Adam Ejler Hansen (born 13 January 2004) is a professional

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er who plays for Danish side

Holbæk B&I Holbæk Bold- & Idrætsforening is a Danish football club currently playing in 2. Division East. They play at Holbæk Stadion in Holbæk on Zealand, which has a capacity of 10,500. From 2008 to 2014 their first team played under the name Nordve ...

. Born in Denmark, he represents the Greenland national team.

Club career

Ejler came up through the academy of

. He had been with the club since at least 2015 while playing for the under-12 side. On 3 September 2020 he made his senior team debut in a 2–1 2020–21 Danish Cup victory over Suså IF. At 16 years 7 months and 21 days old, he became the youngest player ever to represent the first team in official competition. He was later recognized as a member of the Holbæk Academy Hall of Fame. In 2021 Ejler moved to the academy of

HB Køge HB Køge () is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen. It w ...

of the

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. He made his senior debut for the club as a second-half substitute on 15 October 2022 in a 3–0 victory over

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International career

Ejler is of Greenlandic descent through his grandparents, but grew up in

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. In August 2021,

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head coach

Morten Rutkjær Morten Rutkjær (born 17 March 1974) is a Danish former football player and currently manager of the Greenland national football team. Rutkjær played professional football at B93 and represented the team in the Danish Superliga. Career Follow ...

named Ejler to the 24-man squad that would train and compete against several Danish clubs in Denmark the following month. Ejler was one of two Denmark-based players in the squad, along with Nemo Thomsen. He made his debut for the team in the opening match of the camp, an eventual 1–1 draw with Vildbjerg SF on 8 September 2021. The camp was the first of its kind after the Greenland Football Association began the process of joining

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. Eljer played regularly during the camp's matches and was named Man of the Match in a 1–4 defeat to

FC Nordsjælland Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland () or FCN, is a professional Danish football team from the North Zealand town of Farum. Founded as ''Farum Boldklub'' from the merger of the town's two football club ...

at the Right to Dream Park in the final friendly. He was then part of the roster for Greenland's first match against an official national team after beginning the process of joining CONCACAF, a

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against Kosovo under-21 to be played in

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in September 2022.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ejler, Adam 2004 births Living people Greenlandic men's footballers Danish men's footballers Danish people of Greenlandic descent Holbæk B&I players Men's association football defenders Greenlandic expatriate footballers