Daniel Mathias Høegh (; born 6 January 1991) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Randers FC Randers FC () is a professional association football, football club based in Randers, East Jutland metropolitan area, East Jutland, that plays in the Danish Superliga, the top flight of the Danish football league system. Founded on 1 January 200 ...

. Høegh formerly played for

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian language, West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch professional association football, football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherla ...

FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss professional Association football, football club based in Basel, in the Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been List of Swiss footba ...

Odense Boldklub Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city of Odense, in southern Denmark. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play ...

and

Midtjylland The Central Denmark Region (), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid-Jutland, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform. The refo ...

Career

Born in

Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (after Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2025, the city proper had a population of 185,480 while Odense Municipality had a population of 210, ...

, Denmark, Høegh started played for OB's youth ranks from 2004 to 2010. On 30 August 2010 he made his debut for the first team against

FC Midtjylland Football Club Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Superliga, which they ...

and played all 90 minutes. He stayed with the club for five years. On 2 June 2015, it was announced that Høegh joined Swiss club

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on a free transfer. He joined Basel's first team for their 2015–16 season under head coach Urs Fischer. After playing in four test games, Høegh played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the

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on 19 July 2015 as Basel won 2–0 against

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. He scored his first goal for his new club on 28 October in the

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game in away against local amateur club SV Muttenz as Basel won 5–1 to qualify for the quarter-finals. However in November Høegh injured himself and on 20 November the club announced that he would undergo surgery on the right meniscus and would miss all games until the New Year. Høegh returned to the squad in March 2016 and the first game that he played, coming in as a substitute, was in the

2015–16 UEFA Europa League knockout phase The 2015–16 UEFA Europa League knockout phase began on 16 February and concluded on 18 May 2016 with the 2016 UEFA Europa League Final, final at St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland, to decide the champions of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. A ...

, in the round of 16, at home against

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. Although he played in the next two games over 90 minutes he could not establish himself as regular starter. Under head coach Fischer, Basel, and with them Høegh, won the

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championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League season. For the club it was the seventh title in a row and their 19th championship title in total. Again in the following season Høegh could not establish himself as regular player. In the

away match on 18 September 2016 Basel won 10 against Zug 94. The sole goal scorer was Hoegh with a header in the 45th minute. The central defender climbed highest at the far post following a corner from

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. At the end of Basel's 2016–17 season, Janko won the championship with the club for the second time. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total. They also won the 2016–17 Swiss Cup, defeating Sion 3–0 in the final. Nevertheless, Høegh and Basel did not extend their contract. During his two seasons with the club Høegh played a total of 46 games for Basel scoring a total of three goals. 22 of these games were in the

, three in the

, six in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 15 were friendly games. He scored the above mentioned two goals in the cup, the other was scored during the test games. On 14 June 2017 Basel announced that Høegh had signed for

. On 5 October 2020, Høegh joined

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga (, ) is a professional association football league in Denmark and the highest level of the Danish football league system. The league is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams relegated. It is the current ...

champions

on a free transfer. After two years at Midtjylland, Høegh signed a three-year deal with

on 19 July 2022.

Career statistics

Honours

FC Basel *

: 2015–16, 2016–17 *

: 2016–17 Individual *

Team of the Year: 2024–25

References

External links

*
Profile season 2015/16 on the Swiss Football League homepage

"Daniel Høegh" profile

(Danish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoegh, Daniel 1991 births Living people Footballers from Odense Men's association football central defenders Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Odense Boldklub players FC Basel players SC Heerenveen players FC Midtjylland players Randers FC players Danish Superliga players Swiss Super League players Eredivisie players Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Danish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 21st-century Danish sportsmen