Nicolai Poulsen | |
Fullname: | Nicolai Søberg Poulsen[1] |
Birth Date: | 15 August 1993 |
Birth Place: | Randers, Denmark |
Height: | 1.80 m[2] |
Position: | Midfielder |
Currentclub: | AGF |
Clubnumber: | 6 |
Youthyears1: | –2003 |
Youthyears2: | 2003–2013 |
Youthclubs1: | Helsted-Fremad IF |
Youthclubs2: | Randers Freja |
Years1: | 2013–2019 |
Clubs1: | Randers FC |
Caps1: | 159 |
Goals1: | 4 |
Years2: | 2017 |
Clubs2: | → Sarpsborg 08 (loan) |
Caps2: | 8 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2019– |
Clubs3: | AGF |
Caps3: | 149 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Nationalyears1: | 2014 |
Nationalteam1: | Denmark U21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 3 December 2024 |
Nicolai Søberg Poulsen (born 15 August 1993) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club AGF.
Having progressed through the club's youth system Poulsen made his first team debut in the 2012-13 season ending up with a total of nine appearances.
Poulsen soon established himself as a first team regular forming central midfield with Randers-captain Christian Keller in the 2014-15 season.
On 3 June 2019, Poulsen joined AGF for the 2019–20 season.[3]
In the autumn of 2014, Poulsen made his debut for the Denmark national under-21 football team in a friendly match against the Czech Republic.[4]
On 30 July 2016, Poulsen was selected for the Denmark Olympic national team that was to participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5] However, in a Danish Superliga match against AGF the next day, Poulsen suffered a broken jaw in a head-to-head duel with his former teammate, AGF's Mustafa Amini and was therefore forced to stay at home.[6]