Simon Kjær

**Simon Thorup Kjær** (born 26 March 1989) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. He is currently a free agent.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Midtjylland|2007–08|Danish Superliga|19|0|2|0|—|—|21|0||||
|rowspan="3"|Palermo|2008–09|rowspan="2"|Serie A|27|3|0|0|—|—|27|3||
|2009–10|35|2|3|0|—|—|38|2||||||
|rowspan=4|VfL Wolfsburg|2010–11|rowspan="3"|Bundesliga|32|1|2|0|—|—|34|1||
|2011–12|3|0|1|0|—|—|4|0||||||
|2012–13|22|2|3|0|—|—|25|2||||||
|Roma (loan)|2011–12|Serie A|22|0|2|0|—|—|24|0||||
|rowspan="3"|Lille|2013–14|rowspan="2"|Ligue 1|35|0|2|1|—|—|37|1||
|2014–15|31|1|2|1|9|1|—|42|3|||||
|rowspan="3"|Fenerbahçe|2015–16|rowspan="2"|Süper Lig|28|2|6|0|11|0|—|45|2|
|2016–17|27|1|5|0|11|2|—|43|3|||||
|rowspan="3"|Sevilla|2017–18|rowspan="2"|La Liga|20|2|1|0|6|1|—|27|3|
|2018–19|26|0|3|0|7|0|1|0|37|0||||
|Atalanta (loan)|2019–20|rowspan="6"|Serie A|5|0|0|0|1|0|—|6|0||
|Milan (loan)|2019–20|15|0|4|0|—|—|19|0|||||
|rowspan="5"|Milan|2020–21|28|0|1|0|10|1|—|39|1|||
|2021–22|11|0|0|0|3|0|—|14|0|||||
|2022–23|17|0|0|0|6|0|1|0|24|0||||
|2023–24|20|0|1|0|4|0|—|25|0|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="16"|Denmark|2009|7|0|
|2010|8|0|||
|2011|6|0|||
|2012|10|0|||
|2013|7|1|||
|2014|8|1|||
|2015|10|0|||
|2016|10|1|||
|2017|8|0|||
|2018|11|0|||
|2019|10|0|||
|2020|7|0|||
|2021|17|2|||
|2022|3|0|||
|2023|8|0|||
|2024|2|0|||

- _Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first._

|No.|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|22 March 2013|Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic||2–0|3–0|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|2.|14 November 2014|Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia||2–1|3–1|UEFA Euro 2016 qualification|
|3.|3 June 2016|Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan||1–0|2–2|2016 Kirin Cup|
|4.|7 September 2021|Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark||2–0|5–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|5.|9 October 2021|Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova||2–0|4–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|

## Honours

**AC Milan**
- Serie A: 2021–22

**Individual**
- Danish U19 Player of the Year: 2007
- Danish Talent of the Year: 2009
- Danish Player Of The Year: 2009, 2021
- The Guardian Footballer of the Year: 2021
- Ballon d'Or nominee: 2021

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Simon Kjær
- **image**: Simon Kjær 2017 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Kjær playing for Sevilla FC, Sevilla in 2017
- **fullname**: Simon Thorup Kjær
- **birth place**: Horsens, Denmark
- **height**: 1.90 m
- **position**: Centre-back
- **youthyears1**: 1993–2001
- **youthclubs1**: Lund IF
- **youthyears2**: 2001–2007
- **youthclubs2**: FC Midtjylland Academy, FC Midtjylland
- **years1**: 2007–2008
- **clubs1**: FC Midtjylland
- **caps1**: 19
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2008–2010
- **clubs2**: Palermo FC, Palermo
- **caps2**: 62
- **goals2**: 5
- **years3**: 2010–2013
- **clubs3**: VfL Wolfsburg
- **caps3**: 57
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 2011–2012
- **clubs4**: → AS Roma, Roma (loan)
- **caps4**: 22
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2013–2015
- **clubs5**: Lille OSC, Lille
- **caps5**: 66
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 2015–2017
- **clubs6**: Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe
- **caps6**: 54
- **goals6**: 3
- **years7**: 2017–2020
- **clubs7**: Sevilla FC, Sevilla
- **caps7**: 46
- **goals7**: 2
- **years8**: 2019–2020
- **clubs8**: → Atalanta BC, Atalanta (loan)
- **caps8**: 5
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2020
- **clubs9**: → AC Milan (loan)
- **caps9**: 15
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 2020–2024
- **clubs10**: AC Milan
- **caps10**: 76
- **goals10**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2006
- **nationalteam1**: Denmark national under-19 football team, Denmark U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2006–2008
- **nationalteam2**: Denmark national under-19 football team, Denmark U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 10
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2008
- **nationalteam3**: Denmark national under-21 football team, Denmark U20
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2008–2011
- **nationalteam4**: Denmark national under-21 football team, Denmark U21
- **nationalcaps4**: 2
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2009–2024
- **nationalteam5**: Denmark national football team, Denmark
- **nationalcaps5**: 132
- **nationalgoals5**: 5
- **pcupdate**: 08:16, 26 May 2024 (UTC)