 Andersen playing forLyon in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joachim Christian Andersen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-05-31)31 May 1996 (age 29)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Solrød Strand, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fulham | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2009 | Greve Fodbold | ||
| 2009–2011 | Copenhagen | ||
| 2011–2013 | Midtjylland | ||
| 2013–2014 | Twente | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Jong Twente | 40 | (0) |
| 2013–2017 | Twente | 49 | (4) |
| 2017–2019 | Sampdoria | 39 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Lyon | 21 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | →Fulham (loan) | 31 | (1) |
| 2021–2024 | Crystal Palace | 104 | (3) |
| 2024– | Fulham | 54 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Denmark U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013 | Denmark U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Denmark U19 | 13 | (0) |
| 2017 | Denmark U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | Denmark U21 | 14 | (0) |
| 2019– | Denmark | 48 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:06, 11 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:57, 18 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Joachim Christian Andersen (Danish pronunciation:[ˈɑnɐsn̩]; born 31 May 1996) is a Danish professionalfootballer who plays as acentre-back forPremier League clubFulham and theDenmark national team.
After academy stints with numerous Danish clubs, Andersen began his senior career at Dutch clubTwente. After a spell in Italy withSampdoria, he was signed by French clubLyon in 2019. After a loan spell at Fulham, he remained in London to sign permanently withCrystal Palace in 2021, where he made 112 appearances over three years before returning to Fulham, this time on a permanent deal.
A Danish youth international, Andersen made his debut for the senior team in 2019, and went on to represent his nation atUEFA Euro 2020, the2022 FIFA World Cup, andEuro 2024.
Andersen started playing football at the age of four for local clubGreve Fodbold, where he played from 2000 until 2009. He then joinedCopenhagen's academy, School of Excellence, before leaving forMidtjylland[3] when he was 15.At Midtjylland he moved into the talent academy inIkast[4] where players likeSimon Kjær,Winston Reid,Erik Sviatchenko,Viktor Fischer andPione Sisto had stayed before him.[citation needed]
In April 2013, before he had made his first team debut with Midtjylland,Twente sent out scouts to observe Andersen, and offered him a one-week trial, which he accepted.[5] Four months later, he signed a youth contract with FC Twente for a fee rumoured to be around 5 million Danish kroner (€650,000).[6][7] The plan was to start in the youth team to acclimatise, and progress to the senior sides after about 6 months.[citation needed]
Though he was still an under-19 player he was promoted to the senior team and on 8 November 2013, Andersen made his first appearance forJong Twente playing the whole match.[8] He did not play any matches for the first team in his first season, but already in his second year at the club he was promoted to train with the first team squad with players likeDušan Tadić,Hakim Ziyech,Jesús Manuel Corona,Quincy Promes,Andreas Bjelland,Kasper Kusk andKamohelo Mokotjo.[citation needed]
On 7 March 2015, he got his chance in the first team debuting againstWillem II, and playing the last 20 minutes.[9] A week later, he signed a new contract with Twente until 2018.[10] In 2015, Andersen won the prize for U19 talent of the year by theDanish Football Association.[11]
On 22 March, he was named in the starting eleven againstGroningen and scored his first goal for the first team. He slowly got more and more time on the pitch for the first team. He continued his development and became almost a regular part of the first team squad in the 2015–16 season.[citation needed]
On 26 August 2017, Andersen signed a contract withSerie A clubSampdoria.[12] He had offers from other clubs in different leagues but chose Sampdoria to develop in Serie A.[citation needed]
Andersen made his debut on 25 February 2018, in a match againstUdinese.[citation needed] He played seven more matches that season and from the beginning of the 2018–19 season he became a regular starter attracting attention from bigger clubs. In his second season he only missed one game due to a ban. Sampdoria offered him a new contract until summer 2022 which he signed on 8 November 2018.[13][14]
On 12 July 2019, Andersen signed a five-year contract with French sideOlympique Lyonnais.[15] The transfer fee amounted to €30 million (24 + 6 million in bonuses), meaning Andersen became Lyon's record transfer. It was also a record high transfer fee for a Danish football player.
On 2 October, he made his debut in theChampions League againstRB Leipzig, and on 11 November he scored his first Champions League goal in the 3–1 win againstBenfica.
On 5 October 2020, Andersen joinedPremier League clubFulham on a season-long loan.[16] On 19 December, Andersen was sent off in a 1–1 draw withNewcastle United, receiving a second yellow when he gave away a controversial penalty for a foul onCallum Wilson which was dispatched by the latter.[17] Andersen was nominated for the league's Player of the Month award for February 2021 after a number of impressive defensive displays that saw Fulham concede just three goals in six matches as they picked up a vital nine points in their fight against relegation.[18] On 19 March, Andersen scored his first Fulham goal in a 1–2 home league defeat toLeeds United.[19]
On 28 July 2021,Crystal Palace announced the signing of Andersen on a five-year deal for a fee of €17.5 million with €2.5 million add-on bonuses and a 12.5% sell on fee.[20][21] Inhis first season, he made 39 appearances, forming a centre-back partnership withMarc Guéhi and starting in Palace's run to theFA Cup semi-final.
Inthe following season, Andersen was headbutted byDarwin Núñez, for which the Uruguayan was sent off on his home debut forLiverpool, a 1–1 draw with Palace on 15 August 2022. On 27 August, Andersen scored his first goal for the club to put Palace 2–0 up away at championsManchester City, though City ultimately won 4–2.[22]
Andersen's second goal for Palace was a late equaliser atBrentford on 26 August 2023, almost a year after his previous goal.[23] He later scored the only goal, described as a "superb strike", in a victory overManchester United atOld Trafford on 30 September.[24] He finished the2023–24 season as the player with most clearances in the Premier League in 229 occasions.[25]
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On 23 August 2024, Andersen returned toFulham, this time on a permanent basis, signing a five-year deal with the club for a reported fee of £30 million.[26]
He represented Denmark atU16,U17,U19,U20, andU21 levels before he was called up to the senior team for matches againstKosovo and Switzerland in March 2019. On 15 October 2019, he earned his first national team cap when Denmark beatLuxembourg 4–0.[27]
On 25 May 2021, Andersen was included in the squad forUEFA Euro 2020.[28] On 7 November 2022, he was named in the squad for theFIFA World Cup 2022.[29]
On 30 May 2024, he was selected in the 26-man squad for theUEFA Euro 2024.[30] In the round of 16 match againstGermany, he had a goal disallowed for offside and later conceded a penalty for handling a cross, as the game concluded with a 2–0 defeat.[31]
During2026 FIFA World Cup qualification, Andersen scored his first goal for the national team in a 3–1 victory overGreece on 12 October 2025.[32]
Andersen is considered a ball-playing defender[33] with the ability to play on both right and left side of thecentral defence and even indefensive midfield. In the 2018–19 season, Inter Milan midfielderMarcelo Brozović was the only player in Serie A with more accurate long-passes than Andersen.[34]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Twente | 2014–15[36] | Eredivisie | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16[37] | Eredivisie | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2016–17[38] | Eredivisie | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18[39] | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 49 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 50 | 4 | ||||
| Sampdoria | 2017–18[39] | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19[40] | Serie A | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | |||
| Total | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 42 | 0 | ||||
| Lyon | 2019–20[41] | Ligue 1 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6[c] | 1 | 32 | 2 |
| 2020–21[42] | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 2 | ||
| Fulham (loan) | 2020–21[42] | Premier League | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||
| Crystal Palace | 2021–22[43] | Premier League | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | |
| 2022–23[44] | Premier League | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24[45] | Premier League | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 39 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25[46] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 104 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 112 | 3 | |||
| Fulham | 2024–25[46] | Premier League | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | |
| 2025–26[47] | Premier League | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | ||
| Total | 54 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 59 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 298 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 329 | 11 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | |
| Total | 48 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 October 2025 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark | 47 |  Greece | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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