Nicolai Søberg Poulsen (born 15 August 1993) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for AGF in the

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Club career

Randers FC

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

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in the 2014-15 season.

AGF

On 3 June 2019, Poulsen joined AGF for the 2019–20 season.

International career

In the autumn of 2014, Poulsen made his debut for the

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in a friendly match against the

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. On 30 July 2016, Poulsen was selected for the Denmark Olympic national team that was to participate in the

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. However, in a

match against AGF the next day, Poulsen suffered a broken jaw in a head-to-head duel with his former teammate, AGF's

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and was therefore forced to stay at home.

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Nicolai Poulsen
at Superstats.dk * {{DEFAULTSORT:Poulsen, Nicolai 1993 births Living people Danish men's footballers Randers FC players Sarpsborg 08 FF players Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Danish Superliga players Eliteserien players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Men's association football midfielders Sportspeople from Randers Footballers from the Central Denmark Region Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Denmark men's under-21 international footballers