Patrick Mortensen

Early career

Born in Copenhagen, through his youth years, Mortensen has represented several clubs from Copenhagen such as AB 70, Amager United and the merger youth academy of several clubs from Amager, FS Amager, which changed its name to Amager - Øens Hold in the time Mortensen played there. Mortensen began his senior career for the second-tier Danish 1st Division club Fremad Amager. In the period before his debut at senior level, he had been allowed to practice as an amateur with club's first team by the then head coach Benny Johansen and convinced the club's professional management to offer him a more permanent contract, which he signed on 5 November 2006. He officially made his debut as a 17-year-old for the club's first team on 15 October 2006, a month after his 17th birthday, in a home game at Sundby Idrætspark against Lyngby Boldklub in the 1st Division, when he came on as a substitute for Lars Brøgger in the 84th minute. Mortensen subsequently reached a total of 10 appearances with one goal, in the home game against Thisted on 15 April 2007, in the 2006–07 season, after which Fremad Amager suffered relegation to the third-tier Danish 2nd Division.

Brøndby

With effect from 1 August 2007, Mortensen moved to Danish Superliga club Brøndby on a two-year contract and thus accompanied one of his former head coaches Peer F. Hansen to Brøndby, where Hansen had recently been hired as a U21 coach. Mortensen began his tenure at the club's reserve team in the…

Mortensen made his debut for the Denmark under-21 national team in 2010. In November 2020, he was called up to Kasper Hjulmand's senior squad for the friendly against Sweden due to several cancellations from, among others, the Danish national team players playing in England, due to the COVID-19 restrictions, as well as a case of COVID-19 in the squad, which had put several national team players in quarantine. He was on the bench for the game against Sweden.

Club

As of match played 6 September 2026

Sarpsborg 08

Norwegian Football Cup runner-up: 2015, 2017 AGF

Danish Superliga: 2025–26 Individual

AGF Player of the Year: 2019–20, 2024–25 Danish Superliga Top Scorer: 2022–23, 2024–25 Danish Superliga Player of the Month: February 2025 Danish Superliga Team of the Year: 2024–25