danish football player

Thomas Joseph Delaney ( born 3 September 1991 ) is a danish professional football player, who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga cabaret Sevilla and the Denmark home team .

Club career [edit ]

copenhagen [edit ]

Delaney with Copenhagen in 2014

Delaney started playing young person football at Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, the reserve team of danish club F.C. Copenhagen. [ 3 ] Delaney made his debut for Copenhagen in an unofficial friendly in August 2008. After playing the inaugural one-half of the 2008–09 season in the KB youth team, he was a separate of the FCK team in the danish Cup that crusade. He made his official debut in the first gear leg of the semi-finals against Nordvest FC in April, where he substituted Hjalte Nørregaard in the in-between of second gear half. [ 3 ] In the revert leg two weeks belated Delaney was among the starting eleven playing the first 60 minutes before he was substituted with Şaban Özdoğan. In the summer break 2009, he was promoted to the foremost team squad together with Özdoğan. He scored on his continental debut on 22 July 2009, playing the full moon second leg in Copenhagen ‘s Champions League second qualifying round victory over FK Mogren. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] His first Superliga match was on 9 August 2009 against SønderjyskE replacing Atiba Hutchinson near the end of the match. [ 6 ] On 29 December 2011, signed a contract reference keeping him at Copenhagen until the end of 2014. [ 3 ] At the clock time, Delaney had the differentiation of being the longest serve current player at the club, despite being only 20. [ 3 ] On 6 July 2013, Delaney extended his contract with the club to 2015. At the lapp time, he got jersey act 8. [ 7 ] In the follow season, he became a regular starter in his favored position, including UEFA Champions League matches against Juventus F.C., actual Madrid and Galatasaray. On 23 January 2014, he again extended his abridge, until 2017. [ 6 ] At the same meter, he was formally named vice-captain of the team. [ 6 ] Half a year late, Delaney was promoted to club captain. On 14 May 2015 he was named Man of the Match as his side won the danish Cup final examination 3–2 after extra-time against chap Superliga side FC Vestsjælland. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] On 27 September 2016, Delaney contributed to a comfortable 4–0 victory for his slope with a left-footed half-volley from 30 yards against belgian side Club Brugge KV [ 10 ] in the UEFA Champions League. [ 11 ] The finish came third in the vote for finish of the season in the UEFA Champions League. [ 12 ]

Werder Bremen [edit ]

On 17 August 2016, Werder Bremen announced Delaney would be joining the baseball club in January 2017. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] On 18 February 2017, he scored his first base goal for the club, a unblock recoil, in Werder Bremen ‘s 2–0 winnings off to Mainz 05 before being stretchered off the pitch with a suspected concussion. It was the cabaret ‘s beginning win of the newly year following four straight defeats. [ 15 ] On 1 April 2017, Delaney scored a hat-trick, the beginning of his career, in Werder Bremen ’ s 5–2 win away against SC Freiburg. [ 16 ]

Borussia Dortmund [edit ]

On 7 June 2018, Delaney signed for Borussia Dortmund on a four-year condense. The transmit fee paid to Werder Bremen was reported as €20 million. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] On 13 May 2021, Delaney was a second-half stand-in for Dortmund in their 4–1 victory over RB Leipzig in the 2021 DFB-Pokal Final. [ 19 ]

sevilla [edit ]

On 25 August 2021, Delaney moved to Spain to join La Liga side Sevilla on a four-year deal for a rumor tip of $ 7 million. [ 20 ]

International career [edit ]

Delaney made his debut for the Denmark under-18 team in October 2008, and went on to play three matches in full. He played 11 games for the Denmark U-19 team.

On 11 August 2010, he made his introduction for the Denmark U-21 team in a friendly against the Italy U-21 team. Delaney made his debut for the senior national team on 15 October 2013 in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification pit against Malta. In June 2018, he was named in Denmark ‘s team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [ 21 ] Delaney was besides named in the 26-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020. [ 22 ] He scored the first goal in the quarter-finals game against the Czech Republic. [ 23 ]

personal life [edit ]

Delaney was born in Denmark and spent his young there. His forefather was besides born in Denmark but has american citizenship due to his own forefather ( Thomas Delaney ‘s parental grandfather ) being born in the United States. [ 24 ] Delaney besides has irish roots through his paternal great grandfather who moved from Ireland to the United States in the 1840s during the Great Famine. [ 25 ] Delaney is red-green color blind. [ 26 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 7 November 2021[27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Copenhagen 2008–09 Danish Superliga — 2 0 — — 2 0
2009–10 Danish Superliga 9 0 3 0 3 1 — 12 1
2010–11 Danish Superliga 16 1 2 0 2 0 — 20 1
2011–12 Danish Superliga 19 1 1 0 7 0 — 27 1
2012–13 Danish Superliga 21 1 3 0 8 0 — 32 1
2013–14 Danish Superliga 32 3 5 0 6 0 — 43 3
2014–15 Danish Superliga 27 2 5 1 10 0 — 42 3
2015–16 Danish Superliga 29 5 5 1 4 0 — 38 6
2016–17 Danish Superliga 19 6 0 0 11 2 — 30 8
Total 172 19 26 2 51 3 — 249 24
Werder Bremen 2016–17 Bundesliga 13 4 — — — 13 4
2017–18 Bundesliga 32 3 4 0 — — 36 3
Total 45 7 4 0 — — 49 7
Borussia Dortmund 2018–19 Bundesliga 30 3 2 0 6 0 — 38 3
2019–20 Bundesliga 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 0
2020–21 Bundesliga 20 1 6 0 7 0 1 0 34 1
2021–22 Bundesliga 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 62 4 9 0 16 0 1 0 88 4
Sevilla 2021–22 La Liga 9 0 0 0 3 0 — 12 0
Career total 288 30 39 2 70 3 1 0 398 35

International [edit ]

As of match played 12 November 2021[28]
Denmark
Year Apps Goals
2013 1 0
2014 0 0
2015 4 0
2016 9 0
2017 9 4
2018 11 0
2019 9 1
2020 7 0
2021 15 2
Total 65 7
Scores and results list Denmark’s goal tally first.[29]

Honours [edit ]

Copenhagen
Borussia Dortmund
Individual

References [edit ]