Mads Bidstrup

Mads Bidstrup
Personal information
Full name Mads Bidstrup[1]
Date of birth (2001-02-25) 25 February 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Køge, Denmark
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Red Bull Salzburg
Number 18
Youth career
Herfølge
0000–2013 Brøndby
2013–2018 Copenhagen
2018–2020 RB Leipzig
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Brentford 8 (0)
2022 → Nordsjælland (loan) 13 (0)
2022–2023 → Nordsjælland (loan) 30 (0)
2023– Red Bull Salzburg 0 (0)
National team
2016–2017 Denmark U16 7 (0)
2017 Denmark U17 7 (1)
2018 Denmark U18 1 (0)
2018–2019 Denmark U19 7 (0)
2021–2022 Denmark U21 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:40, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Mads Bidstrup (born 25 February 2001) is a Danish footballer. He plays as midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.

Career

Bidstrup began his career in the youth systems at Herfølge, Brøndby and Copenhagen.[3] In January 2018, he moved to German club RB Leipzig.[3] Bidstrup was a part of the RB Leipzig U19 team which reached the 2019 DFB-Pokal Junior Final and despite having three years remaining on his contract,[4][5] he left the club in July 2020 and went to Brentford F.C.. After returning to fitness after a injury Bidstrup made his B team debut in a match versus a Stevenage XI on 14 February 2021 and three days later,[6] he was called for the first team squad for a league match versus West London rivals Queens Park Rangers.[7] He remained an unused substitute during the 2–1 defeat and was there after a regular inclusion on the bench.[7]

Bidstrup moved on loan to thr Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland until the end of the 2021–22 season.[8] He signed a new two-year contract during the 2022 off-season.[7][9] Bidstrup stayed with Nordsjælland on loan for the 2022–23season. He became club's Player of the Year award.[7][9][10]

On 17 July 2023 Bidstrup went to Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and signed a five-year contract.[11]

International career

Bidstrup made 31 matches and scored one goal for Denmark on U16 to U21 level.[12]

Honours

Brentford

  • EFL Championship play-offs: 2021

Individual

  • FC Nordsjælland Player of the Year: 2022–23

Career statistics

As of match played 4 June 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 2020–21[13] Championship 4 0 0 0 0 0 ― 2[c] 0 6 0
2021–22[14] Premier League 4 0 1 0 3 0 ― ― 8 0
Total 8 0 1 0 3 0 ― 2 0 14 0
Nordsjælland (loan) 2021–22[7] Danish Superliga 13 0 ― ― ― ― 13 0
Nordsjælland (loan) 2022–23[7] Danish Superliga 30 0 4 0 ― ― ― 34 0
Total 43 0 4 0 ― ― ― 57 0
Red Bull Salzburg 2023–24[7] Austrian Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 ― 0 0 ― 0 0
Career total 51 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 61 0
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup, Danish Cup, Austrian Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in Championship play-offs

References

  1. ↑ "EFL Squad List 2020/21 & U21 Registered Contract Players" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Mads Bidstrup | Playerprofile". Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sindberg, Mathias. "FCK-teenageren Mads Bidstrup solgt for millionbeløb: 'Jeg har ikke opnået en skid'" (in Danish). Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "RB Leipzig U 19 – VfB Stuttgart U 19, 1:2, DFB-Pokal der Junioren 2018/19 Finale". DFB Datencenter (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Auch Talent Mads Bidstrup verlässt RB Leipzig". Müsterschezeitung (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Brentford B 3 Stevenage XI 4". Brentford F.C. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Mads Bidstrup at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Mads Bidstrup heads to FC Nordsjælland on loan". Brentford FC. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Mads Bidstrup signes new contract and joins FC Nordsjælland on loan". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  10. ↑ @FCNordsjaelland (4 June 2023). "Inden dagens kamp kårede Wild Tigers Mads Bidstrup til Årets Spiller 👏💥1️⃣8️⃣" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ↑ "Mads Bidstrup moves to Salzburg". Red Bull Salzburg. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  12. ↑ Mads Bidstrup at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
  13. ↑ "Games played by Mads Bidstrup in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Mads Bidstrup in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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