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Pierre-Emile Kordt Højbjerg ( born 5 August 1995 ) is a danish professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Denmark national team. Højbjerg started his career as a youth for danish clubs BK Skjold, F.C. Copenhagen and Brøndby IF before joining german club Bayern Munich in 2012. He made his aged debut for the reserves that year and his professional debut for the beginning team in April 2013 ; at 17 he was the club ‘s youngest actor in the Bundesliga. He made 25 total appearances for Bayern and won a variety of domestic and international tournaments, besides having loans at boyfriend league teams FC Augsburg and Schalke 04. In 2016, he signed a five-year shrink for Southampton for an estimated £12.8 million fee. After making 134 appearances for the Saints, he joined Tottenham Hotspur in 2020 for a report initial fee of £15 million.

Højbjerg was a youth international at assorted levels from under-16 to under-21. He made his debut for the Denmark national football team in 2014, and represented the side at UEFA Euro 2020 .

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

While initially playing for BK Skjold and F.C. copenhagen he moved to Brøndby IF as a junior actor at age 14. [ 2 ] He looks upon Zinedine Zidane as his role model. [ 3 ] Aged just 5, Højbjerg began attending prepare sessions with his six-year-old brother at local anesthetic club Skjold. He was deployed as a hitter by Copenhagen. Starting from his introduction, Højbjerg plays as a cardinal midfielder and sometimes right wide midfielder. He has since switched to a defensive midfield role. In 2011, Højbjerg was honoured with the style “ danish under-17 actor of the year ”. [ 4 ] In 2013, he was honoured with the title “ danish endowment of the year ” by Spillerforeningen. [ 5 ]

Bayern Munich [edit ]

Højbjerg joined Bayern in July 2012 [ 6 ] and, at the age of 17 years and 251 days, [ 7 ] made his master introduction on 13 April 2013 [ 7 ] in the Bundesliga against 1. FC Nürnberg, [ 8 ] as a stand-in for Xherdan Shaqiri [ 8 ] and frankincense became the youngest actor ever to play for the Bayern Munich beginning team in the Bundesliga. [ 7 ] He finished the 2012–13 temper with no goals in two matches played for the foremost team and eight goals in 30 matches played for the reserve team. [ 9 ] In December of that year, he was in the Bayern team which won the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco, although he did not enter the field of act during the tournament. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] On 17 May 2014, Højbjerg started the DFB-Pokal final for Bayern Munich, a 2–0 extra-time winnings over Borussia Dortmund. He played for a total of 102 minutes before being substituted in the inaugural half of extra time for Daniel Van Buyten. [ 12 ] He finished the 2013–14 season with seven Bundesliga appearances and two german Cup appearances for the beginning team and four goals from 14 appearances for the modesty team. [ 13 ] His beginning equal of the 2014–15 temper was the DFL-Supercup on 13 August, playing the foremost hour and then being substituted for Mario Götze, as Bayern lost 2–0 at Borussia Dortmund. [ 14 ] On 8 January 2015, Bayern extended Højbjerg ‘s sign to 2018. [ 15 ] He finished the 2014–15 season with no goals from eight Bundesliga appearances, one german Cup appearance, and three Champions League appearances. [ 16 ] On 7 January 2015, Højbjerg was loaned to FC Augsburg, besides of the Bundesliga, for the end of the 2014–15 season. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] He made his debut on 1 February 2015 against 1899 Hoffenheim. [ 19 ] Højbjerg scored his first Bundesliga goal on 11 April against SC Paderborn 07 in a 2–1 loss. On 9 May, he assisted Raúl Bobadilla for the only goal as Augsburg won aside at Bayern, who had already won the league by that detail. [ 20 ] He finished his loanword spell with two goals from 16 Bundesliga appearances. [ 16 ] On 28 August 2015, Højbjerg joined fellow Bundesliga side Schalke 04 on a season-long loanword. [ 21 ] He played 30 games for the Gelsenkirchen -based club, including six in the Europa League, and at the goal of the season he told danish newspaper B.T. that the time had arrived to leave Bayern Munich and become a first-team regular elsewhere. [ 22 ]

Southampton [edit ]

Højbjerg play for Southampton in 2017 On 11 July 2016, Højbjerg joined English club Southampton on a five-year deal [ 23 ] for an estimate tip of £12.8 million. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] He made his debut in the Premier League on 13 August as the season began with a 1–1 home draw with Watford, coming on in the 55th minute in position of James Ward-Prowse. BBC Sport ‘s Neil Johnston wrote that he “ inject footstep and urgency ” into the Saints, “ was not afraid to shoot and was hard-working ”. [ 26 ] Although he played all five matches on the way to the 2017 EFL Cup Final, Højbjerg was an fresh ersatz in the match at Wembley Stadium, which Southampton lost 3–2 to Manchester United. [ 27 ] Højbjerg scored his foremost goal for the Saints in his 54th meet on 18 March 2018, opening a 2–0 acquire at League One club Wigan Athletic in the sixth beat of the FA Cup, the first match under raw director Mark Hughes. [ 28 ] In December that class, Hughes ‘ successor Ralph Hasenhüttl made him the Saints ‘ captain. [ 29 ] however in June 2020, Hojbjerg was stripped of the captainship after publicly speaking about his desire to leave the club, with Ward-Prowse replacing him as captain. [ 30 ]

Tottenham Hotspur [edit ]

On 11 August 2020, Højbjerg joined Tottenham Hotspur on a five-year consider, for a report initial tip of £15 million plus add-ons. [ 31 ] [ 32 ]

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He made his debut on 13 September in a 1–0 home get the better of by Everton. [ 33 ] Despite this early on reverse, Højbjerg soon became a key member of José Mourinho ‘s team in the central defensive midfield position, earning wide praise for his performance in many games, [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] [ 37 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ] american samoa well as receiving a nomination as Premier League Player of the Month for November. [ 40 ] On 28 January 2021, Højbjerg scored his first goal for Spurs in premier league with a 20-yard strike at a 1–3 home league kill by Liverpool. [ 41 ] He made the most appearances ever by a actor in the 2020–21 season ( 3420 minutes ). [ 42 ]

International career [edit ]

Højbjerg was born in Denmark to a danish father and french beget. [ 43 ] He was called up to the Denmark aged side for the beginning time in May 2014 for friendlies against Hungary and Sweden and made his introduction against Sweden on 28 May, playing the full 90 minutes. [ 44 ] On his third gear cap on 7 September 2014 he scored his foremost external goal, equalising as Denmark began their UEFA Euro 2016 qualification campaign with a 2–1 win over Armenia in Copenhagen. [ 45 ] In May 2018, he was named in Denmark ‘s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, [ 46 ] although he did not make the final 23. [ 47 ] Højbjerg was named in the danish police squad for the check UEFA Euro 2020 in June 2021. [ 48 ] In their orifice equal, a 1–0 loss to Finland, he missed a penalty ; the game had been stopped and resumed due to Christian Eriksen ‘s checkup hand brake. [ 49 ]

personal life [edit ]

Højbjerg was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and grew up in the Østerbro zone of the city. He is the moment of three children. Højbjerg was first introduced to football when he was five years old. In April 2014, Højbjerg ‘s father died of abdomen cancer. [ 50 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 21 November 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 12 October 2021[57][58]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Denmark

2014
5
1

2015
8
0

2016
8
0

2018
2
0

2019
10
2

2020
5
0

2021
14
1

Total
52
4

As of match played 12 October 2021. Denmark’s score listed first, score column indicates score after each Højbjerg goal.[57][58]

Honours [edit ]

Bayern Munich [ 59 ]
Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur
Individual

References [edit ]