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Patrick Mortensen

{{short description|Danish footballer (born 1989)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Patrick Mortensen

| image =

| fullname =

| height = 1.90 m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|7|13}}

| birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark

| currentclub = AGF

| clubnumber = 9

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = AB 70

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Amager United

| youthyears3 =

| youthclubs3 = FC Amager

| years1 = 2006–2007

| clubs1 = Fremad Amager

| caps1 = 10

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2007–2009

| clubs2 = Brøndby

| caps2 = 3

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2009

| clubs3 = → Lyngby (loan)

| caps3 = 9

| goals3 = 5

| years4 = 2010–2015

| clubs4 = Lyngby

| caps4 = 157

| goals4 = 56

| years5 = 2015–2019

| clubs5 = Sarpsborg 08

| caps5 = 94

| goals5 = 32

| years6 = 2019–

| clubs6 = AGF

| caps6 = 188

| goals6 = 92

| nationalyears1 = 2010–2011

| nationalteam1 = Denmark U21

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| pcupdate = 9 March 2025

}}

Patrick Mortensen (born 13 July 1989) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Danish Superliga club AGF.

Progressing through the youth academies of various clubs on Amager, Mortensen made his senior debut for the flagship team on the island, Fremad Amager, in October 2006, before being signed as an emerging talent by Danish Superliga club Brøndby the following year. He never managed to break through to their first team, and as a result moved to Lyngby Boldklub, where he developed into a natural goalscorer. In 2015, he signed with Norwegian Tippeligaen club Sarpsborg 08, where he was part of their successful UEFA Europa League campaign in the 2018–19 season, reaching the group stage. He returned to Denmark in January 2019, and signed with AGF. In his second season there he scored 17 league goals, finishing runner-up to the top scorer title as the club finished in third place.

Mortensen has gained 7 caps for the Denmark U21 team, in which he scored two goals. In November 2020, he was called up to Kasper Hjulmand's senior squad for the first time.

Club career

=Early career=

Born in Copenhagen, through his youth years, Mortensen has represented several clubs from Copenhagen such as AB 70, Amager United and the merger youth academy of several clubs from Amager, FS Amager, which changed its name to Amager - Øens Hold in the time Mortensen played there.{{cite web |title=Fremad Amager fik deres anden sejr i træk |url=http://www.fremad-amager.as/nyhed.asp?ID=471 |website=fremad-amager.as |publisher=Fremad Amager |access-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027112703/http://www.fremad-amager.as/nyhed.asp?ID=471 |archive-date=27 October 2007 |language=da |date=5 November 2006}}

Mortensen began his senior career for the second-tier Danish 1st Division club Fremad Amager. In the period before his debut at senior level, he had been allowed to practice as an amateur with club's first team by the then head coach Benny Johansen and convinced the club's professional management to offer him a more permanent contract, which he signed on 5 November 2006.{{cite news |last1=Barnwell |first1=David |title=Fremad Amager opruster |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/Fremad-Amager-opruster/ |access-date=25 January 2021 |work=bold.dk |date=6 November 2006 |language=da}} He officially made his debut as a 17-year-old for the club's first team on 15 October 2006, a month after his 17th birthday, in a home game at Sundby Idrætspark against Lyngby Boldklub in the 1st Division, when he came on as a substitute for Lars Brøgger in the 84th minute.{{cite news |last1=Thorsen |first1=Gisle |title=Lille tester stort Brøndby-talent |url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/fodbold/dansk_fodbold/superligaen/broendby/article4348667.ece |access-date=25 January 2021 |work=Ekstra Bladet |date=2 March 2008 |language=da}} Mortensen subsequently reached a total of 10 appearances with one goal, in the home game against Thisted on 15 April 2007, in the 2006–07 season, after which Fremad Amager suffered relegation to the third-tier Danish 2nd Division.

=Brøndby=

With effect from 1 August 2007, Mortensen moved to Danish Superliga club Brøndby on a two-year contract and thus accompanied one of his former head coaches Peer F. Hansen to Brøndby, where Hansen had recently been hired as a U21 coach.{{cite web |title=Patrick Mortensen skifter til Brøndby |url=http://www.fremad-amager.as/nyhed.asp?ID=764 |website=fremad-amager.as |publisher=Fremad Amager |access-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211095920/http://www.fremad-amager.as/nyhed.asp?ID=764 |archive-date=11 December 2007 |language=da |date=31 July 2007}}{{cite news |last1=Helmin |first1=Jesper |title=Brøndby henter Amager-talent |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/Broendby-henter-Amager-talent/ |access-date=25 January 2021 |work=bold.dk |date=31 July 2007 |language=da}} Mortensen began his tenure at the club's reserve team in the third-tier Danish 2nd Division East, where he made his debut on 19 August 2007 in an away match against FC Roskilde.{{cite web |title=Kontrakt med talent |url=http://www.brondby.com/article.asp?aid=43246 |website=brondby.com |publisher=Brøndby IF |access-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102905/http://www.brondby.com/article.asp?aid=43246 |archive-date=29 September 2007 |language=da |date=31 July 2007}} In early March 2008, Mortensen was on a three-day trial practice with the northern French Ligue 1 club Lille, but this did not result in a move.{{cite news |last1=Rydzy |first1=Mikkel |title=Brøndby-stortalent til prøvetræning i Lille |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/Broendby-stortalent-til-proevetraening-i-Lille/ |access-date=25 January 2021 |work=bold.dk |date=2 March 2008 |language=da}}

=Lyngby=

On 1 September 2009, Brøndby sent Mortensen on a six-month loan to Lyngby Boldklub in the second-tier 1st Division.{{cite web |title=Patrick Mortensen udlejet til Lyngby BK |url=https://brondby.com/nyhed/2009/09/01/patrick-mortensen-udlejet-til-lyngby-bk |website=brondby.com |publisher=Brøndby IF |access-date=26 January 2021 |language=da |date=1 September 2009 |archive-date=11 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111165727/https://brondby.com/nyhed/2009/09/01/patrick-mortensen-udlejet-til-lyngby-bk |url-status=dead }} He played his first game for the club on 6 September, when he came on as a substitute for Anders Christiansen in a 1–0 defeat at Viborg.{{cite news |last1=Helmin |first1=Jesper |title=Patrick M: Vil vise, jeg kan være med |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/Patrick-M-Vil-vise-jeg-kan-vaere-med/ |access-date=26 January 2021 |work=bold.dk |date=7 September 2009 |language=da}} On 27 September, he scored his first goal, in a 3–0 win over Brabrand. On 15 December 2009, Mortensen's move to Lyngby became permanent, joining the club on a three-year deal.{{cite news | work=lyngby-boldklub.dk | title=Patrick Mortensen 3 år i Lyngby | url=http://lyngby-boldklub.dk/Nyheder/A-Truppen/Patrick_Mortensen_3_%E5r_i_Lyngby/ | author=Kenneth Stricker | date=15 December 2009 | access-date=4 February 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719080318/http://lyngby-boldklub.dk/Nyheder/A-Truppen/Patrick_Mortensen_3_%E5r_i_Lyngby/ | archive-date=19 July 2012 }} At the end of that same season, Lyngby earned promotion to the Superliga.

On 29 August 2010, Mortensen managed to score his first goal in the top division, in the 3–3 home draw against his former team Brøndby. The match became mostly known for Remco van der Schaaf scoring a hat-trick for the away team.{{cite news |last1=Rydzy |first1=Mikkel |title=Remco-hattrick i Brøndby-comeback |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/Remco-hattrick-i-Broendby-comeback/ |access-date=26 January 2021 |work=bold.dk |date=29 August 2010 |language=da |quote=Og kort efter blev det 2-0. Lasse Rise brød igennem i højre side og lagde et perfekt indlæg ind til en helt umarkeret Patrick Mortensen, der stille og roligt flugtede bolden ind bag Stephan Andersen til 2-0.}} Lyngby suffered relegation back to the 1st Division at the end of the next season, with Mortensen remaining in the team until the summer of 2015. He finished his five-and-a-half-year stint with the club with 172 appearances in which he scored 66 goals.

=Sarpsborg 08=

In March 2015, Mortensen signed with Norwegian club Sarpsborg 08, with him joining the team from June in the same year.{{cite web |last1=Maimann |first1=Kristian |title=Patrick Mortensen til Sarpsborg fra næste sæson |url=https://lyngby-boldklub.dk/2015/03/27/patrick-mortensen-til-sarpsborg-fra-naeste-saeson/ |website=lyngby-boldklub.dk |publisher=Lyngby Boldklub |access-date=25 January 2021 |language=da |date=27 March 2015}} He played his first game for the club on 26 July 2015, in an Tippeligaen fixture against Mjøndalen IF. As a starter in the match, he immediately showed goal scoring prowess by scoring his first goal for the team, which was, however, not enough for his team to win the game, as it ended in a 2–2 draw.{{cite news |title=Dansk angriber med debutant-mål i Tippeligaen |url=https://www.avisen.dk/Fodbold/Nyheder/dansk-angriber-med-debutant-maal-i-tippeligaen_336354.aspx |access-date=25 January 2021 |work=avisen.dk |date=26 July 2015 |language=da}} He scored again the next league game against Rosenborg in a 3–2 loss.{{cite news |title=Dansker-scoringer tæt på at overrumple Rosenborg |url=https://www.ikast-brandenyt.dk/artikel/2c140750-03b4-446f-9793-fdaf1be6c10d/ |access-date=25 January 2021 |work=Ikast-Brande Nyt |date=2 August 2015 |language=da}} While at Sarpsborg, Mortensen was part of two Norwegian Football Cup finals; in 2015 and 2017. Both finals were lost, to Rosenborg and Lillestrøm, respectively.

With Sarpsborg, he participated in the group stage of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League where he distinguished himself on 4 October 2018 by scoring a brace against Belgian club Genk, contributing to the 3–1 victory of his team.{{cite news |last1=Risager |first1=Victor |title=Patrick Mortensen blev dobbelt målscorer, da Sarpsborg vandt danskeropgør |url=https://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/europa-league/patrick-mortensen-blev-dobbelt-maalscorer-da-sarpsborg-vandt-danskeropgoer |access-date=25 January 2021 |work=Tipsbladet |date=4 October 2018 |language=da}} He scored another European goal against Malmö FF on 8 November in a 1–1 draw.{{cite news |title=Den flyvende angriber: Mortensen på tavlen i danskeropgør i Europa League |url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/fodbold/europaleague/den-flyvende-angriber-mortensen-paa-tavlen-i-danskeropgoer-i-europa |access-date=25 January 2021 |work=DR |date=8 November 2018 |language=da}} His team, however, finished bottom of the group and failed to advance in the competition.{{cite news |last1=Friberg |first1=Jens |last2=Myhrvold Simensen |first2=Henrik |title=Ute av Europa etter braktap |url=https://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/i/P3lv8z/sarpsborg-08-slaatt-ut-av-europa-league-etter-braktap |access-date=25 January 2021 |work=VG |date=13 December 2018 |language=no}}{{cite news |last1=Ekeland |first1=Halvor |last2=Lindahl Solgård |first2=Jonas |last3=Ruud |first3=Bengt-Eigil |title=Sarpsborg 08 på hodet ut av Europaligaen: - Vi var sjanseløse |url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/sarpsborg-08-pa-hodet-ut-av-europaligaen_---vi-var-sjanselose-1.14340211 |access-date=25 January 2021 |work=NRK |date=13 December 2018 |language=no}}

=AGF=

On 12 January 2019, Mortensen moved from Sarpsborg to AGF on a four-year contract.{{cite web |title=Ny angriber på plads i AGF |url=https://www.agf.dk/klubben/nyhedsarkiv/2019/januar/ny-angriber-paa-plads-i-agf/ |website=agf.dk |publisher=AGF |access-date=25 January 2021 |language=da |date=12 January 2019 |archive-date=15 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415082436/https://www.agf.dk/klubben/nyhedsarkiv/2019/januar/ny-angriber-paa-plads-i-agf/ |url-status=dead }} He scored his first goal for the club on 15 February in a 2–0 away win over SønderjyskE.{{cite news |title=AGF-træner: Virkelig høj klasse af Patrick |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/agf-traener-virkelig-hoej-klasse-af-patrick/ |access-date=26 January 2021 |work=bold.dk |date=16 February 2019 |language=da}} He scored nine goals in his first 12 appearances for AGF, as the team reached play-offs for European football.{{cite news |last1=Carlskov |first1=Thor |title=Patrick Mortensen overrasket over sin succes |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/patrick-mortensen-overrasket-over-sin-succes/ |access-date=26 January 2021 |work=bold.dk |date=15 June 2019 |language=da}}

Mortensen experienced as strong second season in Aarhus, especially in the second half of the season, as AGF finished third in the league table. Part of the success was thanks to Mortensen's sharpness in front of goal, as he finished runner-up in the top goalscorer title of the Superliga, one goal behind Ronnie Schwartz.{{cite news |last1=Skjøth |first1=Johannes |title=Patrick Mortensen kåret til årets spiller i AGF |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/patrick-mortensen-kaaret-til-aarets-spiller-i-agf/ |access-date=26 January 2021 |work=bold.dk |date=30 July 2020 |language=da}} He made 39 league appearances in which he scored 18 goals.{{Soccerway|94972}} He was subsequently voted AGF Player of the Year for 2019–20.

Mortensen scored eight goals before the winter break of the 2020–21 Danish Superliga, along with two goals in two appearances in the Europa League, as AGF were knocked out in the second qualifying round to Slovenian club NŠ Mura.{{cite news |last1=Hüttel |first1=Jonas |title=AGF taber til slovenske NS Mura og er ude af Europa League |url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/fodbold/udenlandsk_fodbold/europaleague/agf-taber-til-slovenske-ns-mura-og-er-ude-af-europa-league/8294453 |access-date=26 January 2021 |work=Ekstra Bladet |date=17 September 2020 |language=da}}

On 21 October 2024, Mortensen broke the record for most penalty kick goals in the Danish Superliga with 22 goals, in a 1-0 win against Brøndby.{{cite news |title=AGF-målscorer slår rekord|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/live/fodbold/2024-09-28-seneste-nyt-fra-dansk-og-international-fodbold/agf-maalscorer-slaar-rekord?entry=1d062345-9178-4d43-9f40-8f6e3705102e |access-date=21 October 2024| language=da| work=TV2}}

International career

Mortensen made his debut for the Denmark under-21 national team in 2010.

In November 2020, he was called up to Kasper Hjulmand's senior squad for the friendly against Sweden due to several cancellations from, among others, the Danish national team players playing in England, due to the COVID-19 restrictions, as well as a case of COVID-19 in the squad, which had put several national team players in quarantine. He was on the bench for the game against Sweden.{{cite news |title=Denmark 2-0 Sweden|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54911122|publisher=BBC |access-date=12 November 2020}}

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|match played 9 March 2025}}{{cite web|title=Patrick Mortensen|url=http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=player&personId=206871&tournamentId=1&seasonId=340&teamId=541&useFullUrl=false|website=altomfotball.no|publisher=TV 2|access-date=21 October 2018|language=no}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Danish Cup, Norwegian Cup}}

!colspan="2"|Europe

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="7"|Lyngby

|2009–10

|Danish 1st Division

|21

800colspan="2"|—218
2010–11

|rowspan=2|Danish Superliga

|27

421colspan="2"|—295
2011–12

|27

600colspan="2"|—276
2012–13

|rowspan=3|Danish 1st Division

|31

1222colspan="2"|—3314
2013–14

|33

2322colspan="2"|—3525
2014–15

|27

800colspan="2"|—278
colspan="2"|Total

!166

6165colspan="2"|—17266
rowspan="5"|Sarpsborg 08

|2015

|rowspan=2|Tippeligaen

|10

333colspan="2"|—136
2016

|26

532colspan="2"|—297
2017

|rowspan=2|Eliteserien

|30

1263colspan="2"|—3615
2018

|28

121014{{efn|name=UEL}}74319
colspan="2"|Total

!94

3213814712147
rowspan="8”|AGF

|2018–19

|rowspan=7|Danish Superliga

|12

900colspan="2"|—129
2019–20

|35

1841colspan="2"|—3919
2020–21

|29

15522{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}23619
2021–22

|28

620colspan="2"|—306
2022–23

|32

1610colspan="2"|—3316
2023–24

|32

13712{{efn|name=UECL|Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}}04114
2024–25

|21

1531colspan="2" |—2416
colspan="2"|Total

!189

922254221599
colspan="3"|Career total

!449

1854118189508212

{{notelist}}

Honours

Sarpsborg 08

  • Norwegian Football Cup runner-up: 2015,{{cite news |last1=Johannessen |first1=Bjørn Arne |last2=Aaserud |first2=Mikal |last3=Svegaarden |first3=Knut Espen |last4=Berg Ould-Saada |first4=Arilas |last5=Delebekk |first5=Bjørn S. |title=Rosenborg helt overlegen i cupfinalen |url=https://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/i/42nB9/rosenborg-helt-overlegen-i-cupfinalen |access-date=26 January 2021 |work=VG |date=20 May 2016 |language=no}} 2017{{cite news |last1=Østmoe Brandsnes |first1=Håkon |last2=Roth Christensen |first2=Christian |title=Lillestrøm tok sitt sjette cupgull: - Dette er rørende |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/sport/lillestrom-tok-sitt-sjette-cupgull---dette-er-rorende/68943941 |access-date=26 January 2021 |work=Dagbladet |date=3 December 2017 |language=no}}

Individual

  • AGF Player of the Year: 2019–20
  • Superliga Team of the Month: August 2023{{cite news |last1=Bak |first1=Daniel |title=Seks SL-klubber har spillere på månedens hold |url=https://bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/seks-sl-klubber-har-spillere-pa-manedens-hold |access-date=16 April 2024 |work=bold.dk |date=31 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416163246/https://bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/seks-sl-klubber-har-spillere-pa-manedens-hold |archive-date=16 April 2024 |language=da}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [https://agf.dk/herre-holdet/patrick-mortensen Patrick Mortensen] at AGF {{in lang|da}}
  • [https://superliga.dk/agf/patrick-mortensen Patrick Mortensen] at Danish Superliga {{in lang|da}}
  • {{DBU player|6798}}
  • {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304232139/http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=player&personId=206871&tournamentId=1&seasonId=338&teamId=541&useFullUrl=false |date=4 March 2016 |title=Patrick Mortensen at Altomfotball {{in lang|no}} }}

{{AGF squad}}

{{Danish Superliga top scorers}}

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