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Christian Lund Gytkjær (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkytˌkʰeˀɐ̯]; born 6 May 1990) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Monza.

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Christian Gytkjær

Gytkjær with Lech Poznań in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Christian Lund Gytkjær
Date of birth	(1990-05-06) 6 May 1990 (age 32)
Place of birth	Roskilde, Denmark
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Monza
Number	9
Youth career
	Roskilde
	Jyllinge FC [da]
2005–2008	Lyngby
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Lyngby	34	(10)
2010–2013	Nordsjælland	24	(3)
2012	→ Akademisk Boldklub (loan)	12	(6)
2012	→ Sandnes Ulf (loan)	12	(8)
2013–2016	Haugesund	81	(36)
2016–2017	Rosenborg	28	(19)
2017	1860 Munich	15	(2)
2017–2020	Lech Poznań	102	(55)
2020–	Monza	66	(16)
National team
2006	Denmark U16	1	(0)
2006	Denmark U17	6	(4)
2007–2008	Denmark U18	3	(0)
2008–2009	Denmark U19	10	(2)
2009–2011	Denmark U20	7	(3)
2016–2019	Denmark	9	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2022

Early life

Christian Gytkjær started his youth career playing for Roskilde, before moving on to Lyngby in 2005.[2] In October 2007, he was invited for a trial at Liverpool in England with his brother, Frederik, ultimately nothing materialized from the visit.[3] Gytkjær went on to be Lyngby's top scorer in 2007–08 for the under-18 side.[2]

Club career

Lyngby Boldklub

Gytkjær was called up to the Lyngby first team in the middle of 2008, signing a new contract keeping him at the club until 2010.[2] He scored three goals in eight appearances in his debut season in the 1st Division.^{[citation needed]} By the 2009–10 campaign, Gytkjær had become one of Lyngby's most anticipated talents to come through their youth system.[4]

On 2 February 2010, it was confirmed Gytkjær would leave Lyngby when his contract expired in the summer to join Danish Cup winners Nordsjælland on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract,[5] following in the footsteps of Andreas Bjelland, Andreas Laudrup and Morten Nordstrand, who had left Lyngby for the Farum-based club. While his future had been set, Gytkjær was still to play out the remainder of the 2009–10 season with Lyngby, where he was targeted by the supporters who disapproved in seeing another player their team had nurtured head over to neighboring rivals. The backlash was only increased when the player was photographed with an FCN shirt while still under contract to Lyngby.[6]

Nordsjælland

Christian Gytkjær made his debut for Nordsjælland in a 2–0 away defeat to Superliga champions Copenhagen on 14 August 2010, when he was brought into the team to replace Nicki Bille Nielsen, who was sold to Villarreal.^{[citation needed]}

Lech Poznań

On 28 June 2017, he signed a two-year contract with Ekstraklasa side Lech Poznań, with the option for an extra 12 months.[7]

He made his debut for the club during the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round away game against FK Haugesund, which Lech lost 3–2.[8] He scored his first (and second) goal for Lech in a 5–1 home win over Piast Gliwice in the third round of the 2017–18 season.[9]

On 7 March 2019, he signed a contract extension, running until the end of the 2019–20 season.^{[citation needed]}

On 19 July 2020, during his last game for Lech, he scored twice in a 4–0 home win against Jagiellonia Białystok and led the team to secure second place in the 2019–20 season.[10] He finished the campaign as top scorer with 24 goals. He also won Forward of the Season award.[11] During the three years at Lech Poznań, he played in 119 games and scored 65 goals, which made him the best foreign goalscorer in club's history.[12]

Monza

On 22 July 2020, Gytkjær joined newly-promoted Italian Serie B side Monza on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract with the option of a third.[13] He made his debut on 3 October against Empoli, and scored his first goal on 31 October, converting a penalty kick against Cittadella.[14] He renewed his expiring contract in February 2022 for one year.[15]

With five goals in four 2021–22 Serie B promotion play-off games – including three goals in two final games against Pisa – Gytkjær helped Monza gain promotion to the Serie A for the first time in their history, and was awarded the play-off MVP award.[16] He made his Serie A debut on 13 August 2022, as a substitute in a 2–1 home defeat to Torino.[17] On 18 September, Gytkjær came on as a substitute and scored in an upsed 1–0 win against Italian giants Juventus; it was Monza's first-ever Serie A win.[18]

International career

Gytkjær was part of the Denmark under-17 team that won the 2006 Nordic Championship in the Faroe Islands. He scored three goals in a 4–0 win over England in the final.[19]

Personal life

Gytkjær's younger brother, Frederik, also is a footballer.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 November 2022[20]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[lower-alpha 1]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lyngby	2008–09	Danish 1st Division	8	3	0	0	—		—		8	3
	2009–10	Danish 1st Division	26	7	2	0	—		—		28	7
	Total		34	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	36	10
Nordsjælland	2010–11	Danish Superliga	19	3	2	0	0	0	—		21	3
	2011–12	Danish Superliga	5	0	1	1	—		—		6	1
	2012–13	Danish Superliga	2	1	—		—		—		2	1
	Total		26	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	29	5
Akademisk Boldklub (loan)	2011–12	Danish 1st Division	12	6	0	0	—		—		12	6
Sandnes Ulf (loan)	2012	Tippeligaen	12	8	0	0	—		2[lower-alpha 2]	3	14	11
Haugesund	2013	Tippeligaen	25	11	3	4	—		—		28	15
	2014	Tippeligaen	26	15	3	1	2[lower-alpha 3]	0	—		31	16
	2015	Tippeligaen	30	10	2	3	—		—		32	13
	Total		81	36	8	8	2	0	0	0	91	44
Rosenborg	2016	Tippeligaen	28	19	5	1	6[lower-alpha 4]	3	—		39	23
1860 Munich	2016–17	2. Bundesliga	15	2	1	0	—		2[lower-alpha 5]	0	18	2
Lech Poznań	2017–18[21]	Ekstraklasa	37	19	1	0	4[lower-alpha 3]	2	—		42	21
	2018–19[22]	Ekstraklasa	31	12	2	0	6[lower-alpha 3]	5	—		39	17
	2019–20[23]	Ekstraklasa	34	24	4	3	—		—		38	27
	Total		102	55	7	3	10	7	0	0	119	65
Monza	2020–21	Serie B	22	6	1	0	—		1[lower-alpha 6]	0	24	6
	2021–22	Serie B	33	9	1	0	—		4[lower-alpha 6]	5	38	14
	2022–23	Serie A	11	1	1	1	—		—		12	2
	Total		66	16	3	1	0	0	5	5	74	22
Career total			362	147	29	14	18	10	9	8	418	179

International

As of match played 15 November 2019[24]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Denmark	2016	1	0
	2017	0	0
	2018	2	0
	2019	6	5
Total		9	5

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gytkjær goal.

List of international goals scored by Christian Gytkjær

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	26 March 2019	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Switzerland	2–3	3–3	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification	[25]
2	5 September 2019	Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar	Gibraltar	5–0	6–0		[26]
3				6–0
4	15 October 2019	Aalborg Stadium, Aalborg, Denmark	Luxembourg	4–0	4–0	Friendly	[27]
5	15 November 2019	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	Gibraltar	2–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification	[28]

Honours

FC Nordsjælland

• Danish Cup: 2010–11[29]

Rosenborg

• Tippeligaen: 2016[30][31]
• Norwegian Football Cup: 2016

Denmark U17

• Nordic Championship: 2006

Individual

• Tippeligaen top scorer: 2016
• Ekstraklasa top scorer: 2019–20
• Tippeligaen Striker of the Year: 2016
• Ekstraklasa Forward of the Season: 2019–20[32]
• Serie B play-offs MVP: 2021–22[16]

References

External links

• Rosenborg BK official profile (in Norwegian)
• AC Monza official profile (in Italian)
• Christian Gytkjær at rbkmedia.no (in Norwegian)
• Christian Gytkjær at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
• Christian Gytkjær at Soccerway
• Christian Gytkjær at 90minut.pl (in Polish)

На других языках

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[de] Christian Gytkjær

Christian Gytkjær (* 6. Mai 1990 in Roskilde) ist ein dänischer Fußballspieler. Er steht bei der AC Monza unter Vertrag.

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- [en] Christian Gytkjær

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[es] Christian Gytkjær

Christian Lund Gytkjær (Roskilde, Dinamarca, 6 de mayo de 1990) es un futbolista danés que juega como delantero y desde 2020 milita en la A. C. Monza de Italia.[1]

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[fr] Christian Gytkjær

Christian Lund Gytkjær, né le 6 mai 1990 à Roskilde, est un footballeur danois évoluant au poste d'attaquant. Il joue actuellement à l'AC Monza.

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[it] Christian Gytkjær

Christian Lund Gytkjær (Roskilde, 6 maggio 1990) è un calciatore danese, attaccante del Monza.

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[ru] Гюткьер, Кристиан

Кристиан Лунн Гюткьер (дат. Christian Lund Gytkjær; родился 6 мая 1990, Роскилле, Дания) — датский футболист, нападающий клуба «Монца» и сборной Дании.

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