Mads Laudrup

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mads Laudrup
Personal information
Full name Mads Thunø Laudrup
Date of birth February 9, 1989 (1989-02-09) (age 19)
Place of birth    Milan, Italy
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)
Playing position Central midfielder
Club information
Current club F.C. Copenhagen
Number 28
Youth clubs
1995-?

?-2006
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
Hellerup IK
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2006-present
2007
F.C. Copenhagen
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
2 (0)
- (-)   
National team2
2005
2005-2006
2006
2007-present
Denmark U-16
Denmark U-17
Denmark U-18
Denmark U-19
3 (0)
14 (1)
4 (0)
7 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 18 June 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12 October 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Mads Thunø Laudrup (born February 9, 1989) is a Danish professional football (soccer) player, who plays as a central midfielder for F.C. Copenhagen. He has played 28 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 Denmark's 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 played 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. In the summer 2007 he was full time promoted to the first team and also signed a new contract with F.C. Copenhagen. The deal will keep him at the club until 30 June 2009.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Languages