danish football player

Martin Christensen Braithwaite ( ; [ 3 ] born 5 June 1991 ) is a danish professional football player who plays for La Liga club Barcelona and the Denmark home team. chiefly a forward, he can besides play as a winger. Having begun his career at Esbjerg fB, he went on to play for Toulouse and Bordeaux in Ligue 1, and Leganés and Barcelona of La Liga. He besides spent two years in England with Middlesbrough.

Braithwaite made his senior international debut for Denmark in 2013 and earned over 50 caps. He was depart of their squads at the 2018 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2020, reaching the semi-finals of the latter .

Club career

Esbjerg fB

Braithwaite started out in the academy at Sædding-Guldager Idrætsforening ( SGI ), after which he joined the biggest club in his city, Esbjerg fB. He then spent a short time at FC Midtjylland ‘s sports academy, before moving back to Esbjerg, signing a three-year youth condense in 2007. [ 4 ] During his second base scrimp at the Esbjerg academy, Braithwaite went on trials with both Reggina and Newcastle United. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] He finally made his Esbjerg debut in 2009, making 63 Superliga appearances for the clubhouse and scoring 12 goals, including nine in the 2012–13 temper during which he appeared in every league game for the club. [ 7 ] He won the danish Cup with the club in 2012–13, scoring two goals in the semi-final second stage win over Brøndby IF. [ citation needed ] Following his impressive displays for Esbjerg in the 2013 Superliga spring season and the danish Cup he was called up to the Danish national police squad in the summer of 2013. At the lapp meter he was being rumoured to be attracting the concern of a number of european clubs including Auxerre, Rennes, Celtic and Hull City. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ]

toulouse

On 14 August 2013, while away on national duty for a friendly international against Poland, Danish populace broadcaster DR reported that Braithwaite had been sold to french club Toulouse for an estimated DKK 15 million ( roughly €2 million ). [ 11 ] Braithwaite scored a career-best 11 league goals in both 2015–16 and 2016–17. His reckoning for the latter campaign included two goals in a 4–1 family succeed over rivals Bordeaux in the Derby de la Garonne on 20 August 2016, and another two on 14 October in a 3–1 succeed over eventual champions Monaco, besides at the Stadium de Toulouse. [ 12 ] [ 13 ]

Middlesbrough

On 13 July 2017, Braithwaite signed a four-year compress with EFL Championship club Middlesbrough for an undisclosed fee, reported to be around £9 million. [ 14 ] Under the initial management of Garry Monk, [ 15 ] he became the club ‘s third base sign of the season, after Jonny Howson and Cyrus Christie. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Braithwaite made his league debut for the club on 5 August 2017 at the Molineux Stadium, where Middlesbrough were defeated 1–0 by Wolverhampton Wanderers. [ 18 ] He scored his first finish for the cabaret on 30 September 2017, in a 2–2 hook against Brentford at the Riverside Stadium. [ 19 ] Braithwaite was loaned out to his former club Toulouse ‘s rivals Bordeaux on 31 January 2018 for the rest of the season. [ 20 ] He scored four goals during his time there, including two in a 4–2 home bowler hat acquire over his previous employer on 12 May. [ 21 ] He returned to Middlesbrough for the 2018–19 season, but promptly expressed his desire to leave the club and go to Spain to play alternatively. This was much to the depress of Boro coach, Tony Pulis. [ 22 ] After his abortive try to leave the club in the 2018 summer transfer window, Braithwaite played the first gear half of the season for Middlesbrough, scoring three goals in 18 appearances. [ citation needed ]

Leganés

Braithwaite joined La Liga side CD Leganés at the begin of the 2019 January transfer windowpane on a lend deal until the end of season. [ 23 ] He made his league debut for the club on 12 January, in a 1–0 victory against SD Huesca, coming on as a substitute for Guido Carrillo for the concluding 26 minutes, and scored his first finish four days later in a 1–0 Copa del Rey home plate win against Real Madrid. [ 24 ] Braithwaite scored his first league goal in a 1–3 loss at FC Barcelona on 20 January 2019, and finished the campaign with four goals in 19 league appearances. On 24 July, he agreed to a permanent wave four-year hand with the Pepineros for a rumor tip of €5 million, therefore becoming the second most expensive actor in the club ‘s history. [ 25 ] [ 26 ]

Barcelona

On 20 February 2020, Barcelona triggered Braithwaite ‘s publish clause of €18 million and signed him on a four-and-a-half-year condense. His liberation article was set to €300 million. [ 27 ] Barcelona were granted an emergency exception to sign Braithwaite outside of a transfer window because of the long-run injury to Ousmane Dembélé. [ 28 ] Two days after signing, Braithwaite made his debut in a home match against Eibar, coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute. He assisted the fourth and fifth goals in the 5–0 win, both off deflections. [ 29 ] On 13 June 2020, Braithwaite scored his first goal for Barcelona following an help by Lionel Messi in a 4–0 victory against RCD Mallorca. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] On 24 November 2020, Braithwaite scored his first two Champions League goals in a 4–0 away win over Dynamo Kyiv, a equal in which he besides had an aid, in the 2020–21 season. [ 32 ] On 2 December, he scored his third goal in the competition in the first half of the match against Ferencváros. [ 33 ] On 3 March 2021, he scored the winning finish in a 3–0 succeed over Sevilla after extra time to secure Barcelona ‘s place in the 2021 Copa del Rey Final. [ 34 ]

On 15 August 2021, Braithwaite scored a brace and assisted teammate Sergi Roberto ‘s goal in Barcelona ‘s opening-day match of the 2021–22 season ; a 4–2 family gain against Real Sociedad. [ 35 ] The following month, he was ruled out for three to four months with a knee cartilage injury against Getafe CF ; fellow attackers Dembélé, Ansu Fati and Sergio Agüero were already injured, while Messi had left and Antoine Griezmann was out on loanword. [ 36 ]

International career

Having already represented several Danish national youth teams, in the summer of 2012, Braithwaite was offered the probability to represent Guyana, being eligible through his guyanese founder. He declined the offer [ 37 ] and went on to make his senior debut for the Danish national team in June 2013 in a friendly against Georgia, starting the crippled and playing the first half. He remained in the squad for the 2014 World Cup qualification catch against Armenia. [ 38 ] Braithwaite scored his first international goal in his moment match in a friendly in August 2013 against Poland. [ 39 ] In May 2018, he was named in Denmark ’ s final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [ 40 ] On 16 October that year, he scored in a 2–0 friendly win over Austria, ending a five-year goal drought. [ 41 ] Braithwaite was function of the Danish police squad that reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2020, held in 2021. He scored the last finish of their 4–0 last-16 win over Wales in Amsterdam. [ 42 ]

personal life

Braithwaite has a guyanese church father [ 43 ] and his younger sister Mathilde ( bear 2002 ) plays football for KoldingQ and for Denmark ‘s U-16 national women ‘s football team. [ 44 ] His founder Keith ‘s birth surname was Brathwaite, the more park spell in the Caribbean, but it was changed by US authorities to Braithwaite when Keith arrived in the country. [ 3 ] When Braithwaite was 5 years previous he was diagnosed with Legg-Calve-Perthes disease. [ 45 ] Braithwaite is the nephew and business spouse of the Danish-born, American-based, substantial estate developer Gareth Roger James Smith. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] They co-own real estate in the New York Market and are building a high-rise in Jersey City, New Jersey. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] Braithwaite is married to french entrepreneur, journalist and television receiver personality Anne-Laure Louis Braithwaite. They have two sons together. He is besides the stepfather of his wife ‘s two children from a previous relationship. [ 50 ]

career statistics

club

As of match played 29 August 2021[51][52]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Esbjerg fB 2009–10 Superliga 10 0 0 0 — — — 10 0
2010–11 Superliga 16 0 2 0 — — — 18 0
2011–12 1st Division 26 5 1 0 — — — 27 5
2012–13 Superliga 33 9 5 2 — — — 38 11
2013–14 Superliga 4 3 0 0 — — — 4 3
Total 89 17 8 2 — — — 97 19
Toulouse 2013–14 Ligue 1 32 7 2 1 2 0 — — 36 8
2014–15 Ligue 1 34 6 1 0 1 0 — — 36 6
2015–16 Ligue 1 36 11 2 2 3 1 — — 41 14
2016–17 Ligue 1 34 11 1 0 1 1 — — 36 12
Total 136 35 6 3 7 2 — — 149 40
Middlesbrough 2017–18 Championship 19 5 2 1 0 0 — — 21 6
2018–19 Championship 17 3 0 0 2 0 — — 19 3
Total 36 8 2 1 2 0 — — 40 9
Bordeaux (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 1 14 4 0 0 0 0 — — 14 4
Leganés (loan) 2018–19 La Liga 19 4 2 1 — — — 21 5
Leganés 2019–20 La Liga 24 6 3 2 — — — 27 8
Total 43 10 5 3 — — — 48 13
Barcelona 2019–20 La Liga 11 1 0 0 — — — 11 1
2020–21 La Liga 29 2 5 2 — 6[a] 3 2[b] 0 42 7
2021–22 La Liga 3 2 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 3 2
Total 43 5 5 2 — 6 3 2 0 56 10
Career total 361 79 26 11 9 2 6 3 2 0 404 95

International

As of match played 7 July 2021.[53]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Denmark 2013 5 1
2014 2 0
2015 5 0
2016 2 0
2017 3 0
2018 12 2
2019 10 4
2020 7 0
2021 10 3
Total 56 10
Denmark’s score listed first, score column indicates score after each Braithwaite goal.[53]

Honours

Esbjerg fB
Barcelona

References