Michael Jakobsen

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Michael Jakobsen
Personal information
Date of birth	January 2, 1986 (1986-01-02) (age 22)
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Aalborg Boldspilklub
Number	2
Youth clubs
	B 1908, B.93
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2003 2003-2005 2005-present	B.93 PSV Eindhoven Aalborg BK	1 (0) 116 (10)
National team2
2001 2001-2003 2003-2005 2005-present 2006	Denmark U-16 Denmark U-17 Denmark U-19 Denmark U-21 Denmark U-20	3 (0) 23 (4) 13 (2) 26 (3) 2 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 2 February 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Michael Jakobsen (born January 2, 1986) is a Danish professional footballer, who plays as a defender for Aalborg Boldspilklub in the Danish Superliga. Jakobsen has represented various Danish youth national football teams, most recently the Danish under-21 national team, playing a total of 57 youth national team matches, scoring six goals.

[edit] Biography

Jacobsen started playing football with B 1908 and B 93 in the Danish 1st Division. He made his senior debut for B 93, and played a number of games for various Danish youth national teams, winning the 2002 Danish Under-17 Player of the Year award. After a year at B 93, the Dutch team PSV Eindhoven spotted Jacobsen's talent and brought him into their youth scheme in 2003. He only played 10 minutes in a single first team match for PSV, and was dropped from the Danish under-19 football team in May 2004.

Michael Jacobsen left PSV in February 2005, and returned to Denmark. He signed a contract with Aalborg Boldspilklub (AaB), playing the second half of the Danish Superliga 2004-05 season. Here he proved himself a solid defender with good passing, and played all remaining 15 Superliga games for AaB. He was once more called up for the Danish national youth teams, and made his debut for the Danish under-21 national team in June 2005. After nine months at AaB, he signed a much-improved contract, running until December 2009.

In May 2006, he was selected for the Denmark under-21 national team to compete at the 2006 European Under-21 Championship. He played in Denmark's three matches, before they were eliminated from the tournament. In the Danish Superliga 2006-07 season, Jakobsen played 32 of 33 games, as AaB won bronze medals, their best result in eight years.

[edit] Honours

• 2002 Danish Under-17 Player of the Year

[edit] External links

• Danish national team profile
• (Danish) AaB profile
• Career stats at Danmarks Radio

v • d • e AaB – current squad 1 Zaza • 2 M. Jakobsen • 3 Pedersen • 5 J.R. Jacobsen • 6 Olfers • 7 Due • 8 Johansson • 9 Augustinussen • 14 Curth • 15 Nomvethe • 17 Vilakazi • 18 Cacá • 20 Bræmer • 21 Risgård • 23 Enevoldsen • 24 Sørensen • 25 C. Nordstrøm • 26 J. Nordstrøm • 27 P. Kristensen • 28 Haucke • 30 Stenild • 31 Nielsen • 32 Schwartz • 36 D. Christensen • 38 Vazgec • Coach: Hamrén

Persondata
NAME	Jakobsen, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Danish footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 2, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH	Copenhagen, Denmark
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH