Mads Agesen

Mads Agesen
Personal information
Full name Mads Agesen
Date of birth (1983-03-17) 17 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Thisted, Denmark
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2004 Thisted FC
2004–2005 AGF II
2005–2007 Thisted FC
2007–2008 Aarhus Fremad
2008–2010 FC Fredericia 68 (5)
2010–2013 AC Horsens 49 (0)
2013–2018 Randers FC 122 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2017 (UTC)

Mads Agesen (born 17 March 1983) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a defender.[1]

Club career

AGF

Agesen joined AGF from Thisted FC in January 2004. He had moved with his girlfriend to the city when he had to started his studies. He started on their reserve team in the Denmark Series. But in June 2004, AGF decided to offer him a contract.[2] At the same time he held his two-year contract, Agesen had to work in a local supermarket.

Thisted FC

Thisted FC announced in July 2005 that they had signed Agesen back from AGF.[3]

Aarhus Fremad

On 26 February 2007, Aarhus Fremad announced they had signed Agesen onto a professional contract.[4]

FC Fredericia

Agesen signed onto FC Fredericia in June 2008 on a part-time deal.[5] He became a very important player for the club and the captain. After two good seasons, he left the team.

AC Horsens

On 1 September 2010 it was confirmed, that Agesen had signed a three-year contract with AC Horsens.[6] This transfer was a division step-up for Agesen.

Agesen suffered from jumpers knee in his first season at the club, and played in fewer games. He was out with jumpers knees for about 1 year,[7] but returned to the pitch after a saline injection in February 2012. In August of the same year, he suffered from a pulled muscle injury. This time, he was only out for 6 weeks.[8] In March 2013, he broke his jaw and was out for three weeks.[9] Due to his many injuries, he did not play in many games with the club and left in the summer of 2013.

Randers FC

On 4 January 2013 it was confirmed that Agesen had signed a three-year contract with Randers FC beginning in the summer 2013.[10] Randers tried to sign him already starting in January, but AC Horsens didn't allow him to transfer until the season was done.

He played his first league game for Randers on August 4, 2013, against F.C. Copenhagen, where he replaced Nicolai Brock-Madsen in the 83rd minute in a 3–1 victory.[11]

In May 2015, Agesen was operated on for a sports hernia.[12] A month later, he extended his contract until 2018.[13] He recovered from his injury and returned to play in August 2015.

References

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  1. ^ "Denmark - M. Agesen - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  2. ^ AGF skriver kontrakt med midtbanespiller‚ bold.dk, 30 June 2004
  3. ^ Thisted går styrket ind i 2. division‚ bold.dk, 20 July 2005
  4. ^ Proffodbold i Aarhus Fremad, bold.dk, 26 February 2007
  5. ^ 22 deltidsspillere på plads i Fredericia‚ bold.dk, 12 June 2008
  6. ^ AC Horsens køber stærk stopper i FCF‚ bold.dk, 1 September 2010
  7. ^ Agesen: Mildest talt et mareridt, bold.dk, 30 December 2011
  8. ^ Lang pause til ACH-forsvarer, bold.dk, 28 August 2012
  9. ^ Agesen efter brud: Tre ugers ro og maske, bold.dk, 4 April 2013
  10. ^ Agesen fra Horsens til Randers‚ bold.dk, 4 January 2013
  11. ^ KØBENHAVN VS. RANDERS 1 - 3‚ bold.dk, 4 August 2013
  12. ^ Randers-klippe skal under kniven , bold.dk, 5 May 2015
  13. ^ Mads Agesen forlænger i Randers‚ bold.dk, 9 June 2015