Simon Makienok

Early career

Makienok grew up in Herlufmagle, and started playing for local club Suså IF at the age of 4, before making the move to Næstved Boldklub a few years later. On 27 August 2007, he transferred to the Herfølge Boldklub youth academy. He later told in the radio-show Fodboldeffekten on Radio 100, that Næstved Boldklub tried to retain him by offering him a job in a local Shell fuel station, due to lacking funds to pay players. After having spent a year in Herfølge, Makienok signed a five-year contract with the club. On 22 June 2009, he was effectively promoted to the first team competing in the Danish 1st Division (second highest division). He made 22 goals in 58 league appearances for Herfølge and since HB Køge, as part of a 2009 merger.

Brøndby

Makienok joined Brøndby IF on 28 January 2012 on a €550,000 transfer from HB Køge, signing a four-year contract which tied him to the club until the summer of 2016. He made his debut on 4 March 2012, in a 1–0 win against SønderjyskE. He scored his first goal for the club on 18 March 2012 in a 2–1 away win over FC Nordsjælland. He scored a total of 11 goals in 33 league and cup appearances in the 2011–12 season for HB Køge and Brøndby. In the following season, Makienok was rewarded with Player of the Month of the Danish Superliga for his performances during November 2012. In the 2012–13 season he amassed 15 goals in 34 league and cup appearances, as Brøndby barely avoided relegation from the Superliga in the…

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In August 2013, Simon Makienok started dating the Danish TV-host Ibi Støving who is 16 years older than him. Ibi has a son, Anakin, with the former professional footballer Tobias Grahn. The couple revealed on their personal blog crystalkidbabyshark.com that Makienok had proposed to Ibi on 4 April 2014. They got married on 6 September 2014 in Holmen Church in Copenhagen. On 3 December 2019, it was confirmed that Makienok and Støving had split a year prior to the report, as rumours had emerged after the two had unfollowed each other on Instagram. It was later revealed that Makienok had started dating Støving's friend, The Voice radio-host Ida-Sophia Petersen.