Markus Strøm Bay (17 February 1997) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fremad Amager in the Danish 1st Division.[1]
![]() Markus Bay in 2019. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Markus Strøm Bay | ||
Date of birth | (1997-02-17) 17 February 1997 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Brøndby, Denmark | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Fremad Amager | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2013 | Brøndby | ||
2013–2016 | Ajax | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | Jong Ajax | 15 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Viborg | 11 | (0) |
2018– | Fremad Amager | 103 | (14) |
National team | |||
2012–2103 | Denmark U16 | 11 | (6) |
2013 | Denmark U17 | 11 | (0) |
2016 | Denmark U19 | 1 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:39, 20 December 2021 (UTC) |
Bay is a youth exponent from Brøndby IF, but in 2013 he transferred to the Ajax youth system. He signed a 3-year youth contract with the club.[2] Bay started on the B1 team, and later joined the A1 team alongside Donny van de Beek and Abdelhak Nouri. After the winter break of that season he got injured in his groin. From that on, he was nearly out for 1.5 years with this injury, and wasn't ready until 2016.[3] Bay revealed that it was a very bad period for him and he was close to retire due to this injury.[4]
The midfielder was promoted to Jong Ajax in the summer 2016.
He made his debut with Jong Ajax on 19 August 2016 in an Eerste Divisie game against FC Den Bosch. He replaced Vince Gino Dekker in the 82nd minute, in a 5-2 home win.[5]
However, Bay played 15 games for Jong Ajax in the 2016/17 season.
On 8 August 2017, Bay signed with Danish Superliga club Viborg FF.[6] Just a few weeks after joining the club, the manager who signed him, Johnny Mølby was fired. This resulted in Viborg FF changing their playing style to a style that did not match the creative midfielder.
On 25 July 2018, Bay signed with Danish 1st Division club Fremad Amager.[7] Markus Bay told the press that he was hoping to get a fresh start at Fremad Amager under the management of Jan Michaelsen.[8] On 22 August 2018, Bay scored his first league goal for Fremad Amager against FC Roskilde.[9]