Nicolai Brock-Madsen

Nicolai Brock-Madsen

Brock-Madsen with Birmingham City in January 2016
Personal information
Full name Nicolai Brock-Madsen[1]
Date of birth (1993-01-09) 9 January 1993[2]
Place of birth Randers, Denmark
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Birmingham City
Youth career
Helsted Fremad IF
2003–2010 Randers Freja
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Randers FC 90 (16)
2015– Birmingham City 6 (0)
2016–2017 → PEC Zwolle (loan) 23 (7)
National team‡
2010–2011 Denmark U18 8 (1)
2011–2012 Denmark U19 15 (4)
2012–2013 Denmark U20 6 (1)
2013–2015 Denmark U21 19 (12)
2016 Denmark Olympic 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 June 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:45, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Nicolai Brock-Madsen (born 9 January 1993) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for English Championship club Birmingham City. Before joining Birmingham in 2015, Brock-Madsen spent five seasons with Randers FC, and played on loan at PEC Zwolle of the Dutch Eredivisie in 2016–17. He has represented Denmark at levels up to under-21 and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Club career

Randers FC

Brock-Madsen signed a three-year contract with his hometown club, Randers FC, and scored his first goal in a Europa League match against F91 Dudelange which ended 6–1.[2]

In the 2012-13 season Brock-Madsen was a vital part of the Randers team that ended third in the league, playing a total of 28 league games and forming an attacking duo with Randers top-scorer Ronnie Schwartz. Brock-Madsen also helped the team reach the cup final where they lost to 0-1 to Esbjerg FB.

Birmingham City

On 21 August 2015, Brock-Madsen signed a four-year deal with English Football League Championship (second-tier) club Birmingham City. The fee was undisclosed, but was believed by the BBC to be "in the region of £500,000, with possible add-ons taking it up to £1m."[3] He made his debut four days later, as a second-half substitute in Birmingham's 2–0 League Cup win against Gillingham.[4] He made his first appearance in the Football League on 15 September, again as a substitute, playing alongside Clayton Donaldson as Birmingham failed to come back from 1–0 down at home to Nottingham Forest in what was their first defeat of the season.[5]

Brock-Madsen made his first start for Birmingham on 21 November at home to Charlton Athletic, playing as a lone striker in place of Donaldson who was injured while on international duty. Manager Gary Rowett claimed that a penalty should have been awarded when Brock-Madsen's arm was pulled back; Birmingham lost 1–0.[6][7] He started the next two matches, in Donaldson's continued absence, but injury intervened, he gave way to loanee James Vaughan, and after Donaldson regained fitness, Brock-Madsen made no more first-team appearances in the 2015–16 season.[8][9]

International duty at the Rio Olympics meant Brock-Madsen missed the start of Birmingham's 2016–17 season. On the last day of the transfer window, he joined Dutch top-flight club PEC Zwolle on loan for the season.[10] The Dutch club reported that an option to purchase was included in the deal.[11] Brock-Madsen made his Eredivisie debut in the club's next match, in the starting eleven for the visit of Utrecht on 10 September; his side took a one-goal lead which he had chances to extend, but the visitors equalised via a stoppage-time penalty.[12] He scored twice in PEC's 4–1 win in the Dutch Cup first round away to Derde Klasse (fourth-tier) club DVS'33.[13] Injury disrupted the first half of his season,[14] but when the campaign resumed after the winter break, he went on a run of five goals in the next six matches,[15] the last of which was scored on the day his girlfriend gave birth to their son.[16] He finished the season with 10 goals from 25 appearances in all competitions.[15] Although PEC Zwolle hoped to keep the player,[14] it was reported that he would return to Birmingham to try and impress new manager Harry Redknapp.[14][17]

International career

Brock-Madsen during the 2016 Summer Olympics

Brock-Madsen represented Denmark internationally at levels from under-18 to under-21.[18]

On 10 December 2012, Brock was called up for Denmark's tour of USA in January.

Brock-Madsen was called up to Denmark's Olympic training squad for three friendly matches in June 2016 which formed part of their preparations for the Games in August.[19] After Honduras U23 took a two-goal lead, he scored twice to help his team recover to win the match 4–3,[20] against the Nigeria team he missed an early penalty but Denmark still won 6–2,[21] and in the third match, hosts South Korea led 1–0 until Brock-Madsen equalised in stoppage time.[22] At the Games proper, he played in all three of Denmark's matches in the group stage,[23] from which they qualified in second place, but took no part in the quarter-final defeat against Nigeria.[24]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 May 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Randers FC 2010–11[2][15] Superliga 0000—3[lower-alpha 1]131
2011–12[2] 1st Division14210——152
2012–13[2] Superliga28541——326
2013–14[2][15] Superliga27410—2[lower-alpha 1]0304
2014–15[2] Superliga17441——215
2015–16[2][15] Superliga4100—3[lower-alpha 1]071
Total 9016102—8110819
Birmingham City 2015–16[9] Championship600020—80
2016–17[25] Championship000000—00
2017–18[26] Championship000000—00
Total 600020—80
PEC Zwolle loan 2016–17[15] Eredivisie23723——2510
Career total 11923125208114129
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances and goals in UEFA Europa League

References

  1. ↑ "EFL: Retained list: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. p. 3. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Førsteholdet 2014/2015 – Nicolai Brock-Madsen" [First team 2014/2015 – Nicolai Brock-Madsen] (in Danish). Randers FC. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Birmingham City: Nicolai Brock-Madsen signs for Blues". BBC Sport. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Dick, Brian (25 August 2015). "Updated: Birmingham City 2 Gillingham 0". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Dick, Brian (15 September 2015). "Birmingham City 0 Nottingham Forest 1". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Dick, Brian (21 November 2015). "Birmingham City v Charlton: live coverage". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Birmingham 0–1 Charlton". BBC Sport. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  8. ↑ Dick, Brian (11 December 2015). "Birmingham City team news: Gary Rowett reveals that midfielder and striker are doubts for trip to Middlesbrough". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Games played by Nicolai Brock-Madsen in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  10. ↑ Kendrick, Mat (31 August 2016). "Birmingham City's Nicolai Brock-Madsen seals deadline day move". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Nicolai Brock-Madsen naar PEC Zwolle" [Nicolai Brock-Madsen to PEC Zwolle] (in Dutch). PEC Zwolle. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "PEC Zwolle geeft tegen FC Utrecht in blessuretijd zege uit handen" [PEC Zwolle gives away victory in stoppage time against FC Utrecht] (in Dutch). RTV Oost. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "Brock-Madsen vraagteken bij PEC Zwolle voor duel met Ajax" [Brock-Madsen doubtful for PEC Zwolle ahead of the clash with Ajax] (in Dutch). RTV Oost. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  14. 1 2 3 Dick, Brian (6 April 2017). "PEC Zwolle technical director on his hopes for the future of Birmingham City striker Nicolai Brock-Madsen". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "N. Brock-Madsen". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  16. ↑ "Saturday victory over Zwolle". FC Utrecht. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
    Arentsen, Dennis (19 February 2017). "Brock-Madsen: 'Balen van verlies, maar dit blijft fantastische dag'" [Brock-Madsen: 'Losing sucks, but it's still a fantastic day']. De Stentor (in Dutch). Apeldoorn. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  17. ↑ Dick, Brian (6 June 2017). "Birmingham City comment: Nicolai Brock-Madsen will undoubtedly have learned from a season in the Eredivisie". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  18. ↑ "Landshold: Nicolai Brock-Madsen" [International team: Nicolai Brock-Madsen] (in Danish). Dansk Boldspil-Union. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  19. ↑ Schou Nielsen, Pia (25 May 2016). "Sidste spillere på plads til Sydkorea" [Last players in place for South Korea] (in Danish). Dansk Boldspil-Union. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  20. ↑ "Danmark besejrede Honduras trods chokstart" [Denmark beat Honduras despite shock start]. bold.dk (in Danish). 2 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  21. ↑ Oludare, Shina (4 June 2016). "Nigeria U23 2-6 Denmark U23: Larsen nets treble in Dream Team VI rout". Goal.com. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  22. ↑ Joo, Kyung-don (6 June 2016). "S. Korea, Denmark play to 1–1 draw in Olympic football prep tournament". Yonhap. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  23. ↑ "Nicolai Brock-Madsen". FIFA. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  24. ↑ "Nigeria U23 vs. Denmark U23 2–0". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Nicolai Brock-Madsen in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Nicolai Brock-Madsen in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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