Mikael Anderson

Mikael Neville Anderson (born 1 July 1998) is an Icelandic footballer of Jamaican descent who plays as a winger for FC Midtjylland.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Mikael.
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(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 FC Midtjylland
Number 34
Youth career
AGF
FC Midtjylland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– FC Midtjylland 17 (4)
2017–2018 → Vendsyssel FF (loan) 20 (6)
2018–2019 → Excelsior (loan) 17 (1)
National team‡
2014 Iceland U-16 3 (0)
2016 Denmark U-18 1 (0)
2017 Denmark U-19 1 (0)
2017– Iceland U-21 13 (0)
2018– Iceland 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 January 2020

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.[1]

After a successful 2015/16 with the U19 squad, eight U19 players including 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 did not want to sign it.[2] Anderson revealed, that he did not wanted to tell what the problem was, but if the club couldn't accommodate his requirements. However, he signed the contract in October 2016.[3] In November 2016, he went back from a six-month injury in his knee.[4]

He made his professional debut in the Danish Superliga for FC Midtjylland on 4 December 2016 in a game against AGF.[5]

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.[6] He scored the winning goal in a 1-2 victory against Lyngby BK and secured a promotion to 3F Superliga for the first time in the clubs history.

On loan to Excelsior

On 2 July 2018, Anderson was loaned out to Excelsior in the Eredivisie for the rest of the season.[7]

Return to FC Midtjylland

Anderson returned to FC Midtjylland for the 2019/20 season and was called up for the first game of the Danish Superliga season against Esbjerg fB. Anderson started on the bench and came on the pitch in the 85th minute. He scored the match winning goal in the last minute which gave Midtjylland a 1-0 victory in the first league game.[8]

International career

Mikael has represented both Iceland and Denmark internationally at youth levels. In late 2017 he decided to represent Iceland internationally.[9] On 15 December 2017 he was called up to the senior Iceland squad for two friendlies against Indonesia in January 2018.[10]

Personal life

Mikael has an Icelandic mother and a Jamaican father.[9] He also has Danish citizenship having been partially raised in the country.[9]

References
  1. Tonsser-jul: Kantspiller med 12 mål i 14 kampe‚ tipsbladet.dk, 12 December 2014
  2. Mikael Anderson i kontraktstrid med FCM: Det ser ikke ud til, vi bliver enige‚ dbold.dk, 17 August 2016
  3. FCM skriver lang kontrakt med Anderson‚ bold.dk, 5 October 2016
  4. Endelig tilbage på græs: Mikael Anderson overvinder springerknæ‚ dbold.dk, 13 November 2016
  5. "Game Report by Weltfussball". Weltfussball. 4 December 2016.
  6. FCM udlejer Mikael Anderson til Vendsyssel‚ bold.dk, 31 August 2017
  7. Mikael Anderson får lejeaftale i Æresdivisionen‚ fcm.dk, 2 July 2018
  8. FCM-matchvinder: Det har jeg drømt om, bold.dk, 12 July 2019
  9. "Mikael valdi Ísland fram yfir Danmörk: Erfið ákvörðun".
  10. "A karla - Hópurinn sem fer til Indónesíu" (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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