Mads Borchers
.jpg) Borchers with Varbergs BoIS in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 June 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Sønderborg, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | HJK | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | SUB Sønderborg | ||
| 2017–2021 | Esbjerg fB | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Esbjerg fB | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | → 07 Vestur (loan) | 25 | (12) |
| 2023 | HB Tórshavn | 16 | (6) |
| 2023 | Varbergs BoIS | 13 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | VPS | 22 | (15) |
| 2025–2026 | FC Ingolstadt | 15 | (1) |
| 2026 | → HJK (loan) | 15 | (7) |
| 2026– | HJK | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 July 2026 | |||
Mads Borchers (born 18 June 2002) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Finnish club HJK.
Club career
Born in Sønderborg, Borchers started playing football in a youth sector of a local club SUB Sønderborg, and joined Esbjerg fB in 2017.
Borchers started his senior career with Esbjerg fB in second-tier Danish 1st Division in 2021.[1] He was loaned out to 07 Vestur in Faroe Islands Premier League for the 2022 season. During the season, he made 25 league appearances and scored 12 goals for 07 Vestur.
In 2023, he joined another Faroese club HB Tórshavn.[2] During the first half of the season, Borchers made 21 appearances and scored seven goals for the club in all competitions combined.
In July 2023, he moved to Swedish Allsvenskan side Varbergs BoIS.[3]
In March 2024, Borchers moved to Finland and signed with Veikkausliiga club Vaasan Palloseura (VPS) on 15 March.[4][5] He scored ten goals in his 16 first league appearances, but missed the second half of the season due to injury.[6] On 19 August, his contract was extended for the 2025 season.[7] On 5 April 2025, Borchers scored a hat-trick in the season opening home match against AC Oulu, helping his side to win the game 4–3, after having trailed by two.
On 11 July 2025, Borchers signed with FC Ingolstadt in Germany.[8] On 9 February 2026, Borchers returned to Finland and joined HJK on loan with an option to buy.[9]
Career statistics
- As of 7 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Esbjerg fB | 2020–21 | Danish 1st Division | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Danish 1st Division | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 07 Vestur (loan) | 2022 | Faroe Islands Premier League | 25 | 12 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 28 | 15 | ||
| HB Tórshavn | 2023 | Faroe Islands Premier League | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | – | 2[c] | 0 | 21 | 7 | |
| Varbergs BoIS | 2023 | Allsvenskan | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 1 | ||
| VPS | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 10 | 6 | ||
| Total | 22 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 16 | ||
| FC Ingolstadt | 2025–26 | 3. Liga | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 17 | 2 | |
| HJK (loan) | 2026 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Career total | 100 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 44 | ||
- ↑ Includes Faroe Islands Cup, Svenska Cupen, Suomen Cup
- ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup and Bavarian Cup
- ↑ Includes UEFA Europa Conference League
References
- ↑ Fra drengedrøm til professionel fodboldspiller: 18-årige Mads har skrevet kontrakt med EfB, Jydske Vestskysten, 6 June 2021
- ↑ HB missir nú helst eisini Mads Borchers, portal.fo, 23 July 2023
- ↑ Dansker er taget fra Færøerne til Sverige: Fuldstændig sindssygt, bold.dk, 3 September 2023
- ↑ Tervetuloa Vaasan Palloseuraan Mads Borchers!, vepsu.fi, 15 March 2024
- ↑ Har VPS hittat skyttekungens ersättare? Dansk anfallare flyttar till Vasa: ”Hoppas att laget ska ta en bättre placering än förra säsongen”, Svenska Yle, 15 March 2024
- ↑ VPS:lle paha takaisku - ykköstykki Mads Borchers sivussa jopa koko loppukauden, veikkausliiga.com, 24 August 2024
- ↑ Vepsuun jatkosopimuksia - ensi kauden joukkueessa jatkaa vahva runko!, vepsu.fi, 29 August 2024
- ↑ "Neuer Schanzer an Bord: Mads Borchers kommt von Vaasan Palloseura zum FC Ingolstadt 04" [New Schanzer on board: Mads Borchers joins FC Ingolstadt 04 from Vaasan Palloseura] (in German). FC Ingolstadt 04. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ↑ "Mads Borchers vahvistaa Klubin hyökkäystä" [Mads Borchers strengthens the Club's attack] (in Finnish). Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. 9 February 2026. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
External links
- Mads Borchers at Soccerway
- Mads Borchers at WorldFootball.net
- 2002 births
- People from Sønderborg
- Sportspeople from Sønderborg Municipality
- Living people
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen
- Danish men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Danish 1st Division players
- Allsvenskan players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Faroe Islands Premier League players
- 3. Liga players
- Esbjerg fB players
- 07 Vestur players
- Havnar Bóltfelag players
- Varbergs BoIS players
- Vaasan Palloseura players
- FC Ingolstadt 04 players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- Danish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Faroe Islands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany