Nicolaj Thomsen (born 8 May 1993) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club B.93. Thomsen was born in

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and played youth football with Skagen IK and

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before starting his professional career with AaB. After moving to French

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club

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in 2016, he had a four-year stint with

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. Thomsen moved to Norwegian club

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in 2021, before returning to Denmark again, signing with

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in January 2022. Thomsen has won one cap with the Denmark national team.

Club career

Early career

Thomsen played for Skagen IK before he moved to

when he was 13 years old. Three years later, at the age of 16, he moved to the AaB academy.

AaB

Thomsen made his debut for AaB in the

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as a starter in a 1–2 loss against

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on 4 April 2012. In his first season, he made six appearances, five of which were as a substitute. He scored his first goal for AaB in a 4–1 victory over

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, AaB's head coach at the time, stated that Thomsen "has everything that is demanded of a modern football player in top football. Relentless energy and a fine technique."

Nantes

After five seasons in AaB, Thomsen signed with

in the French

in June 2016. According to ''

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'', the price was DKK 3.9 million, which could increase to DKK 4.5 million depending on performance. In the summer transfer window of 2015, Thomsen had also been close to moving to the French club, but negotiations were slowed down as Thomsen suffers from lazy eye which means that he has a decreased eyesight of 90% in his right eye. Thomsen made 13 appearances for the club before returning to Denmark in January 2017.

Copenhagen

On 12 January 2017, it was announced that Thomsen had signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with

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, expiring in June 2021. He made his debut for the club on 15 July 2017 in a 1–1 league draw against his former team AaB, coming on as a substitute in the second half for

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. Thomsen scored his first goal for Copenhagen on 12 August 2018 in a

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against Brøndby, establishing a 2–1 lead in the 77th minute after an assist by

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. The game finished 3–1. His contract was not renewed when it expired in June 2021. Thomsen made a total of 90 appearances for Copenhagen, but his stint was plagued by injuries.

Vålerenga

On 5 August 2021, Thomsen signed with Norwegian

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club

on a six-month contract. He made his debut for the club on 15 August in a 1–1 league draw away against

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, replacing the suspended

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at right back. On 24 October, he scored his first goal for the club to secure a 2–1 win over

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in the domestic league. He left the Norwegian club at the end of the year.

SønderjyskE

On 24 January 2022, Thomsen joined

on a deal until June 2024. He made his full debut on 18 February, providing an assist to

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in a 3–2 home loss to AGF. The following week, he was sent off early in a 1–0 league loss to Brøndby after receiving his second yellow card due to a challenge on Carl Björk. After a season, which ended with relegation, Thomsen left the club as he chose to terminate his contract due to a clause in his contract.

B.93

On 19 September 2022 it was confirmed, that Thomsen had signed a two-year deal with

side B.93.

International career

Nicolai Thomsen made his first international appearance on 1 March 2011, when he played for Denmark U18. Since then, he has played for U19 and U21, before getting his first match for the Danish national team on 18 November 2014 against

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. Thomsen scored the only Danish goal in the 1–1 draw against

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which qualified Denmark U-21 for the

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. He was selected for the squad for the tournament and played the entire match in the opening win against the

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. He was in the line-up in the other two group stage-matches against

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and

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. Thomsen was also chosen to the line-up in the semi final, where Denmark was defeated by

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Honours

Club

AaB *

: 2013–14 *

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: 2013–14 Copenhagen *

: 2016–17, 2018–19 *

: 2016–17

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomsen, Nicolaj 1993 births Living people People from Skagen Association football midfielders Danish men's footballers Denmark youth international footballers Denmark under-21 international footballers Denmark international footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish Superliga players Danish 2nd Division players Ligue 1 players Eliteserien players Frederikshavn fI players AaB Fodbold players FC Nantes players F.C. Copenhagen players Vålerenga Fotball players SønderjyskE Fodbold players Boldklubben af 1893 players Expatriate footballers in France Danish expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in Norway Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Sportspeople from the North Jutland Region