Pierre Højbjerg

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Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
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Højbjerg after winning the 2014 DFB-Pokal Final with Bayern Munich
Personal information
Full name Pierre Emile Kordt Højbjerg[1]
Date of birth (1995-08-05) 5 August 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Schalke 04
(on loan from Bayern Munich)
Number 23
Youth career
2003–2007 BK Skjold
2007–2009 F.C. Copenhagen
2009–2012 Brøndby IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Bayern Munich II 44 (12)
2013– Bayern Munich 17 (0)
2015 → FC Augsburg (loan) 16 (2)
2015–2016 → Schalke 04 (loan) 23 (0)
International career‡
2010–2011 Denmark U16 6 (0)
2011–2012 Denmark U17 18 (5)
2012–2013 Denmark U19 6 (3)
2013– Denmark U21 8 (4)
2014– Denmark 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:08, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2016

Pierre-Emile Kordt Højbjerg (Danish pronunciation: [hɔɪ̯'b̻jæɐ̯ˀ], sometimes spelled Höjbjerg in Germany; born 5 August 1995) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Schalke 04 on loan from Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.

With Bayern, he has won a variety of domestic and international tournaments. Formerly a youth international at various levels from under-16 to under-21, he made his debut for the Denmark national football team in 2014.

Club career

Early career

While initially playing in BK Skjold and F.C. Copenhagen he moved to Brøndby IF as a junior player at age 14.[2] He looks upon Zinedine Zidane as his role model.[3] Starting from his debut, Højbjerg plays as a central midfielder and sometimes right wide midfielder.

In 2011, Højbjerg was honoured with the title "Danish under-17 player of the year".[4] In 2013, he was honoured with the title "Danish talent of the year" by Spillerforeningen (the Danish equivalent of the English PFA).[5]

Bayern Munich

2012–13 season

Højbjerg joined Bayern in July 2012[6] and, at the age of 17 years and 251 days,[7] made his professional debut on 13 April 2013[7] in the Bundesliga against 1. FC Nürnberg,[8] as a substitute for Xherdan Shaqiri[8] and thus became the youngest player ever to play for the Bayern Munich first team in the Bundesliga.[7] He finished the 2012–13 season with no goals in two matches played for the first team and eight goals in 30 matches played for the reserve team.[9]

2013–14 season

In December of that year, he was in the Bayern squad which won the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco, but did not enter the field of play during the tournament.[10][11]

On 17 May 2014, Højbjerg started the DFB-Pokal final for Bayern Munich, a 2–0 extra-time win over Borussia Dortmund. He played for a total of 102 minutes before being substituted in the first 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 first team and four goals from 14 appearances for the reserve team.[13]

2014–15 season

His first match of the 2014–15 season was the DFL-Supercup on 13 August, playing the first 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 contract 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]

Augsburg (loan)

On 7 January 2015, Højbjerg was loaned to FC Augsburg, also of the Bundesliga, for the remainder 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 away at Bayern, who had already won the league by that point.[20] He finished his loan spell with two goals from 16 Bundesliga appearances.[16]

Schalke 04 (loan)

On 28 August 2015, Højbjerg joined fellow Bundesliga side Schalke 04 on a season-long loan.[21]

International career

Højbjerg was called up to the Denmark senior side for the first time in May 2014 for the friendlies against Hungary and Sweden and made his debut against Sweden on 28 May, playing the full 90 minutes.[22] On his third cap on 7 September 2014 he scored his first international goal, equalising as Denmark began their UEFA Euro 2016 qualification campaign with a 2–1 win over Armenia in Copenhagen.[23]

Personal life

In April 2014, Højbjerg lost his father to stomach cancer at the age of 18.[24]

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of 15 May 2016.
Club Season League Cup1 Continental2 Other3 Total Ref.
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayern Munich II 2012–13 Regionalliga Bayern 30 8 — — 30 8 [9]
2013–14 14 4 0 0 14 4 [13]
Totals 44 12 0 0 44 12 —
Bayern Munich 2012–13 Bundesliga 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 [9]
2013–14 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 [13]
2014–15 8 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 13 0 [16]
2015–16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [16]
Totals 17 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 25 0 —
Augsburg (loan) 2014–15 Bundesliga 16 2 0 0 — — 16 2 [16]
Schalke (loan) 2015–16 23 0 1 0 6 0 30 0 [16]
Career totals 100 14 5 0 9 0 1 0 115 14 —
  • 1.^ Includes German Cup.
  • 2.^ Includes Champions League and Europa League.
  • 3.^ Includes German Super Cup and promotional playoff.

International statistics

Statistics accurate as of 29 March 2016.[25]

Denmark national team
Year Apps Goals
2014 5 1
2015 8 0
2016 2 0
Total 15 1

International goals

Score and result list Denmark's goal tally first.

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Source
1. 7 September 2014 Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark  Armenia 1–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying [26]

Honours

Club

Bayern Munich[27]

Personal

References

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