Patrick Mortensen

Biography

Patrick Mortensen (born 13 July 1989) is a Danish footballer who plays as a striker for AGF. Club career Born in Copenhagen, through his youth years, Mortensen has represented several clubs from Copenhagen such as AB 70, Amager United and the merger-team of several clubs from Amager, FC Amager, which changed its name to Amager in the time Mortensen played there. He was signed by Fremad Amager, the flagship of football clubs on Amager in 2006 on his first professional contract. He was spotted by Brøndby scouts in 2007, being signed as a hot new prospect. However, two years later, he still hadn't managed to come further than the second team. On 15 December 2009, Mortensen joined Lyngby Boldklub on a three-year deal. On 12 January 2019, Mortensen moved from Sarpsborg 08 to AGF on a four-year contract. International career Mortensen made his debut for the Denmark Under-21 national team in 2010. In November 2020, he was called up to Kasper Hjulmand's senior squad for the friendly against Sweden due to several cancellations from, among others, the Danish national team players playing in England, due to the COVID-19 restrictions, as well as a case of COVID-19 in the squad, which had put several national team players in quarantine. He was on the bench for the game against Sweden.