Mads Junker

Born in Copenhagen, Junker made his debut in the Danish Superliga in 2000, playing for Lyngby BK while attending High School on the side. Although attracting attention from abroad, he signed with Brøndby IF in December 2001 on a four-year contract. Due to financial difficulties in Lyngby BK he was allowed to leave on a free transfer. Junker was never a great success, and he was allowed to go on loan to First Division side Ølstykke FC. Junker did not fit into the 4–2–3–1 system favoured by Brøndby manager Michael Laudrup and in 2004; he was sold to FC Nordsjælland.

Nordsjælland

At FC Nordsjælland Junker got off to a flying start, scoring 11 goals in the first half of the season. During the last half, however, he only managed to score twice. In his second season, he was caught red-handed cheating his teammates in a series of poker games. In total, Junker swindled his teammates out of 100.000–150.000 DKK. Junker said his desire to win had caused him to use dishonest means, and stated that the incident had taught him a lesson as well as cost him a few friendships. As punishment, he was replaced as vice-captain by Kim Christensen. After the gambling incident Junker became increasingly modest, always praising team performance instead of personal ability. Whether this had an influence is unknown, but Junker finally found the stability that had been lacking. Citing the 4–4–2 system and his team as a major factor, Junker scored 15 goals in the first half of the season, thus…

Junker made his first appearance for the Danish national team on 16 August 2006 in a friendly against Poland, when he replaced Nicklas Bendtner in the 67' minute. Before this he had played 6 games for the U-21 team, 5 games for the U-20 team and 2 games for the U-19 team.

Junker began working as a football pundit on Danish television during his active career as a player. He became a commentator for TV 2 in 2019 for their new channel, TV 2 Sport X.