Mikkel Mena Qvist
Quick Facts
Biography
Mikkel Mena Qvist (born 22 April 1993) is a Danish-Colombian footballer, who plays as a left midfielder for AC Horsens.
Youth career
Qvist started his career at Lyseng IF, before joining ASA fodbold. As a U10-player, he joined AGF until he was U19-player. He started playing as a left winger, until he was U13-player. His team needed a left back, and began playing as a left back.
Club career
Lyseng IF
Qvist joined Lyseng IF 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. 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. Qvist started on the bench, but came on the pitch in the 81th 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.