Mikkel Jespersen

Mikkel Jespersen (born 11 June 1991) is a Danish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish 1st Division club Kolding IF.[2]

Mikkel Jespersen
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-06-11) 11 June 1991
Place of birth Vildbjerg, Denmark[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Kolding (player-assistant)
Number 29
Youth career
Viborg
Silkeborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2011 Herning Fremad
2011–2015 Skive 99 (15)
2015–2017 Horsens 54 (4)
2017–2018 Viborg 19 (1)
2018–2021 Skive 62 (18)
2021– Kolding 53 (5)
Managerial career
2018–2021 Horsens (first team staff)
2021–2023 Kolding (academy staff)
2023– Kolding (player-assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:20, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Skive

Jespersen came to Skive IK in January 2011. He played 127 games in total for the club, scoring 25 goals, before leaving the club in 2015.[3]

Horsens

On 29 June 2015 it was announced, that Jespersen had signed for Horsens on a one-year deal.[3][1] After playing one year in the Danish 1st Division, Jespersen and Horsens won promotion to the Danish Superliga. His contract got extended in May 2016 with further one year.[4]

Later career

While playing for Skive which he returned to in the summer 2018,[5] Jespersen announced in the beginning of July 2019 that he was helping Horsens manager Bo Henriksen scouting players in the Danish football divisions.[6] On 31 July 2019, Horsens officially confirmed, that they had hired Jespersen as responsible for the recruitment and individual coach for the first team of the club alongside his playing career at Skive.[7]

In June 2021, Jespersen joined Kolding IF as a player. Alongside this, Jespersen was also assigned to the club's academy, where he was going to be responsible for recruitment and individual development.[8] In January 2023, Jespersen was given a new position as playing assistant coach of the first team; a position that Niki Zimling had just left.[9]

References
  1. "Mikkel Jespersen til AC Horsens". Skive Folkeblad (in Danish). 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  2. Mikkel Jespersen at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  3. AC Horsens skriver kontrakt med Mikkel Jespersen, achorsens.dk, 29 June 2015
  4. Mikkel Jespersen gul i endnu et år, achorsens.dk, 31 May 2016
  5. Skive kaprer Mikkel Jespersen, bold.dk, 27 June 2018
  6. Mikkel Jespersen hjælper AC Horsens med at finde nye talenter, vafo.dk, 2 July 2019
  7. Horsens styrker setup’et omkring superligatruppen, achorsens.dk, 31 July 2019
  8. Kolding IF forstærker sig med Mikkel Jespersen, kif-fodbold.dk, 7 June 2021
  9. Mikkel Jespersen i ny rolle som spillende assistent, kif-fodbold.dk, 13 January 2023
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