Jakob Blåbjerg Mathiasen (born 11 January 1995) is a Danish former professional
footballer
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who played as a
defender.
Youth career
Blåbjerg joined AaB as a U14 player from
Vejgaard BK
Vejgaard Boldspilklub is an association football club based in Vejgaard, a suburb of Aalborg, Denmark, that competes in the Denmark Series, the fifth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1925, it is more simply known as 'Vejga ...
.
Club career
AaB
In September 2012, Blåbjerg signed his first full-time contract and was to be promoted to the first team squad from the summer 2013. He got his
Superliga debut for AaB in February 2013 against
Silkeborg IF
Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became ...
alongside
Kasper Pedersen, as the four regular options for the centre-back position were all out with either injuries or bans. Blåbjerg was promoted to the first team squad in the summer 2013 at the age of 18, but did not play any games the whole season while AaB won the league and the
Danish Cup.
In the following season Blåbjerg played 7 league matches in the first half year and 11 matches in the second half of the season. His performances were rewarded with a contract extension in the summer, which would keep him in the club until 2018. He was mostly used as a fullback.
In the 2015–16 season played 26 league matches. In the 2016–17 season he made 22 league appearances.
Loan to Vendsyssel
On 2 September 2019, Blåbjerg was loaned out to
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 ...
for the 2019–20 season.
On 25 July 2020, 25-year old Blåbjerg confirmed, that he would retire with immediate effect. Blåbjerg told media that he planned to travel around Europe and afterwards continue studying.
Personal life
Blåbjerg studied
energy
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on bachelor's degree at
Aalborg University and studied to become an engineer. Aalborg University had a collaboration with AaB, so when Blåbjerg was in
Dubai
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with the
Danish U21 national team, he took an exam through his computer.
Jakob tager eksamen fra hotelværelse i Dubai
bold.dk, 22 January 2017
Honours
Club
AaB
*Danish Superliga
The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each yea ...
: 2013–14
* Danish Cup: 2013–14
References
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Living people
1995 births
Footballers from Aalborg
Men's association football defenders
Danish men's footballers
AaB Fodbold players
Vendsyssel FF players
Danish Superliga players
Denmark men's under-21 international footballers
Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Denmark