Mads Bidstrup

**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. In January 2018, he moved to German club RB Leipzig. 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, he left the club in July 2020 and went to Brentford F.C..  After returning to fitness after an injury Bidstrup made his B team debut in a match versus a Stevenage XI on 14 February 2021 and three days later, he was called for the first team squad for a league match versus West London rivals Queens Park Rangers. He remained an unused substitute during the 2–1 defeat and was there after a regular inclusion on the bench.

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

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

## International career

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

## Honours

**Brentford**
- EFL Championship play-offs: 2021
**Individual**
- FC Nordsjælland Player of the Year: 2022–23

## Career statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Brentford|2020–21|Championship|4|0|0|0|0|0|colspan="2"|―|2|0|6|0|
|2021–22|Premier League|4|0|1|0|3|0|colspan="2"|―|colspan="2"|―|8|0|||
|Nordsjælland (loan)|2021–22|Danish Superliga|13|0|colspan="2"|―|colspan="2"|―|colspan="2"|―|colspan="2"|―|13|0||
|rowspan="2"|Nordsjælland (loan)|2022–23|Danish Superliga|30|0|4|0|colspan="2"|―|colspan="2"|―|colspan="2"|―|34|0|
|Red Bull Salzburg|2023–24|Austrian Bundesliga|0|0|0|0|colspan="2"|―|0|0|colspan="2"|―|0|0||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Mads Bidstrup
- **image**: FC Red Bull Salzburg gegen WSG Tirol (2023-08-06) 18.jpg
- **full name**: Mads Bidstrup
- **birth place**: Køge, Denmark
- **height**: 1.75 m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **currentclub**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **clubnumber**: 18
- **youthclubs1**: Herfølge Boldklub, Herfølge
- **youthyears2**: –2013
- **youthclubs2**: Brøndby IF, Brøndby
- **youthyears3**: 2013–2018
- **youthclubs3**: F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen
- **youthyears4**: 2018–2020
- **youthclubs4**: RB Leipzig
- **years1**: 2020–2023
- **clubs1**: Brentford F.C., Brentford
- **caps1**: 8
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2022
- **clubs2**: → FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland (loan)
- **caps2**: 13
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2022–2023
- **clubs3**: → FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland (loan)
- **caps3**: 30
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2023–
- **clubs4**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps4**: 0
- **goals4**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2016–2017
- **nationalteam1**: Denmark national under-16 football team, Denmark U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 7
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2017
- **nationalteam2**: Denmark national under-17 football team, Denmark U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 7
- **nationalyears3**: 2018
- **nationalteam3**: Denmark national under-18 football team, Denmark U18
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2018–2019
- **nationalteam4**: Denmark national under-19 football team, Denmark U19
- **nationalcaps4**: 7
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2021–2022
- **nationalteam5**: Denmark national under-21 football team, Denmark U21
- **nationalcaps5**: 9
- **nationalgoals5**: 0
- **club-update**: 23:40, 17 July 2023 (UTC)