Mads Albæk
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mads Winther Albæk | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Roskilde, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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IFK Göteborg | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hvalsø | |||
| 1996–2001 | Gadstrup | ||
| 2001–2004 | Herfølge | ||
| 2004–2008 | Midtjylland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2013 | Midtjylland | 120 | (12) |
| 2013–2015 | Reims | 39 | (2) |
| 2015– | IFK Göteborg | 45 | (8) |
| National team | |||
| 2006–2007 | Denmark U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Denmark U19 | 14 | (2) |
| 2009–2012 | Denmark U21 | 26 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2017. |
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Mads Albæk (born 14 January 1990 in Roskilde) is a Danish footballer who plays as a midfielder for IFK Göteborg. He has also represented the Danish national under-21 team.
Albæk's footballing career started in the small Zealandic club, Gadstrup IF. At the age of 11, he moved to play for Herfølge Boldklub. When playing for Herfølge's youth team, Albæk was on trial at SC Heerenveen from the Netherlands, and later on, he was tested by Tottenham Hotspur from England. His talent was discovered by the Danish Superliga club FC Midtjylland, who brought Albæk through the ranks of their youth academy.
Albæk signed his first professional contract in January 2008, and was permanently promoted in the first team squad. However, he continued playing games for the U19 squad, while training with the first team. In the summer 2008, Albæk suffered from a twist in the knee and that resulted in an operation. Due to the injury, he first debuted in February 2009 in a match against Esbjerg fB where he played the whole match. Albæk extended his contract in March 2010 until the summer 2014. He played 28 league matches in this season despite his young age.
Having established himself as a starter in the Midtjylland line-up, and he revealed in January 2013, that he would like to leave the club and take the step up. However, he wasn't sold in this transfer windows. Albæk was named as the player of the year 2012/13. With one year left of his contract, he left the club in the summer windows 2013.
Albæk had several interested club, but decided to join French side Stade de Reims in the summer of 2013.
He got his debut for the club on 17 August 2013. Albæk played the whole match and scored a goal in the 7th minute, helping his team win 2-1 against Lille. However, besides his good first match, the rest of the season wasn't so good. He didn't fit in and did only score two goals in 27 league matches.
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