Nicolaj Thomsen

Early career

Thomsen played for Skagen IK before he moved to Frederikshavn fI when he was 13 years old. Three years later, at the age of 16, he moved to the AaB academy.

AaB

Thomsen made his debut for AaB in the Danish Superliga as a starter in a 1–2 loss against Midtjylland on 4 April 2012. In his first season, he made six appearances, five of which were as a substitute. He scored his first goal for AaB in a 4–1 victory over Randers on 12 November 2013 in his 42nd Superliga appearance. In April 2014, Thomsen extended his contract so that it ran until 31 December 2016. Kent Nielsen, AaB's head coach at the time, stated that Thomsen "has everything that is demanded of a modern football player in top football. Relentless energy and a fine technique."

Nantes

After five seasons in AaB, Thomsen signed with FC Nantes in the French Ligue 1 in June 2016. According to Tipsbladet, the price was DKK 3.9 million, which could increase to DKK 4.5 million depending on performance. In the summer transfer window of 2015, Thomsen had also been close to moving to the French club, but negotiations were slowed down as Thomsen suffers from lazy eye which means that he has a decreased eyesight of 90% in his right eye. Thomsen made 13 appearances for the club before returning to Denmark in January 2017.

Copenhagen

On 12 January 2017, it was announced that Thomsen had signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Copenhagen, expiring in June 2021. He made his…

Nicolai Thomsen made his first international appearance on 1 March 2011, when he played for Denmark U18. Since then, he has played for U19 and U21, before getting his first match for the Danish national team on 18 November 2014 against Romania. Thomsen scored the only Danish goal in the 1–1 draw against Iceland which qualified Denmark U-21 for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. He was selected for the squad for the tournament and played the entire match in the opening win against the Czech Republic. He was in the line-up in the other two group stage-matches against Germany and Serbia. Thomsen was also chosen to the line-up in the semi-final, where Denmark was defeated by Sweden.

Club

International

As of match played 18 November 2014

Thomsen started his own menswear brand, Another Aspect, alongside childhood friends Anders Poulsen and Daniel Brøndt in 2019. They opened their own store in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, in 2019, before moving to another location on Værnedamsvej.