Michael Jakobsen

Michael Jakobsen

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

B.93 and PSV

Jakobsen started playing football with Boldklubben 1908 and Boldklubben af 1893 in the Danish 1st Division. He made his senior debut for B.93, and after a year at the club, Dutch team PSV Eindhoven spotted Jakobsen and signed him into their youth academy in 2003. Jakobsen would appear in just one first team match for PSV, playing for 10 minutes.

Aalborg BK

Jakobsen left PSV in February 2005, and returned to Denmark. He signed a contract with Aalborg BK, playing the second half of the 2004–05 Danish Superliga season. Jakobsen made his debut on 13 March 2005, in a 1–1 draw against Brøndby. He proved himself a solid defender with good passing, and played all remaining 15 Superliga games for AaB. After nine months at AaB, he signed a much-improved contract, running until December 2009. In the 2006–07 Danish Superliga season, Jakobsen played 32 of 33 games, as AaB placed third in the league, their best result in eight years. During the 2006–07 season, Jakobsen scored the first brace of his career in a 4–0 win over Vejle Boldklub on 30 July 2006. The following 2007–08 Danish Superliga season, he played a vital part in the AaB squad that ended up champions, finishing nine points clear of FC Midtjylland. Jacobsen's performances for AaB in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League campaign, including a goal in the 2–2 draw with Manchester United, brought him to the attention of several clubs from both the Premier League and Bundesliga, but in December 2008, he…

International career

While at B 93, Jakobsen played a number of games for various Danish youth national teams, winning the 2002 Danish Under-17 Player of the Year award. He played a combined total of 72 youth national team matches, scoring 10 goals, for the Danish youth selections until October 2008. While at PSV, he was dropped from the Danish under-19 football team in May 2004. After his move to AaB, he was once more called up for the Danish national youth teams, and made his debut for the Danish under-21 national team in June 2005. In May 2006, he was selected for the Denmark under-21 national team to compete at the 2006 European Under-21 Championship. He played in Denmark's three matches, before they were eliminated from the tournament. In March 2009, Jakobsen made his debut for the senior Denmark national football team.

Club
F.C. Copenhagen (2012–2013)
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Aalborg Boldspilklub (2005–2010)
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PSV Eindhoven (2003–2005)
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Unión Deportiva Almería (2010–2011)
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Boldklubben af 1893 (2002–2003)
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AaB Fodbold (2005–2010)
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Unión Deportiva Almería (2011–2012)
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FC Nordsjælland (2013–2013)
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Esbjerg fB (2014–2016)
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Lillestrøm SK (2016–2016)
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Denmark national under-21 football team (2005–2008)
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Denmark men's national football team (2009–2010)
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Denmark national under-16 association football team (2001–2001)
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Denmark national under-17 football team (2001–2003)
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Denmark national under-19 football team (2003–2005)
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Denmark national under-20 association football team (2006–2006)
National team
Denmark

Legacy

Honours

Melbourne City

FFA Cup: 2016 Adelaide United

FFA Cup: 2018 and 2019 Individual

2002 Danish Under-17 Player of the Year Danish Superliga: 2007–08 and 2012–13

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Danish footballer

Position

defender

Extract from Wikipedia

Michael Jakobsen is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender for National Premier Leagues South Australia club FK Beograd. He was named 2002 Danish Under-17 Player of the Year, and has played five games for the Denmark national team.

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