Jeppe Okkels

Jeppe Okkels (born 27 July 1999 in Denmark) is a Danish footballer who plays as a left winger for Danish Superliga-side Silkeborg IF.

Jeppe Okkels
Personal information
Full name Jeppe Okkels
Date of birth (1999-07-27) 27 July 1999
Place of birth Denmark
Playing position(s) Left winger
Club information
Current team
Silkeborg IF
Number 7
Youth career
ØBG Silkeborg
2011–2018 Silkeborg IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Silkeborg IF 81 (9)
National team
2014–2015 Denmark U-16 7 (0)
2015–2016 Denmark U-17 14 (4)
2016–2017 Denmark U-18 4 (2)
2017–2018 Denmark U-19 9 (3)
2019– Denmark U-20 2 (0)
2020– Denmark U-21 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:16, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:33, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Youth career

Jeppe Okkels started playing football at the age of 3–4 and moved from ØBG Silkeborg to Silkeborg IF at the age of 12, joining the club's U13s. During the summer vacation 2014, he harvested the first fruits of his hard work when he both signed a contract with SIF and were called up for the U16 national team.[1]

In the Easter 2015, Okkels went on a one-week trial at German giants FC Bayern Munich.

Club career

Silkeborg

Okkels got his Danish 1st Division- and SIF debut on 28 May 2016. Okkels started on the bench, but replaced Mikkel Vendelbo in the 67th minute in a 5–0 victory against Vejle Boldklub.[2]

References

  1. "Jeppe Okkels". silkeborgif.com.
  2. "SILKEBORG VS. VEJLE 5 - 0". soccerway.com. 29 September 2016.
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