Joachim Andersen

Andersen is considered a ball-playing defender with the ability to play on both right and left side of the central defence and even in defensive midfield. In the 2018–19 season, Inter Milan midfielder Marcelo Brozović was the only player in Serie A with more accurate long-passes than Andersen.

Club

As of match played 5 September 2026

International

As of match played 7 June 2026

Denmark score listed first, score column indicates score after each Andersen goal.

Youth

Andersen started playing football at the age of four for local club Greve Fodbold, where he played from 2000 until 2009. He then joined Copenhagen's academy, School of Excellence, before leaving for Midtjylland when he was 15. At Midtjylland he moved into the talent academy in Ikast where players like Simon Kjær, Winston Reid, Erik Sviatchenko, Viktor Fischer and Pione Sisto had stayed before him. In April 2013, before he had made his first team debut with Midtjylland, Twente sent out scouts to observe Andersen, and offered him a one-week trial, which he accepted. Four months later, he signed a youth contract with FC Twente for a fee rumoured to be around 5 million Danish kroner (€650,000). The plan was to start in the youth team to acclimatise, and progress to the senior sides after about 6 months.

Twente

Though he was still an under-19 player he was promoted to the senior team and on 8 November 2013, Andersen made his first appearance for Jong Twente playing the whole match. He did not play any matches for the first team in his first season, but already in his second year at the club he was promoted to train with the first team squad with players like Dušan Tadić, Hakim Ziyech, Jesús Manuel Corona, Quincy Promes, Andreas Bjelland, Kasper Kusk and Kamohelo Mokotjo. On 7 March 2015, he got his chance in the first team debuting against Willem II, and playing the last 20 minutes. A week later, he signed a new contract with Twente until 2018. In 2015,…

He represented Denmark at U16, U17, U19, U20, and U21 levels before he was called up to the senior team for matches against Kosovo and Switzerland in March 2019. On 15 October 2019, he earned his first national team cap when Denmark beat Luxembourg 4–0. On 25 May 2021, Andersen was included in the squad for UEFA Euro 2020. On 7 November 2022, he was named in the squad for the FIFA World Cup 2022. On 30 May 2024, he was selected in the 26-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2024. In the round of 16 match against Germany, he had a goal disallowed for offside and later conceded a penalty for handling a cross, as the game concluded with a 2–0 defeat. During 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification, Andersen scored his first goal for the national team in a 3–1 victory over Greece on 12 October 2025.