nicolai Jørgensen (born 15 January 1991) is a Danish association footballer who plays as a striker for Feyenoord and the Denmark national team.
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 an U-15 player in Brøndby IF.
He joined German team Bayer 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 the match against Borussia Mönchengladbach on Sunday 29 August 2010.
In July 2012, Jørgensen returned to his native Denmark joining F.C. Copenhagen on a one-year loan. Already in following September the club announced to have had exercised a purchase option, making the deal permanent. Jørgensen signed a contract until 2016.
During the summer of 2016, Jørgensen joined Feyenoord Rotterdam for €3.5 million signing a five-year deal.
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.
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