Mads Laudrup
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Mads Laudrup | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Mads Thunø Laudrup | |
Date of birth | February 9, 1989 (age 18) | |
Place of birth | Milan, Italy | |
Playing position | Central midfielder | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Kjøbenhavns Boldklub | |
Youth clubs | ||
-2006 | Kjøbenhavns Boldklub | |
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
2006-present 2007-present |
F.C. Copenhagen Kjøbenhavns Boldklub |
1 (0) - (-) |
National team2 | ||
2005 2005–2006 2006–present |
Denmark U-16 Denmark U-17 Denmark U-18 |
3 (0) 14 (1) 2 (0) |
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Mads Thunø Laudrup (born February 9, 1989) is a Danish professional football (soccer) player, who plays as a central midfielder for Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, the reserve team of F.C. Copenhagen. He has played 19 games and scored a single goal for various Danish youth national teams.
[edit] Biography
He is the son of former Danish international football player Michael Laudrup, who was appointed as Denmarks Best Player Ever by the Danish Football Association in 2006. Mads Laudrup's uncle is former Danish international Brian Laudrup and his grandfather is former Danish international Finn Laudrup. His younger brother Andreas Laudrup is a professional football player as well.
Mads Laudrup plays for Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB), the reserve team of multiple Danish champions F.C. Copenhagen (FCK), while studying at "Falkonergårdens Gymnasium". He made his debut for the Danish under-16 national team in January 2005, and played three matches for the team, all as team captain. In August 2005, he was called up for the Danish under-17 national team, and scored a goal on penalty kick in his debut game; a 4-0 win over Iceland on August 2, 2005. He went on to play 14 matches for the under-17 national team, captaining the team in all 14 games.
He made his debut for F.C. Copenhagen, the defending 2006 Danish Superliga champions, in the unofficial 2006 Viasat Cup tournament in May 2006. After playing the first half of the 2006-07 season in the KB youth team, Mads Laudrup was a part of the FCK squad for the Scandinavian Royal League 2006-07 tournament. He made his official FCK debut in the Royal League, playing two games against Lillestrøm SK in November and December 2006. At new year 2007 he was promoted to the KB senior squad, one year early, alongside Saban Özdogan.
On 2007-03-30 he was selected to FCK's squad against AC Horsens, for the next day's match. With 3 minutes left, he replaced Jesper Grønkjær in this match, which was he league debut.