| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrick Mortensen | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-07-13)13 July 1989 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AGF | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AB 70 | |||
| Amager United | |||
| FC Amager | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Fremad Amager | 10 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Brøndby | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | →Lyngby (loan) | 9 | (5) |
| 2010–2015 | Lyngby | 157 | (56) |
| 2015–2019 | Sarpsborg 08 | 94 | (32) |
| 2019– | AGF | 218 | (104) |
| International career | |||
| 2010–2011 | Denmark U21 | 7 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 December 2025 | |||
Patrick Mortensen (born 13 July 1989) is a Danish professionalfootballer who plays as astriker for andcaptainsDanish Superliga clubAGF.
Progressing through the youth academies of various clubs onAmager, Mortensen made his senior debut for the flagship team on the island,Fremad Amager, in October 2006, before being signed as an emerging talent byDanish Superliga clubBrøndby the following year. He never managed to break through to their first team, and as a result moved toLyngby Boldklub, where he developed into a natural goalscorer. In 2015, he signed with NorwegianTippeligaen clubSarpsborg 08, where he was part of their successfulUEFA Europa League campaign in the2018–19 season, reaching the group stage. He returned to Denmark in January 2019, and signed withAGF. In his second season there he scored 17 league goals, finishing runner-up to the top scorer title as the club finished in third place.
Mortensen has gained 7 caps for theDenmark U21 team, in which he scored two goals. In November 2020, he was called up toKasper Hjulmand's senior squad for the first time.
Born inCopenhagen, through his youth years, Mortensen has represented several clubs from Copenhagen such asAB 70, Amager United and the merger youth academy of several clubs fromAmager,FS Amager, which changed its name toAmager - Øens Hold in the time Mortensen played there.[2]
Mortensen began his senior career for the second-tierDanish 1st Division clubFremad Amager. In the period before his debut at senior level, he had been allowed to practice as an amateur with club's first team by the then head coachBenny Johansen and convinced the club's professional management to offer him a more permanent contract, which he signed on 5 November 2006.[2][3] He officially made his debut as a 17-year-old for the club's first team on 15 October 2006, a month after his 17th birthday, in a home game atSundby Idrætspark againstLyngby Boldklub in the 1st Division, when he came on as a substitute forLars Brøgger in the 84th minute.[4] Mortensen subsequently reached a total of 10 appearances with one goal, in the home game againstThisted on 15 April 2007, in the 2006–07 season, after which Fremad Amager suffered relegation to the third-tierDanish 2nd Division.
With effect from 1 August 2007, Mortensen moved toDanish Superliga clubBrøndby on a two-year contract and thus accompanied one of his former head coaches Peer F. Hansen to Brøndby, where Hansen had recently been hired as a U21 coach.[5][6][7] Mortensen began his tenure at the club's reserve team in the third-tierDanish 2nd Division East, where he made his debut on 19 August 2007 in an away match againstFC Roskilde.[6] In early March 2008, Mortensen was on a three-day trial practice with the northern FrenchLigue 1 clubLille, but this did not result in a move.[4][8]
On 1 September 2009, Brøndby sent Mortensen on a six-month loan toLyngby Boldklub in the second-tier 1st Division.[9] He played his first game for the club on 6 September, when he came on as a substitute forAnders Christiansen in a 1–0 defeat atViborg.[10] On 27 September, he scored his first goal, in a 3–0 win overBrabrand. On 15 December 2009, Mortensen's move to Lyngby became permanent, joining the club on a three-year deal.[11] At the end of that same season, Lyngby earned promotion to the Superliga.
On 29 August 2010, Mortensen managed to score his first goal in the top division, in the 3–3 home draw against his former team Brøndby. The match became mostly known forRemco van der Schaaf scoring a hat-trick for the away team.[12] Lyngby suffered relegation back to the 1st Division at the end of the next season, with Mortensen remaining in the team until the summer of 2015. He finished his five-and-a-half-year stint with the club with 172 appearances in which he scored 66 goals.[13]
In March 2015, Mortensen signed with Norwegian clubSarpsborg 08, with him joining the team from June in the same year.[14] He played his first game for the club on 26 July 2015, in anTippeligaen fixture againstMjøndalen IF. As a starter in the match, he immediately showed goal scoring prowess by scoring his first goal for the team, which was, however, not enough for his team to win the game, as it ended in a 2–2 draw.[15] He scored again the next league game againstRosenborg in a 3–2 loss.[16] While at Sarpsborg, Mortensen was part of twoNorwegian Football Cup finals; in 2015 and 2017. Both finals were lost, to Rosenborg andLillestrøm, respectively.[17][18]
With Sarpsborg, he participated in the group stage of the2018–19 UEFA Europa League where he distinguished himself on 4 October 2018 by scoring a brace against Belgian clubGenk, contributing to the 3–1 victory of his team.[19] He scored another European goal againstMalmö FF on 8 November in a 1–1 draw.[20] His team, however, finished bottom of the group and failed to advance in the competition.[21][22]
On 12 January 2019, Mortensen moved from Sarpsborg toAGF on a four-year contract.[23] He scored his first goal for the club on 15 February in a 2–0 away win overSønderjyskE.[24] He scored nine goals in his first 12 appearances for AGF, as the team reached play-offs for European football.[25]
Mortensen experienced as strong second season inAarhus, especially in the second half of the season, as AGF finished third in the league table. Part of the success was thanks to Mortensen's sharpness in front of goal, as he finished runner-up in the top goalscorer title of the Superliga, one goal behindRonnie Schwartz.[26] He made 39 league appearances in which he scored 18 goals.[13] He was subsequently voted AGF Player of the Year for2019–20.[26]
Mortensen scored eight goals before the winter break of the2020–21 Danish Superliga, along with two goals in two appearances in the Europa League, as AGF were knocked out in the second qualifying round to Slovenian clubNŠ Mura.[13][27]
On 21 October 2024, Mortensen broke the record for most penalty kick goals in the Danish Superliga with 22 goals, in a 1-0 win againstBrøndby.[28]
Mortensen made his debut for theDenmark under-21 national team in 2010.
In November 2020, he was called up toKasper Hjulmand's senior squad for thefriendly againstSweden due to several cancellations from, among others, the Danish national team players playing in England, due to theCOVID-19 restrictions, as well as a case ofCOVID-19 in the squad, which had put several national team players in quarantine. He was on the bench for the game against Sweden.[29]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyngby | 2009–10 | Danish 1st Division | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 8 | |
| 2010–11 | Danish Superliga | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 29 | 5 | ||
| 2011–12 | Danish Superliga | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 6 | ||
| 2012–13 | Danish 1st Division | 31 | 12 | 2 | 2 | — | 33 | 14 | ||
| 2013–14 | Danish 1st Division | 33 | 23 | 2 | 2 | — | 35 | 25 | ||
| 2014–15 | Danish 1st Division | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 8 | ||
| Total | 166 | 61 | 6 | 5 | — | 172 | 66 | |||
| Sarpsborg 08 | 2015 | Tippeligaen | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 13 | 6 | |
| 2016 | Tippeligaen | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 29 | 7 | ||
| 2017 | Eliteserien | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | — | 36 | 15 | ||
| 2018 | Eliteserien | 28 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 14[b] | 7 | 43 | 19 | |
| Total | 94 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 121 | 47 | ||
| AGF | 2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 9 | |
| 2019–20 | Danish Superliga | 35 | 18 | 4 | 1 | — | 39 | 19 | ||
| 2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 29 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2[b] | 2 | 36 | 19 | |
| 2021–22 | Danish Superliga | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | 30 | 6 | ||
| 2022–23 | Danish Superliga | 32 | 16 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 16 | ||
| 2023–24 | Danish Superliga | 32 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2[c] | 0 | 41 | 14 | |
| 2024–25 | Danish Superliga | 32 | 20 | 3 | 1 | — | 34 | 21 | ||
| 2025–26 | Danish Superliga | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 4 | ||
| Total | 206 | 101 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 232 | 108 | ||
| Career total | 462 | 193 | 41 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 521 | 220 | ||
Sarpsborg 08
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