Nikolai Baden Frederiksen

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Nikolai Baden
Personal information
Full name Nikolai Baden Frederiksen
Date of birth (2000-05-18) 18 May 2000 (age 21)
Place of birth Odense, Denmark
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Vitesse
Number 11
Youth career
Næsby
2015–2017 Nordsjælland
2018–2020 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Nordsjælland 11 (3)
2019–2021 Juventus U23 9 (0)
2020 → Fortuna Sittard (loan) 2 (0)
2020–2021 → WSG Tirol (loan) 31 (18)
2021– Vitesse 16 (7)
National team‡
2015–2016 Denmark U16 7 (1)
2016–2017 Denmark U17 9 (6)
2017–2018 Denmark U18 5 (2)
2018–2019 Denmark U19 6 (2)
2021 Denmark U20 2 (0)
2021– Denmark U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:34, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:48, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

Nikolai "Futte" Baden Frederiksen (born 18 May 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Vitesse.

Youth career[]

Baden started playing football at Næsby BK, and joined FC Nordsjælland in the summer 2015.[1] At the age of 14, Baden was on a trial at Liverpool.[2] He played a friendly game for their U16 squad against Wigan Athletic, which they won 2-1.

Club career[]

FC Nordsjælland[]

In the summer 2017, Baden signed a 3-year youth contract with the club and began training with the first team squad. He also went on a training camp with the team in the summer 2017 at the Netherlands.

Baden's first senior experience was on 30 July 2017, where he sat on the bench for the whole game against AaB. He got his debut for FC Nordsjælland on 14 October 2017 against Randers FC. Baden started on the bench, but replaced Viktor Tranberg in the 84th minute. Two minutes later, Baden scored the winning goal at the age of only 17 and FCN won the game 3-2.[3]

Juventus[]

On 18 August 2018, it was announced that Baden had signed a four-year deal with Juventus.[4] He started playing for the Primavera squad. Baden was bought for a price about 11,3 millioner danish krone.[5]

Baden mainly played for Juventus' Primavera team in his first season. He got his debut for Juventus U23 in the Serie C in April 2019. After 9 appearances in Serie C, Baden was loaned out to Dutch club Fortuna Sittard on 31 January 2020 for the rest of the season.[6] On 25 August, he was sent out on loan to Austrian club WSG Tirol for the 2020-21 season.[7]

Vitesse[]

On 14 July 2021, he signed a three-year contract, with an additional extension option, with the Dutch club Vitesse.[8] Baden scored in his first official game for the club against PEC Zwolle in the Eredivisie on 15 August 2021.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kontrakt i FC Nordsjælland: Fynbo har knækket koden". fyens.dk. 9 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Nicolai i Liverpool". fyens.dk. 1 December 2014.
  3. ^ "17-årig FCN-matchvinder jubler over drømmedebut". bt.dk. 30 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Dansk angrebskomet skifter til Juventus". dr.dk. 18 August 2018.
  5. ^ Avis: Nikolai Baden Frederiksen kan blive Danmarks dyreste teenager, tipsbladet.dk, 21 August 2018
  6. ^ FORTUNA SITTARD HUURT VLEUGELAANVALLER FREDERIKSEN VAN JUVENTUS, fortunasittard.nl, 31 January 2020
  7. ^ Ung Juventus-dansker tager til Østrig, bold.dk, 25 August 2020
  8. ^ "VITESSE HEET SPITS NIKOLAI BADEN FREDERIKSEN WELKOM" (in Dutch). Vitesse. 14 July 2021.
  9. ^ PEC ZWOLLE VS. VITESSE 0 - 1, soccerway.com, 15 August 2021

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