Marcus Ingvartsen

Marcus Ingvartsen
Marcus Højriis Ingvartsen (born 4 January 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland and the Denmark national team.
Club career
Nordsjælland
Ingvartsen started his career in his native Denmark for Superliga and hometown side FC Nordsjælland. He finished the 2016–17 Danish Superliga season as the top scorer in the league with 23 league goals; finishing 3 goals ahead of second player on the list, Teemu Pukki. Ingvartsen also won the Young Players of the Year award for that season, as a result of his impressive league performances. He also won the league's player of the month award for both November and April during the season. He went on to score 30 goals in 76 matches for Nordsjælland.
Genk
After his standout season, Belgian club Genk signed Ingvartsen during the summer of 2017. Ingvartsen started his first season with Genk with a few late substitute appearances for them. But in his first full game for Genk, Ingvartsen scored twice against Eupen to earn Genk a 3–3 draw. Ingvartsen scored again in Genk's next league game against Mouscron. Ingvartsen scored more league goals against Kortrijk and Oostende, before suffering a serious knee injury in early 2018 which ended his season. Before his injury, Ingvartsen had played a key role in getting Genk to the final of the Belgian Cup. He equalised against Mechelen in the seventh minute to earn a 1–1 draw and he scored again when the game went to a penalty shoot out, which Genk won. Ingvartsen scored again in Genk's quarter-final penalty shootout win over Waasland-Beveren. In Genk's semi-final match against Kortrijk, Ingvartsen scored the opening goal of the match, which helped Genk reach the final. Genk lost 1–0 to Standard Liège in the final of the Belgian Cup on 17 March 2018.
Ingvartsen was injured at the start of the 2018–19 season and missed the early part of the league campaign. When he returned from injury, he helped Genk win the Belgian First Division league title.
Union Berlin
In June 2019, Ingvartsen signed for newly promoted Bundesliga side Union Berlin on a three-year deal. He made his debut for the club on 11 August in the 0–6 away win over VfB Germania Halberstadt in the second round of the DFB-Pokal.
Mainz 05
On 30 August 2021, after the third matchday of the 2021–22 Bundesliga season, Ingvartsen was sent on loan to league rivals Mainz 05 with a purchase option until the end of the season. In his debut on 11 September, he scored the 2–0 goal in the away game at Hoffenheim one minute after being substituted on. During his loan period with Mainz, Ingvartsen contributed with 6 goals in 664 minutes of playing time in the league.
On 17 May 2022, Mainz made the transfer permanent and Ingvartsen signed a contract until 2025.
Return to Nordsjælland
On 7 July 2023 it was confirmed, that Ingvartsen had returned to his former club, FC Nordsjælland. However, the club did not disclose the length of the contract. Ingvartsen was given jersey number 7.
International career
Ingvartsen is the all-time leading goalscorer for the Danish U21 national team. He surpassed Peter Møller on the all-time list to reach 17 goals thanks to his goal against the England U-21 national team.
He was called up to the senior Denmark squad in March 2021. He made his debut on 28 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Moldova and scored the last goal in a 8–0 victory.
Career statistics
Club
International
Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.
Honours
Genk
Belgian First Division A: 2018–19
Belgian Cup runner-up: 2017–18
Individual
Danish Superliga Player of the Month: November 2016, April 2017
Danish Young Player of the Year: 2016
Danish Superliga Top Scorer: 2016–17
Tipsbladet Player of the Spring: 2017
References
External links
1996 births
Living people
People from Furesø Municipality
Men's association football forwards
Danish men's footballers
Danish expatriate men's footballers
Denmark men's under-21 international footballers
Denmark men's youth international footballers
Denmark men's international footballers
Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark
Danish Superliga players
Belgian Pro League players
Bundesliga players
FC Nordsjælland players
K.R.C. Genk players
1. FC Union Berlin players
1. FSV Mainz 05 players
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany