Frederik Lindbøg Børsting (; born 13 February 1995) is a Danish professional

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who plays for

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Vendsyssel FF Vendsyssel Forenede Fodboldklubber is a professional football club based in Hjørring, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of Danish football. The club plays home matches at Nord Energi Arena, which has a capaci ...

Club career

AaB

Børsting played for RKG Klarup until he was 12 years old, before joining AaB. He was promoted to the first team in the summer 2014. He got his

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debut on 26 July 2014 when he was in the line-up against

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. Børsting was surprised over all the time he got in his first season at the first team. He played 19 league games and two Europe League games in his first season, which the player hadn't expected. He quickly became a profile for both AaB and the Danish U21 national team. After a great 2015/16 season, he extended his contract in March 2016 until 2019. Following his extension, he was part of the Denmark team at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

and played all four matches until Denmark was eliminated in the quarter final.

Brann

On 15 February 2022 AaB confirmed, that Børsting would join Norwegian club

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with effect from 1 July 2022, when his contract with AaB expired. However, the deal was accelerated when Brann confirmed on 9 March 2022 that Børsting would instead move to the club with immediate effect for a fee around 1,5 million DKK.

Vendsyssel FF

On 28 January 2024, Børsting returned to Denmark, signing with

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on a deal until June 2026.NORDJYSK PROFIL SKIFTER TIL VENDSYSSEL FF
vendsysselff.dk, 28 January 2024

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* * 1995 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Denmark Men's association football midfielders People from Aalborg Municipality AaB Fodbold players SK Brann players Vendsyssel FF players Danish Superliga players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Footballers from the North Jutland Region {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub