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Mikkel Beckmann 
Personal information Full name Mikkel Beckmann Date of birth October 24, 1983 Place of birth Virum, Denmark Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Playing position Winger Club information Current club FC Nordsjælland Number 10 Youth career Brede Virum-Sorgenfri B 1903 Brønshøj Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2004–2008 Lyngby BK 101 (20) 2008–2011 Randers FC 60 (15) 2011– FC Nordsjælland 3 (0) National team‡ 2008– Denmark 7 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 August 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2011Mikkel Beckmann (born 24 October 1983) is a Danish professional footballer. He plays as a winger for FC Nordsjælland in the Danish Superliga and for the Danish national football team. He has amassed 7 caps for Denmark in total, and was a member of the FIFA World Cup squad in 2010.
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Club career
Beckmann started his professional career when he signed with Lyngby BK in 2004. The high point of his time in Lyngby was the promotion into the Danish Superliga in the 2007–08 season. As one of Lyngby's hot prospects he and Kim Aabech, another highly touted player, are often referred to as "Aabeckman" by Lyngby fans. Despite Beckmanns personal success he was unable to stop Lyngby from being relegated to the Danish 1st Division in 2008. Beckmann played 105 matches for the club and scored 20 goals until the summer 2008. He was particularly renowned at Lyngby for his ability to handle icy playing conditions, often being brought on as a substitute immediately following a break in play due to heavy snow.
On August 31, 2008, Beckmann signed a four year long contract with Danish club Randers FC.[1] Beckmann got his debut against AC Horsens on September 14, the game ended 1–1. However, Beckmann found himself sidelined after suffering from a knee injury which kept him out for the following five matches. He made his return against AC Horsens on November 16 coming on as a sub in the second half. When the winter break arrived Beckmann had created three assist in five matches. Beckmann spoke of his desire to show his full potential after the winter break after having his match appearances reduced by an injury.[2] In his second season at the club, Beckmann established himself in the starting line-up. Randers were in shared last place at the winter break, 13 points below the relegation line, but in the spring season 2010, Beckmann scored seven goals in 15 games, as Randers made a sensational comeback and stayed in the Superliga.
F.C. Nordsjælland
The following 2010-11 season, Randers were relegated to the 1st Division, which resulted in Beckmann being sold to Danish Cup winners F.C. Nordsjælland for a reported 1,000,000 Danish kroner, where Beckmann signed a three contract with the Farum club and was given the number 10 shirt.[3]
International career
While at Lyngby, Beckmann was called up for the Denmark national under-21 football team in August 2004,[4] but did not get to play.
Having helped Lyngby to the Superliga, Beckmann was called up as a replacement by national team manager Morten Olsen for a series of unofficial national team games in January 2008.[5] He made an impression, and Olsen included him in the Danish national team later that month, in order to further test Beckmann's international level.[6] He made his debut in a February 2008 friendly match 2–1 win against Slovenia, and also played in the subsequent friendly against the Czech Republic, a 1–1 draw. He was a part of the Danish squad until June 2008,[7] but did not play any further games.
In May 2010, he was included in Olsen's preliminary 30-man selection for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and was subsequently chosen for the final 23-player squad.[8] Olsen had been impressed with his form for Randers in the spring season 2010,[9] while the inclusion came as a surprise to Beckmann himself.[10]
References
- ^ http://lyngby-boldklub.dk/Nyheder/Seneste_nyt/Beckmann-handel_gennemf%F8rt/ (In Danish)
- ^ http://www.442.dk/index.php/tv/clip_id=15458
- ^ Officielt: Mikkel Beckmann skifter til FCN
- ^ http://dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=24426
- ^ http://dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=243635
- ^ http://dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=244250
- ^ http://dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=246751
- ^ http://spn.dk/fodbold/vm2010/gruppee/danmark/article2081305.ece
- ^ http://dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=253298
- ^ http://www.dr.dk/Sporten/Fodbold/VM2010/2010/05/10/184600.htm
External links
Denmark squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Sørensen • 2 C. Poulsen • 3 Kjær • 4 Agger • 5 Kvist • 6 L. Jacobsen • 7 Jensen • 8 Grønkjær • 9 Tomasson (c) • 10 Jørgensen • 11 Bendtner • 12 Kahlenberg • 13 Krøldrup • 14 J. Poulsen • 15 S. B. Poulsen • 16 Andersen • 17 Beckmann • 18 Larsen • 19 Rommedahl • 20 Enevoldsen • 21 Eriksen • 22 Christiansen • 23 Mtiliga • Coach: Olsen
Nordsjælland – current squad 1 Hansen · 2 Okore · 3 Egeris · 4 Kildentoft · 5 Bjelland · 6 Adu · 7 Stokholm (c) · 8 Mtiliga · 9 Mikkelsen · 10 Beckmann · 12 Lawan · 13 Aynaoglu · 15 Thomsen · 17 Christensen · 18 Parkhurst · 19 Gundelach · 20 Lund · 21 Gytkjær · 22 Laudrup · 23 Nielsen · 24 Granskov · 25 Jensen · 27 King · 28 Rohde · 29 Henriksen · 30 Petry · 31 Kana · 32 Storch · Manager: Hjulmand
Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- Danish footballers
- Danish Superliga players
- Denmark international footballers
- Lyngby Boldklub players
- Randers FC players
- FC Nordsjælland players
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- Brønshøj BK players
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