Victor Torp Overgaard (born 30 July 1999) is a Danish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Eliteserien
Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotio ...
club
Sarpsborg 08. He is a
Danish youth international.
Career
Midtjylland
Torp started playing football in
Lemvig
Lemvig, with a population of 6,816 (2022),[BY3: Po ...](_blank)
, northwest Jutland, on the banks of the
Limfjord
The Limfjord ( common Danish: ''Limfjorden'' , in north Jutlandish dialect: ''Æ Limfjord'') is a shallow part of the sea, located in Denmark where it has been regarded as a fjord ever since Viking times. However, it now has inlets both from ...
when he joined Lemvig GF. Later he was scouted to the youth team of
FC Midtjylland
FC Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast in the western part of Jutland. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Supe ...
.
Fredericia (loans)
Shortly before his 19th birthday, Torp and his two teammates
Sebastian Buch Jensen and
Henry Uzochokwu were sent on loan to the
second division
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club
FC Fredericia.
On 29 July 2018, he made his senior debut when he was in the starting line-up in the 3–2 defeat at
Næstved Boldklub, in which he scored a goal in the 37th minute for the temporary 2–1 lead. In the first half of the season, Torp, mostly used as a right midfielder, was utilised in every game, but in the training camp before the start of the second half of the season he suffered an abdominal injury and then fell out because of an inflammation in the lower part of the abdomen around the pubic bone.
His loan deal then expired and he returned to Midtjylland. However, Torp did not make a competitive appearance for Midtjylland. In January 2020, he was sent on loan again to Fredericia. After he had recovered, Torp played regularly and was used in all games.
Lyngby (loan)
After his loan expired, he returned to Midtjylland, but was then loaned out once again, this time to league rivals
Lyngby Boldklub
Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club ...
. Mostly playing as a central midfielder, Torp quickly became a starter for the relegation candidate. On 1 December 2020, he scored his first goal in the
Danish Superliga
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in a 2–2 away draw against
FC Copenhagen
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.
He suffered relegation to the
Danish 1st Division with the club on 9 May 2021 after a loss to last placed
AC Horsens, before returning to Midtjylland.
Kortrijk (loan)
On 31 August 2021, Torp was loaned out to
Belgian First Division A club
Kortrijk
Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders.
It is the capital and large ...
for the
2021–22 season.
Sarpsborg 08
On 8 June 2022, 22-year old Torp signed a three-year deal with Norwegian
Eliteserien
Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotio ...
club
Sarpsborg 08.
International career
Torp gained eight caps for the
Denmark under-17 team in 2016, scoring one goal, and took part in the
2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 15th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (34th edition if the Under-16 era is included), the annual European international youth football championship contested by the men's under- ...
in Azerbaijan at that age level. There, Denmark were eliminated after the group stage; Torp was utilised in all games. From 2016 to 2017 he played in five friendly matches for the
under-18 team.
He was part of the
Danish under-19 team from 2017 to 2018 and played 12 games in which he scored two goals. He also took part in the
2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
The 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Finland in the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final ...
for the tournament in Finland, which Denmark missed out on. In 2018, Torp played two friendlies for the
under-20 team.
On 14 November 2020 he received his first call-up for the
Denmark U21 team, when he was selected for the squad for the
2021 European Under-21 Championship qualifier against
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
.
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1999 births
Living people
People from Lemvig
Danish men's footballers
Danish expatriate men's footballers
Denmark youth international footballers
Association football midfielders
Sportspeople from the Central Denmark Region
FC Midtjylland players
FC Fredericia players
Lyngby Boldklub players
K.V. Kortrijk players
Sarpsborg 08 FF players
Danish Superliga players
Danish 1st Division players
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in Norway