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Mathias Jørgensen
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Danish association football player (born 1990)
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Mathias Jørgensen, born Mathias Jattah-Njie Jørgensen on April 23, 1990, in Copenhagen, is a Danish association football player who plays as a defender. He holds citizenship in the Danish Realm and The Gambia. Known by the nickname Zanka, he has represented Denmark in international competitions, including the 2018 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2020, and UEFA Euro 2024.
Jørgensen has played for clubs such as F.C. Copenhagen, PSV Eindhoven, and Jong PSV. His career has included participation in the Premier League and Major League Soccer. He began his professional work period in 2007 and wears the number 25 shirt. He speaks Danish and is a member of the Denmark national under-17 football team.
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Key facts
- 2006
- Denmark U16
- 2007
- Denmark U18
- 2020
- → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan)
- 2026
- Copenhagen
- Full name
- Mathias Jattah-Njie Jørgensen
- Date of birth
- ( 1990-04-23 ) 23 April 1990 (age 36)
- Place of birth
- Copenhagen , Denmark
- Height
- 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
- Positions
- Centre-back right-back
- Current team
- Copenhagen
- 1994 2007
- B.93
- Years
- Team
- 2007 2012
- Copenhagen
- 2012 2014
- PSV Eindhoven
- 2013 2014
- Jong PSV
- 2014 2017
- Copenhagen
- 2017 2019
- Huddersfield Town
- 2019 2021
- Fenerbahçe
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- FC Copenhagen
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Denmark
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- The Gambia
- Place of birth
- Copenhagen
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Danish
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2024
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- F.C. Copenhagen
- Position played
- defender
- League
- Major League Soccer
- Country for sport
- Denmark
- Mass
- 79
- Image
- Zanka - RSCA (2024) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 191
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- Commons category
- Mathias Jørgensen
- date of birth
- 1990-04-23
- sport number
- 25
- birth name
- Mathias Jattah-Njie Jørgensen
- name in native language
- Mathias Jørgensen
- start of work period
- 2007-00-00
- nickname
- Zanka
- social media followers
- 72472
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Encyclopedic overview
Mathias Jattah-Njie Jørgensen ( Danish pronunciation: [mæˈtsʰiˀæs ˈjɶɐ̯ˀn̩sn̩]; born 23 April 1990), commonly known by his mononymous nickname Zanka (Danish pronunciation: [ˈsɑŋkʰæ]), is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Copenhagen.
Jørgensen began his career at boyhood club FC Copenhagen, playing regularly in five Superliga seasons, before a move to PSV Eindhoven in 2012, where he spent two seasons in the Eredivisie before returning to Denmark after finding his chances limited. He joined Premier League club Huddersfield Town in July 2017 for a fee of £3.5 million, where he played until their relegation in 2019. Afterwards, he played for Fenerbahçe, before returning to the Premier League in 2021 where he signed with Brentford.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mathias Jørgensen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.