Mikkel Kirkeskov Andersen (born 5 September 1991) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a left-back for Ekstraklasa club

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Career

AGF

Kirkeskov was born in

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, Denmark, and started playing football for VRI before joining the youth ranks of the city's main team, AGF in 2005. He was promoted to their first team in the spring of 2009. He made his league debut for AGF in the second tier of

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in a 3–0 away victory against

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on 7 November 2010, replacing

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at half-time. After the winter break, Kirkeskov made more appearances and the club reached promotion back to the

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towards the end of the season. He made his debut in the top tier on 15 August 2011 in a 1–1 away draw against

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, coming off the bench in the 80th minute for Stephan Petersen. In his first season in the Superliga, Kirkeskov made 16 games.

Aalesund

Kirkeskov moved to Tippeligaen side Aalesunds FK in January 2016.

Piast Gliwice

On 15 February 2018, Kirkeskov joined Polish Ekstraklasa club

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Holstein Kiel

In December 2020 it was announced Kirkeskov would move to

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club

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for the second half of the 2020–21 season on a contract until the summer of 2023.

Zagłębie Lubin

On 31 July 2023, Kirkeskov returned to Poland as a

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, joining Ekstraklasa side

on a two-year deal.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Piast Gliwice * Ekstraklasa: 2018–19

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkeskov, Mikkel Living people 1991 births Footballers from Aarhus Danish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Odense Boldklub players Aalesunds FK players Piast Gliwice players Holstein Kiel players Zagłębie Lubin players Danish Superliga players Eliteserien players Ekstraklasa players 2. Bundesliga players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Danish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany