Magnus Troest

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Personal information
Magnus Troest
Date of birth	June 5, 1987 (age 19)
Place of birth	?, Denmark
Height	1.89 m
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	FC Midtjylland
Number	2
Youth clubs
0000-2003 2003-2005	B.93 Aston Villa
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-present	FC Midtjylland	35 (3)
National team²
2002 2003-2004 2004 2005-2006 2006-present	Denmark U-16 Denmark U-17 Denmark U-18 Denmark U-19 Denmark U-21	3 (0) 12 (2) 1 (0) 7 (1) 2 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 March 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 23 March 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Magnus Troest (born June 5, 1987) is a Danish professionel football player, who plays as a defender for FC Midtjylland in the Danish Superliga. His major skills are his physical strength, pace, and his heading ability. Magnus is the younger brother of Odense BK player Jonas Troest.

[edit] Biography

Magnus Troest started playing football in different Copenhagen clubs. He debuted for the Danish under-16 national team in October 2002, while playing for club B.93. In the summer 2003, the 16 year old Magnus Troest moved abroad to play for English club Aston Villa. The club reportedly wanted to sign his big brother Jonas Troest from B.93 as well. Magnus signed a three-year contract.^[1] He played two years in the youth academy, but did not get his senior debut for Aston Villa.

In May 2005 he transfered back home to Denmark, to play for FC Midtjylland (FCM) in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship.^[2] He initially had to struggle to make the FCM first team, but finally made his senior debut in October 2005.^[3] He won the 2005 Danish under-19 Player of the Year award. From the second half of the 2005-06 season, he became a regular in the starting line-up. He scored his first two goals for FCM, as the club beat Aarhus GF 2-1 in March 2006.

[edit] References

^ "15-årig til Villa", Fredericia Dagblad, 22 March 2003
^ "FCM snupper lille Troest", Ekstra Bladet, 28 May 2005
^ Jannik Stamm Mikkelsen, Troest tripper efter at komme på banen, 25 January 2006