Mikael Anderson

Mikael Anderson
Personal information
Full name Mikael Neville Anderson
Date of birth (1998-07-01) 1 July 1998
Place of birth Reykjavik, Iceland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Excelsior
(on loan from FC Midtjylland)
Number 15
Youth career
AGF
FC Midtjylland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– FC Midtjylland 2 (0)
2017–2018 → Vendsyssel FF (loan) 20 (6)
2018– → Excelsior (loan) 4 (1)
National team‡
2014 Iceland U-17 3 (0)
2016 Denmark U-18 1 (0)
2017 Denmark U-19 1 (0)
2017– Iceland U-21 2 (0)
2018– Iceland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 April 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 January 2018

Mikael Neville Anderson (born 1 July 1998) is an Icelandic football player of Jamaican descent who plays for Excelsior, on loan from FC Midtjylland.

Personal life

Mikael has an Icelandic mother and a Jamaican father.[1] He also has Danish citizenship having been partially raised in the country.[1]

Club career

FC Midtjylland

Anderson is a product of FC Midtjylland and joined the club as a U14 player . At the age of 14, he was invited to a trial at Aston Villa.[2]

After a successful 2015/16 with the U19 squad, eight U19 players inclusive Anderson was promoted to the first team squad. All of them was offered a full time professional contract. FCM offered him a five-year contract in August 2016, but Anderson didn't want to sign it.[3] Anderson revealed, that he didn't wanted to tell what the problem was, but if the club couldn't accommodate his requirements. However, he signed the contract in October 2016.[4] In November 2016, he went back from a 6-months injury in his knee.[5]

He made his professional debut in the Danish Superliga for FC Midtjylland on 4 December 2016 in a game against AGF.[6]

On loan to Vendsyssel FF

On 31 August 2017, Anderson was loaned out to Vendsyssel FF in the Danish 1st Division for the rest of the season.[7]

On loan to Excelsior

On 2 July 2018, Anderson was loaned out to Excelsior in the Eredivisie for the rest of the season.[8]

International career

Mikael has represented both Iceland and Denmark internationally at youth levels. In late 2017 he decided to represent Iceland internationally.[1] On 15 December 2017 he was called up to the senior Iceland squad for two friendlies against Indonesia in January 2018.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mikael valdi Ísland fram yfir Danmörk: Erfið ákvörðun".
  2. ↑ Tonsser-jul: Kantspiller med 12 mål i 14 kampe‚ tipsbladet.dk, 12 December 2014
  3. ↑ Mikael Anderson i kontraktstrid med FCM: Det ser ikke ud til, vi bliver enige‚ dbold.dk, 17 August 2016
  4. ↑ FCM skriver lang kontrakt med Anderson‚ bold.dk, 5 October 2016
  5. ↑ Endelig tilbage på græs: Mikael Anderson overvinder springerknæ‚ dbold.dk, 13 November 2016
  6. ↑ "Game Report by Weltfussball". Weltfussball. 4 December 2016.
  7. ↑ FCM udlejer Mikael Anderson til Vendsyssel‚ bold.dk, 31 August 2017
  8. ↑ Mikael Anderson får lejeaftale i Æresdivisionen‚ fcm.dk, 2 July 2018
  9. ↑ "A karla - Hópurinn sem fer til Indónesíu" (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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