Mikkel Bischoff

Mikkel Rufus Mutahi Bischoff (born 3 February 1982) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Having started his senior career with AB in 2001, he joined Manchester City a year later. For Manchester City, he only made two appearances in four years and was loaned out to Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday. After leaving Manchester City, he spent half a season at Coventry City before returning to Denmark with Brøndby where he remained for a few years. He ended his career with Lyngby in 2011. He also played four games for the Denmark under-21 national team.

Mikkel Bischoff
Personal information
Full name Mikkel Rufus Mutahi Bischoff
Date of birth (1982-02-03) 3 February 1982
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Youth career
KB
Fremad Amager
AB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 AB 10 (0)
2002–2006 Manchester City 1 (0)
2004–2005 → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 11 (1)
2006 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 4 (0)
2006–2007 Coventry City 3 (0)
2007–2011 Brøndby 54 (1)
2011 Lyngby 0 (0)
Total 83 (2)
National team
2002–2003 Denmark U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

Born in Copenhagen, Bischoff made his senior debut with Danish club Akademisk Boldklub, where he played just eleven Danish league games. On 15 May 2002, he moved abroad to join English club Manchester City for a fee of £750,000. He was the fourth Dane to sign for Manchester City in less than a year, with Peter Schmeichel, Niclas Jensen and Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard at City already. Bischoff's capture was part of a move to strengthen the team's prospects for the future, and Bischoff made his debut for the Danish under-21 national team upon his arrival at City. After making his one and only league appearance for City against Blackburn Rovers in September 2002, he underwent a hernia operation, and was unable to make an impression for the club. He was under the knife again in the summer of 2003 after picking up a foot injury playing for the Denmark under-21 side.

Things did not get much better for Bischoff during the 2003–04 season. He returned for just one game – making an appearance in the starting lineup for the second-leg UEFA Cup victory over League of Wales club TNS in August. Bischoff returned to the reserves.

At the end of September 2004, Bischoff joined Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers on a month-long loan deal, in order to gain some valuable first team experience. After impressing in seven appearances and a goal against Nottingham Forest,[1] he remained at Molineux as he signed a season-long loan deal with the club on the last day of the transfer window.

Bischoff returned to Manchester City at the end of the season, but after another half-year as a substitute, he signed a loan deal with Sheffield Wednesday in March 2006 and made his "Owls" debut against QPR the following day. In spite of suffering a small injury, Bischoff played his part in helping Wednesday avoid relegation from the Football League Championship, indeed one long ball which led to a goal in the 3–1 win over former side Wolves is still talked about by Wednesday fans to this day. At the end of the season, he was released by Manchester City, along with nine teammates, following the expiry of his contract. He went on to sign for Coventry City several weeks later, in June 2006. After three games in seven months, Bischoff moved back to Denmark on a free transfer in the January 2007 transfer window, in order to play for Brøndby IF.[2] He played regularly during his first couple of seasons at the club.

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League cup Europe Others Total Ref.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AB 2001–02 Danish Superliga 100–0000100 [3]
Manchester City 2002–03 Premier League 100000000010 [4]
2003–04 Premier League 000000100010 [5]
Total 100000100020 –
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 2004–05 Championship 11100000000111 [6]
Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 2005–06 Championship 400000000040 [7]
Coventry City 2006–07 Championship 300000000030 [8]
Brøndby IF 2006–07 Danish Superliga 60–000060 [3]
2007–08 Danish Superliga 20–000020 [3]
2008–09 Danish Superliga 130–1000140 [3]
2009–10 Danish Superliga 260–5100311 [3]
2010–11 Danish Superliga 71–5000121 [3]
Total 541000011100652 –
Career total 832000012100953 –

References
  1. "Wolves 2–1 Nottm Forest". BBC. 6 November 2004. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
  2. http://www.brondby.com/article.asp?aid=39693&id=145
  3. "Mikkel Bischoff » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  4. "Games played by Mikkel Bischoff in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  5. "Games played by Mikkel Bischoff in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  6. "Games played by Mikkel Bischoff in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. "Games played by Mikkel Bischoff in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  8. "Games played by Mikkel Bischoff in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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