Tobias Pilegaard Mikkelsen (; born 18 September 1986) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a winger, he last played for

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in the

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. He has eight senior

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, as well as a total of 11 youth caps with the U20 and U21 teams.

Club career

Brøndby

After helping

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gain promotion to the

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, Mikkelsen switched to league rivals

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in the summer of 2007. On 21 July 2007, he made an impressive home debut for Brøndby in their match against

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scoring a goal and also notching an assist a 2–2 draw. He was signed to fill in the right winger spot in a 4–3–3 system, but coach Tom Køhlert and later Kent Nielsen decided to use a 4–4–2 formation which resulted in sparse time on the pitch for the young winger.

Nordsjælland

On 18 August 2009, Mikkelsen signed for

. In Nordsjælland Mikkelsen won the

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twice, in 2010 and 2011. In the 2011–12 season, he won the

with Nordsjælland for the first time, which provided direct qualification for the Champions League.

Greuther Fürth

On 26 July 2012, Mikkelsen signed a three-year deal with German outfit

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Rosenborg

On 16 January 2013, Mikkelsen signed a four-year contract with Norwegian side

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. On 30 July 2015, he scored a brace in a 3–2 win over Hungarian side Debreceni in the first leg of the Europa League

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. On 25 October 2015, Mikkelsen helped Rosenborg win the

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with two rounds left. A month later, Rosenborg secured the double, winning 2–0 in the final of the

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against

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Nordsjælland

On 8 January 2016, Mikkelsen returned to his former club

signing a two-year deal.

Brisbane Roar

In May 2018 Mikkelsen was linked with a move to Australian club

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and subsequently signed a one-year contract in June. Mikkelsen made his Roar debut in the

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in August 2018 at home to Melbourne City

International career

Mikkelsen received his first international call up to the Danish national team in November 2011, to face

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and

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, making his debut for Denmark against Finland 15 November 2011. Mikkelsen was once again called up in December 2011, for Denmark's tour of

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in January.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.''

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;

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: 2011–12 *

(2): 2009–10, 2010–11 ; Rosenborg *

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References

External links

Tobias Mikkelsen
at Brondby.com
Tobias Mikkelsen
at DBU.dk * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mikkelsen, Tobias Living people 1986 births Danish men's footballers Denmark youth international footballers Denmark under-21 international footballers Denmark international footballers Lyngby Boldklub players Brøndby IF players FC Nordsjælland players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players Rosenborg BK players Brisbane Roar FC players Danish Superliga players Bundesliga players Eliteserien players UEFA Euro 2012 players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Norway Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Association football wingers Expatriate soccer players in Australia People from Helsingør Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark