Nicklas Strunck Jakobsen

Nicklas Strunck Jakobsen
Personal information
Full name Nicklas Strunck Jakobsen
Date of birth (1999-08-17) 17 August 1999
Place of birth Ølstykke, Denmark
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Nordsjælland
Number 19
Youth career
Ølstykke
Stenløse
Frederikssund
XXXX–2018 FC Nordsjælland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– FC Nordsjælland 14 (2)
National team‡
2014–2015 Denmark U-16 7 (0)
2015–2016 Denmark U-17 17 (3)
2016–2017 Denmark U-18 5 (0)
2017– Denmark U-19 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 September 2018

Nicklas Strunck Jakobsen (born 17 August 1999) is a Danish footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Nordsjælland.

Youth career

Strunck Jakobsen started his career at a club in Ølstykke, but after being sent on the second team, his dad, Kenn Strunck Jakobsen, decided to transfer him to Stenløse BK, where he once played on the first team as a senior. He played for Stenløse in two years, before joining Frederikssund, where he also played two years. As a U15 player, he joined FC Nordsjælland.[1] He won the U17 talent of the year award in 2016 by the Danish Football Association in 2016.[2]

Club career

FC Nordsjælland

Strunck Jakobsen got his first senior call up on 11 February 2018, where he sat on the bench for the whole game against SønderjyskE. He got his debut for FC Nordsjælland only five days later at the age of only 18. He started on the bench, but replaced Mikkel Damsgaard in the 91th minute in a 2-1 victory against OB in the Danish Superliga with shirt number 19.[3] Few days later, he played 72 minutes in a Danish Cup game against amateur side Vejgaard B, where he both scored and assisted a goal.

Strunck Jakobsen was officially promoted to the first team squad in the beginning of the 2018/19 season. Strunck got his contract extended in Julu 2018 until 2021.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ølstykke-talent årets U17-spiller i Danmark". sn.dk.
  2. ↑ "I BILEN MED NICKLAS STRUNCK – ÅRETS U/17 TALENT". FC Nordsjælland. 1 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "NORDSJÆLLAND VS. OB 2 - 1". soccerway.com. 16 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "FCN forlænger med Strunck og Frese". bold.dk. 24 July 2018.
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