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Mikkel Duelund (born 29 June 1997) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Midtjylland in the Danish Superliga and the Denmark U21 national team.
Club career
Midtjylland
Born in Aarhus, Denmark, Duelund began his playing career with Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland. In 2013, he took part in a trial with Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven but ultimately remained with Midtjylland's youth team. During his time with the U19 group, Duelund won the Top Goalscorer and Player of the Season awards as the side were crowned Danish champions. In 2014, he was named by The Guardian as one of 40 best young talents in World Football. Following his form at youth level Duelund was promoted to the first-team, making his league debut in March 2015 against Hobro IK, coming on as a second-half substitute for Petter Andersson. At the end of his debut season he had a Superliga medal to his name. In the year that followed he made a goalscoring debut in the Champions League against Lincoln Red Imps before later debuting in the Europa League against Napoli.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup1 | League Cup | Continental2 | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Midtjylland | 2014–15 | Superliga | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6 | ||
| 2016–17 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7 | ||
| Career Total | 56 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 13 | ||
1 Includes Danish Cup matches.
2 Includes both UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches.
Honours
Club
FC Midtjylland
- Danish Superliga: 2015
Personal life
In February 2016, in the build-up to Midtjylland's Europa League clash with Manchester United, Duelund admitted to being a lifelong fan of the Premier League club and named Wayne Rooney as being his idol.