Thais Damgaard

Thais Damgaard Nielsen (born 23 March 2000), is a Danish footballer who currently plays as a winger for Middelfart G&BK on loan from Vejle Boldklub.

Career

Vejle BK

Damgaard joined Vejle Boldklub in January 2015 at the age of 14 from AC Horsens and was immediately promoted to the U17 squad.

He got his first team debut on 11 September 2018 in a Danish Cup game against BK Frem. Damgaard started on the bench, before replacing Sean Murray in the 80th minute in a game which Vejle won after penalties. In December 2019, he also got his debut in the Danish Superliga.

Ahead of the 2019-20 season, Damgaard was permanently promoted to the first team squad and signed a 1-year full time professional contract after a good season with the U19's, scoring 12 goals which made him the topscorer of the team. On 22 July 2019, Damgaard signed a new three-year contract with Vejle and was loaned out to Finnish club Helsinki IFK, a club owned by the same owner of Vejle. On 22 January 2020, Damgaard was loaned out again, this time to Danish 2nd Division club Middelfart G&BK.

Personal life

Damgaard's grandad, Anders Damgaard, was also a footballer and played 110 division games for Horsens fS in the 1950's. His mother, Gitte Damgaard, is a former handball player who played for Horsens HK.

Career statistics

Club

As of 8 December 2019.

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