# Nicolai Jørgensen

Nicolai Mick Jørgensen (Danish pronunciation:; born 15 January 1991) is a Danish former professional footballer who plays as a forward.

## Club career
### Akademisk Boldklub

Nicolai Jørgensen began his career at Grantoften IF, he later joined Skovlunde IF and joined Akademisk Boldklub afterwards, where he played for nine years apart from half a year as a U-15 player in Brøndby IF.

### Bayer Leverkusen

Jørgensen joined German team Bayer 04 Leverkusen for their pre-season training camp in July scoring four goals in his first 45-minute appearance, and was subsequently signed for a five-year contract with Leverkusen on 12 July 2010. He made his Bundesliga debut in a 3–6 defeat to Borussia Mönchengladbach on 29 August 2010 being introduced as a substitute after 63 minutes.

### F.C. Copenhagen

In July 2012, Jørgensen returned to his native Denmark joining F.C. Copenhagen on a one-year loan. In September, the club announced to have had exercised a purchase option, making the deal permanent with Jørgensen signing a contract until 2016.

### Feyenoord

During the summer of 2016, Jørgensen joined Feyenoord for €3.5 million signing a five-year deal. In his first season at the club he became the Eredivisie's top scorer with 21 goals, helping Feyenoord to win their first title since 1999.
On 22 April 2018, he scored the opening goal as Feyenoord won the 2017–18 KNVB Cup final 3–0 against AZ Alkmaar.
On 14 June 2019, Feyenoord announced that they had reached principle agreement with Jørgensen to extend his contract until 2022.

### Return to Copenhagen

After terminating his contract with Turkish club Kasımpaşa, Jørgensen returned to his former club F.C. Copenhagen on 31 January 2022, signing a deal for the rest of the season. After a disappointing season with one goal in nine games, Jørgensen left the club in June 2022, as his contract came to an end.

## International career

On 4 October 2010, Jørgensen was called up for the Denmark's national football team, for the matches against Portugal and Cyprus in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group H. He scored the winning goal in the 70th minute against Belarus on 14 June 2011 in the 2011 UEFA European U-21 Football Championship. On 14 November 2015, he scored his first international goal for Denmark national football team in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Playoffs against Sweden. Denmark had lost 1–2 to Sweden but it was a crucial away goal for Denmark.
In June 2018 he was named in Denmark's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 22 May 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Akademisk Boldklub | 2008–09 | Danish 1st Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 |
| Akademisk Boldklub | 2009–10 | Danish 1st Division | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 8 |
| Akademisk Boldklub | Total | Total | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 8 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) | 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 |
| Copenhagen | 2012–13 | Danish Superliga | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 12 |
| Copenhagen | 2013–14 | Danish Superliga | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 24 | 8 |
| Copenhagen | 2014–15 | Danish Superliga | 25 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | — | 37 | 12 |
| Copenhagen | 2015–16 | Danish Superliga | 31 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 40 | 19 |
| Copenhagen | Total | Total | 99 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 6 | — | — | 137 | 51 |
| Feyenoord | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 32 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 25 |
| Feyenoord | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 26 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 13 |
| Feyenoord | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 24 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10 |
| Feyenoord | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 5 |
| Feyenoord | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 3 |
| Feyenoord | Total | Total | 114 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 144 | 56 |
| Kasımpaşa | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 2 |
| Copenhagen | 2021–22 | Danish Superliga | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 283 | 99 | 27 | 9 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 362 | 118 |
* ↑ Includes Danish Cup, DFB-Pokal, KNVB Cup
* 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
* 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
* 1 2 Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

### International

    As of match played 3 March 2020
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Denmark | 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| Denmark | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| Denmark | 2013 | 6 | 0 |
| Denmark | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| Denmark | 2015 | 7 | 1 |
| Denmark | 2016 | 8 | 5 |
| Denmark | 2017 | 6 | 2 |
| Denmark | 2018 | 8 | 1 |
| Denmark | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 41 | 9 |
    Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jørgensen goal.
List of international goals scored by Nicolai Jørgensen :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 14 November 2015 | Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden | Sweden | 1–2 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualification |
| 2 | 24 March 2016 | MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark | Iceland | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 24 March 2016 | MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark | Iceland | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 4 | 31 August 2016 | CASA Arena, Horsens, Denmark | Liechtenstein | 1–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 5 | 31 August 2016 | CASA Arena, Horsens, Denmark | Liechtenstein | 2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 6 | 15 November 2016 | Eden Arena, Prague, Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 7 | 10 June 2017 | Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8 | 1 September 2017 | Telia Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark | Poland | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 9 | 16 November 2018 | Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales | Wales | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B |

## Honours

Copenhagen
* Danish Superliga: 2012–13, 2015–16, 2021–22
* Danish Cup: 2014–15, 2015–16
Feyenoord
* Eredivisie: 2016–17
* KNVB Cup: 2017–18
* Johan Cruijff Shield: 2017, 2018
Individual
* Eredivisie top scorer: 2016–17