Nikolai Baden Frederiksen

Nikolai 'Futte' Baden Frederiksen (born 18 May 2000) is a Danish footballer who plays as a forward for Fortuna Sittard on loan from Juventus U23.

Nikolai Baden
Personal information
Full name Nikolai Baden Frederiksen
Date of birth (2000-05-18) 18 May 2000
Place of birth Denmark
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Fortuna Sittard
(on loan from Juventus U23)
Number 52
Youth career
Næsby BK
2015–2017 FC Nordsjælland
2018– Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 FC Nordsjælland 11 (3)
2019– Juventus U23 9 (0)
2020– → Fortuna Sittard (loan) 2 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Denmark U16 7 (1)
2016–2017 Denmark U17 9 (6)
2017–2018 Denmark U18 5 (2)
2017– Denmark U19 6 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:53, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:39, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Youth career

Baden started playing football at Næsby BK, and joined FC Nordsjælland in the summer 2015.[1] At the age of 14, Baden was on a trail at Liverpool.[2] He played a friendly game for their U16 squad against Wigan Athletic, which they won 2-1.

Club career

FC Nordsjælland

In the summer 2017, Baden signed a 3-year youth contract with the club and began training with the first team squad. He also went on a training camp with the team in the summer 2017 at the Netherlands.

Baden's first senior experience was on 30 July 2017, where he sat on the bench for the whole game against AaB. He got his debut for FC Nordsjælland on 14 October 2017 against Randers FC. Baden started on the bench, but replaced Viktor Tranberg in the 84th minute. Two minutes later, Baden scored the winning goal at the age of only 17 and FCN won the game 3-2.[3]

Juventus

On August 18, 2018, it was announced that Baden had signed a four-year deal with Juventus.[4] He started playing for the Primavera squad. Baden was bought for a price about 11,3 millioner danish krone.[5]

Baden mainly played for Juventus' Primavera team in his first season. He got his debut for Juventus U23 in the Serie C in April 2019. After 9 appearances in Serie C, Baden was loaned out to Dutch club Fortuna Sittard on 31 January 2020 for the rest of the season.[6]

References
  1. "Kontrakt i FC Nordsjælland: Fynbo har knækket koden". fyens.dk. 9 June 2017.
  2. "Nicolai i Liverpool". fyens.dk. 1 December 2014.
  3. "17-årig FCN-matchvinder jubler over drømmedebut". bt.dk. 30 July 2017.
  4. "Dansk angrebskomet skifter til Juventus". dr.dk. 18 August 2018.
  5. Avis: Nikolai Baden Frederiksen kan blive Danmarks dyreste teenager, tipsbladet.dk, 21 August 2018
  6. FORTUNA SITTARD HUURT VLEUGELAANVALLER FREDERIKSEN VAN JUVENTUS, fortunasittard.nl, 31 January 2020
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