Maurits Kjaergaard

Maurits Kjaergaard
Kjaergaard in 2021
Personal information
Full name Maurits Kjaergaard[1]
Date of birth (2003-06-26) 26 June 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Herlev, Denmark
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Red Bull Salzburg
Number 14
Youth career
2017–2019 Lyngby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Liefering 47 (7)
2021– Red Bull Salzburg 65 (6)
National team‡
2018–2019 Denmark U16 6 (2)
2019–2020 Denmark U17 11 (1)
2020– Denmark U19 2 (0)
2021– Denmark U21 14 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2023

Maurits Kjaergaard (born 26 June 2003) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg[3] and for FC Liefering in the 2nd Austrian league.

Career

He started his career with Lyngby BK. 2019 he went on to FC Red Bull Salzburg. In the beginning he played for the feeder club FC Liefering. He made his debut for Liefering in August 2019 versus SV Horn when he came in for Jung-Min Kim in minute 64.

In February 2021 he made his debut for FC Red Bull Salzburg.

National team

Kjaergaard played for Denmarks U16, U17, U19 and U21.

Career statistics

As of match played 1 September 2024[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liefering 2019–20 2. Liga 13 2 – – – 13 2
2020–21 2. Liga 28 3 – – – 28 3
2021–22 2. Liga 6 2 – – – 6 2
Total 47 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 7
Red Bull Salzburg 2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 0
2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 17 2 4 1 4[a] 1 – 25 4
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 26 2 3 0 7[b] 0 – 36 2
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 17 2 2 1 3[a] 0 – 21 3
2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 4 0 1 1 4[a] 4 0 0 9 5
Total 65 6 10 3 18 5 0 0 92 14
Career total 112 13 10 3 18 5 0 0 140 21
Notes
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

References

  1. ↑ Maurits Kjaergaard at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ↑ "FC Red Bull Salzburg - kjaergaard".
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Maurits Kjærgaard at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 June 2022.