 Dalsgaard withAaB in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Henrik Dalsgaard[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-07-27)27 July 1989 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Roum, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AGF | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| BMK 90 | |||
| 2006– | FK Viborg | ||
| Hersom/Bjerregrav IF | |||
| –2008 | Møldrup/Tostrup IF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2016 | AaB | 166 | (9) |
| 2016–2017 | Zulte Waregem | 35 | (9) |
| 2017–2021 | Brentford | 147 | (6) |
| 2021–2024 | Midtjylland | 77 | (6) |
| 2024– | AGF | 37 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2011 | Denmark U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Denmark U21 | 11 | (0) |
| 2013 | Denmark League XI | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2020 | Denmark | 26 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:46, 7 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Henrik Dalsgaard (born 27 July 1989) is a Danish professionalfootballer who plays as aright-back forDanish Superliga clubAGF.
Dalsgaard began his professional career in his homeland withAaB, with whom he won the Danish league andcup double in the2013–14 season. He transferred toZulte Waregem in 2015 and won theBelgian Cup in thesecond of his two seasons with the club. A move to England withChampionship clubBrentford followed in 2017 and in 2021 he was part of the Brentford squad which was promoted to thePremier League. Following his departure, Dalsgaard returned to the Danish Superliga withFC Midtjylland and AGF. Dalsgaard is a formerDenmark international and was a member of the Danes'2018 World Cup squad.
Dalsgaard began his career as aforward with Danish lower-league clubs BMK 90,FK Viborg, Hersom/Bjerregrav IF and Møldrup/Tostrup IF.[3] After scoring prolifically for Møldrup/Tostrup IF,[4] he signed a two-year contract withDanish Superliga clubAaB on afree transfer in December 2008 and no compensation was paid to his previous clubs, due to the lack of a national transfer system in Denmark.[5][6][7] He made the first professional appearances of his career late in the2008–09 season and scored his first professional goal in a 2–2 draw withFC Nordsjælland on 31 May 2009.[2]
Dalsgaard became a regular in the team over the course of the2009–10 and2010–11 seasons and was moved from his forward position onto thewing and then toright back by the2011–12 season.[2][8] He made 21 appearances and scored two goals during the2013–14 season,[2] in which AaB won the Danish Superliga andDanish Cupdouble.[9] Dalsgaard remained with the club until December 2015, when he departed on a free transfer.[10] He made 194 appearances and scored 10 goals during eight seasons at theNordjyske Arena.[2]
In December 2015, Dalsgaard moved to Belgium to joinPro League clubZulte Waregem on a2+1⁄2-year contract, with an option for a further year.[10] In an 18-month spell affected by a hip injury,[11] he made 38 appearances, scored 9 goals and helped the club to win the2016–17Belgian Cup.[2] Dalsgaard left the club on 23 May 2017.[11]
On 23 May 2017, Dalsgaard moved to England to joinChampionship clubBrentford on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee (reported to be £1 million),[12] effective 1 July 2017.[11] He immediately displaced previous first-choice right backMaxime Colin and made the position his own after Colin's departure at the end of the summertransfer window.[2][13] Dalsgaard continued as a regular in the team,[14] despite suffering with a concussion and a heel injury during the opening months of the season.[15][16] A heel injury suffered during a 2–0 victory overBirmingham City on 1 November 2017 saw Dalsgaard miss three months of the season.[14][17] He regained his place in early February 2018 and his scored his first goal for the club with the only goal for the match versusNottingham Forest on 10 April.[14] Dalsgaard finished the2017–18 season with 32 appearances and one goal.[14]
Dalsgaard was the team's regular starting right back through the first half of the2018–19 season.[18] In February 2019, head coachThomas Frank reported that Dalsgaard had stepped up into a leadership role within the squad and later in the month,[19] a lack of availablecentre backs at the club saw him pressed into service on the right side of a three-man central defence.[20] He finished the season with 43 appearances and two goals.[21]
After beginning the2019–20 season as an ever-present at right back,[22] Dalsgaard signed a one-year contract extension on 29 November 2019.[23] In addition, his leadership role within the squad was recognised with thevice-captaincy.[24] Dalsgaard made a career-high 47 appearances and scored two goals during the season, with one coming as a late consolation in the 2–12020 Championship play-off final defeat toFulham.[22]
Dalsgaard was again Thomas Frank's first choice right back during the2020–21 season and he deputised for captainPontus Jansson during the latter's spells out injured.[25][26] Despite missing the final 9 matches of the regular season with a knee injury,[25][27] Dalsgaard returned to play in each of Brentford's three2021 playoff matches and he celebrated promotion to thePremier League with a 2–0 victory overSwansea City in theFinal.[2][28] Owing to the 79th minute substitution of captain Pontus Jansson, Dalsgaard took the armband for the remainder of the match.[29] He finished the 2020–21 season with 40 appearances and two goals.[25] Having entered the final month of his contract, Dalsgaard transferred away from theBrentford Community Stadium on 7 June 2021.[30] He ended his four-year spell with 162 appearances, seven goals and as Brentford's then most-capped international player,[31] with 22 caps won while contracted to the club.[29]
On 7 June 2021, Dalsgaard returned to Denmark to sign a three-year contract with Superliga clubFC Midtjylland on a free transfer, effective 1 July 2021.[30] He made 43 appearances and scored two goals during the2021–22 Danish Cup-winning season.[2][32] Dalsgaard made 35 appearances and scored two goals during the2022–23 season,[2] in which the club narrowly qualified for the2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League via a playoff.[33] Dalsgaard made 32 appearances and scored four goals during the Superliga championship-winning2023–24 season.[2][34]
On 27 May 2024, it was announced that Dalsgaard had signed a one-year contract with Superliga clubAGF on a free transfer, effective 1 July 2024.[35] He made 28 appearances and scored one goal during the2024–25 season.[2] Dalsgaard was retained for the2025–26 season.[36]
Dalsgaard represented Denmark at youth level and won 12 caps for the U20 andU21 teams.[37] He made one appearance for theDenmark League XI in 2013.[37] Dalsgaard's form for Zulte Waregem during the2015–16 season saw him win four caps for thesenior team during the second half of the campaign.[37] He won 26 senior caps between 2016 and 2020, scoring one goal.[37] In recognition of his contribution to Denmark'squalification for the2018 World Cup, Dalsgaard was named in the 2017 Denmark Team of the Year.[38] At the World Cup, he played every minute of the four matches of Denmark's run to the last-16.[29]
Dalsgaard attendedViborg Business School and worked for Skals Elektronik.[3]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| AaB | 2008–09[2] | Danish Superliga | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10[2] | Danish Superliga | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11[2] | Danish Superliga | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||||
| 2011–12[39] | Danish Superliga | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 2 | ||||
| 2012–13[2] | Danish Superliga | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 2 | ||||
| 2013–14[2] | Danish Superliga | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | — | 23 | 2 | |||
| 2014–15[2] | Danish Superliga | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 10[d] | 0 | — | 39 | 2 | |||
| 2015–16[40] | Danish Superliga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 166 | 9 | 15 | 1 | — | 13 | 0 | — | 194 | 10 | ||||
| Zulte Waregem | 2015–16[40] | Belgian Pro League | 19 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 3 | ||||
| 2016–17[2] | Belgian First Division A | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 9 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 38 | 9 | |||||
| Brentford | 2017–18[14] | Championship | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19[21] | Championship | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 43 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20[22] | Championship | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[e] | 1 | 47 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21[25] | Championship | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[e] | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
| Total | 147 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | 162 | 7 | |||
| FC Midtjylland | 2021–22[2] | Danish Superliga | 28 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 9[f] | 0 | — | 43 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23[2] | Danish Superliga | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 11[g] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24[2] | Danish Superliga | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 5[h] | 1 | — | 32 | 4 | |||
| Total | 77 | 6 | 8 | 0 | — | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 8 | |||
| AGF | 2024–25[2] | Danish Superliga | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2025–26[2] | Danish Superliga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 40 | 1 | |||||
| Career total | 468 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 549 | 35 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 March 2019 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland |  Switzerland | 3–3 | 3–3 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification | [37] |
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