Martin Braithwaite

Martin Braithwaite
Personal information
Full name Martin Christensen Braithwaite[1]
Date of birth (1991-06-05) 5 June 1991
Place of birth Esbjerg, Denmark
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Playing position Winger, forward
Club information
Current team
 Middlesbrough
Number 10
Youth career
SGI
Esbjerg fB
2007 FC Midtjylland
2007–2009 Esbjerg fB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Esbjerg fB 88 (17)
2013–2017 Toulouse 136 (35)
2017– Middlesbrough 30 (8)
2018 → Bordeaux (loan) 14 (4)
National team‡
2008 Denmark U17 3 (0)
2009–2010 Denmark U19 11 (2)
2012–2013 Denmark U21 2 (0)
2013– Denmark 24 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:00, 6 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2018

Martin Christensen Braithwaite (born 5 June 1991) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championship club Middlesbrough and the Denmark national team.

Club career

Esbjerg fB

Braithwaite started his youth career with Esbjerg before spending a short time at FC Midtjylland's sports academy. He moved back to Esbjerg after only a short time, signing a three-year youth contract in 2007[3] before going on trials with both Reggina and Newcastle United.[4][5] He made his Esbjerg debut in 2009, making 63 Superligaen appearances for the club and scoring 12 goals, including nine in the 2012–13 season during which he appeared in every league game for the club.[6] He won the Danish Cup with the club in 2012–13, scoring two goals in the semi-final second leg defeat of Brøndby IF.

Following his impressive displays for Esbjerg in the 2013 Danish Superliga spring season and the Danish Cup he was called up to the Danish national squad in the summer of 2013. At the same time he was being rumoured to be attracting the interest of a number of European clubs including Auxerre, Rennes, Celtic and Hull City.[7][8][9]

Toulouse

On 14 August 2013, whilst away on national duty for a friendly international against Poland, DR reported that Braithwaite had been sold to French club Toulouse FC for an estimated DKK 15 million (roughly €2 million).[10] Braithwaite started the match and scored Denmark's second goal.

Middlesbrough

On 13 July 2017, Braithwaite signed a four-year contract with EFL Championship club Middlesbrough for an undisclosed fee, reported to be around £9 million.[11] Under the initial management of Garry Monk,[12] he became the club's third signing of the season, after Jonny Howson and Cyrus Christie.[13][14] He scored his first goal for Middlesbrough in a 2–2 draw with Brentford on 30 September 2017.[15]

Braithwaite made his league debut for the club on 5 August 2017 at the Molineux Stadium, where Middlesbrough were defeated 1–0 by Wolverhampton Wanderers.[16] He scored his first goal for the club on 30 September 2017, in a 2–2 draw against Brentford at the Riverside Stadium.[17]

Braithwaite was loaned out to Bordeaux on 31 January 2018 for the rest of the season.[18]

International career

Having already represented several Danish national youth teams, in the summer of 2012 Braithwaite was offered the chance to represent Guyana, being eligible through his Guyanese father. He declined the offer[19] and went on to make his senior debut for the Danish national team in June 2013 in a friendly against Georgia, starting the game and playing the first half. He remained in the squad for the 2014 World Cup qualification match against Armenia.[20] Braithwaite scored his first international goal in his second match in a friendly in August 2013 against Poland. In May 2018 he was named in Denmark’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[21]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 May 2018 [22][23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Esbjerg fB 2009–10 Superliga 10000———100
2010–11 16020———180
2011–12 1st Division 26510———275
2012–13 Superliga 33952———3811
2013–14 4300———43
Total 89178200——9719
Toulouse 2013–14 Ligue 1 3272120——368
2014–15 3461010——366
2015–16 36112231——4013
2016–17 34111011——3612
Total 136357372——14940
Middlesbrough 2017–18 Championship 1952100——216
Bordeaux (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 1 1440000——144
Career total 2586117672——28269

    International

    Statistics accurate as of match played 1 July 2018.[24]
    Denmark
    YearAppsGoals
    201351
    201420
    201550
    201620
    201730
    201870
    Total241

    International goals

    №DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1.14 August 2013PGE Arena Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland Poland2–12–3Friendly

    Personal life

    Braithwaite has a Guyanese father [25] and his younger sister Mathilde (* 2002) plays football for KoldingQ and for Denmark's U-16 national women's football team.[26]

    References

    1. ↑ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Middlesbrough" (PDF). English Football League. p. 23. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
    2. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
    3. ↑ bold.dk. "Esbjerg skriver med Braithwaite". bold.dk.
    4. ↑ bold.dk. "Reggina tester Esbjerg-talenter". bold.dk.
    5. ↑ bold.dk. "Esbjerg-talent glad for engelsk prøvetræning". bold.dk.
    6. ↑ Martin Braithwaite, Danskfodbold.com. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
    7. ↑ bold.dk. "Medie: EfB'er varm i England og Skotland". bold.dk.
    8. ↑ bold.dk. "Braithwaite kender til fransk interesse". bold.dk.
    9. ↑ "Celtic and Hull City keen on Esbjerg's Braithwaite - Tribal Football".
    10. ↑ "Martin Braithwaite til Toulouse".
    11. ↑ "Martin Braithwaite: Middlesbrough sign Denmark forward from Toulouse". BBC Sport. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
    12. ↑ "Middlesbrough appoint Monk as new manager". Reuters. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
    13. ↑ "Cyrus Christie Set For Boro Medical". Middlesbrough Official Site. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
    14. ↑ "Boro Set To Swoop For Jonny Howson". Middlesbrough Official Site. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
    15. ↑ "Middlesbrough 2–2 Brentford". BBC. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
    16. ↑ "Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Middlesbrough". 5 August 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
    17. ↑ "Middlesbrough 2-2 Brentford". 30 September 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
    18. ↑ Officielt: Braithwaite til Bordeaux‚ bold.dk, 31 January 2018
    19. ↑ bold.dk. "Esbjerg-profil takker nej til landshold". bold.dk.
    20. ↑ bold.dk. "EfB-duo og Stryger i Olsens hat". bold.dk.
    21. ↑ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - 23-man & preliminary lists & when will they be announced? - Goal.com".
    22. ↑ "MARTIN BRAITHWAITE L'EQUIPE Profile". L'Equipe. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
    23. ↑ Martin Braithwaite at Soccerway
    24. ↑ Martin Braithwaite at National-Football-Teams.com
    25. ↑ "Martin Braithwaite (left) rejected an offer to play for Guyana in favour of birthplace Denmark". BBVC. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
    26. ↑ "Debut til Mathilde Braithwaite på U16 Pigelandsholdet..." KoldingQ. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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