Mikkel Ladefoged
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikkel Riis Ladefoged | ||
| Date of birth | 9 June 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Næsby, Denmark | ||
| Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Forward[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Västerås SK | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2022 | Næsby BK | ||
| 2022–2023 | Sønderjyske | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022 | Næsby BK | ||
| 2022–2025 | Sønderjyske | 20 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | → Næstved (loan) | 19 | (8) |
| 2024–2025 | → Esbjerg fB (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2025–2026 | Västerås SK | 28 | (19) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:39, 3 August 2026 (UTC) | |||
Mikkel Riis Ladefoged (born 9 June 2003) is a Danish footballer who plays as a striker for Allsvenskan club Västerås SK.
Career
Club career
Ladefoged is a product of Næsby Boldklub, where he spent his entire youth career. In March 2022, he was also promoted to the club's first team[2] and finished the season as top scorer in the U19 division with 31 goals.[3]
During the spring of 2022, Ladefoged trained with Danish 1st Division club Sønderjyske so that the parties could get a closer look at each other.[4] On May 31, 2022, the club confirmed that they had signed Ladefoged to a two-year deal.[5][6] On July 30, 2022, Ladefoged made his debut in a league match against Hillerød.[7]
In the search for more playing time, Ladefoged was loaned out to league colleagues from Næstved Boldklub on August 30, 2023.[8][9] Besides a knee operation that Ladefoged underwent after the fall season, he played 20 games in Næstved and became the club's top scorer in the 2023–24 season with 9 goals.[10]
In early August 2024, Ladefoged was close to a move to Tromsø IL, which ended up collapsing.[11] On August 29, 2024, Ladefoged was instead loaned out to Esbjerg fB until the end of the season.[12][13]
Six months ahead of schedule, January 24, 2025, Ladefoged left Esbjerg[14] and instead signed a four-year contract with Swedish Allsvenskan club Västerås SK.[15][16] However, Ladefoged was out for the first few weeks of his stay with an injury.[17] On 13 August 2026, Västerås SK confirmed that they had agreed to sell Ladefoged to a unspecified foreign side for a club record transfer fee. The transfer would take effect on 30 August 2026, and Ladefoged would not play any further matches for VSK.[18]
Career statistics
- As of 3 August 2026
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sønderjyske | 2022–23[19] | Danish 1st Division | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | |
| 2023–24[20] | Danish 1st Division | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25[21] | Danish Superliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | ||
| Næstved (loan) | 2023–24[20] | Danish 1st Division | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | |
| Esbjerg fB (loan) | 2024–25[21] | Danish 1st Division | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
| Västerås SK Fotboll | 2025[21] | Superettan | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | |
| 2026[22] | Allsvenskan | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 28 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 19 | ||
| Career total | 77 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 34 | ||
- ↑ Includes Danish Cup
References
- ↑ Mikkel Ladefoged at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ Ny ung spiller i Divisionstruppen, naesbyboldklub.dk, 16 March 2022
- ↑ U19 Drenge Divisionen 2021/22 (2022), dbu.dk
- ↑ Video: Ladefoged ser frem til gensyn med SønderjyskE-spillere, soenderjyske.dk, 31 May 2022
- ↑ SønderjyskE Fodbold skriver med to fynske talenter, soenderjyske.dk, 31 May 2022
- ↑ SønderjyskE henter to fynske talenter, bold.dk, 31 May 2022
- ↑ Hillerød vs. SønderjyskE 1 - 5, soccerway.com, 30 July 2022
- ↑ Ladefoged udlejes til Næstved Boldklub, senderjyskefodbold.dk, 30 August 2023
- ↑ Transfernyt: Mikkel Ladefoged er lejet for resten af sæsonen, naestvedboldklub.dk, 31 August 2024
- ↑ Ultravigtig melding fra Næstved-profil, sn.dk, 11 May 2024
- ↑ Afsløring: Tromsø-skifte glipper – tilbage i DK, tipsbladet.dk, 7 August 2024
- ↑ Sønderjyske Fodbold udlejer Mikkel Ladefoged til EfB, soenderjyskefodbold.dk, 29 August 2024
- ↑ EfB lejer Mikkel Ladefoged, efb.dk, 29 August 2024
- ↑ Mikkel Ladefoged forlader EfB, efb.dk, 24 January 2025
- ↑ Done: VSK signs Mikkel Ladefoged, vskfotboll.nu, 24 January 2025
- ↑ Mikkel Ladefoged solgt til svensk klub, soenderjyskefodbold.dk, 24 January 2025
- ↑ Skada på VSK-spelare, vskfotboll.nu, 15 February 2025
- ↑ Mikkel Ladefoged leaves VSK Football, vskfotboll.nu, 13 August 2026
- ↑ "Games played by Mikkel Ladefoged in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- 1 2 "Games played by Mikkel Ladefoged in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- 1 2 3 "Games played by Mikkel Ladefoged in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ↑ "Games played by Mikkel Ladefoged in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
External links
- Mikkel Ladefoged at Soccerway
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Danish men's footballers
- Danish expatriate men's footballers
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen
- Men's association football forwards
- Danish Superliga players
- Danish 1st Division players
- Næsby Boldklub players
- Sønderjyske Fodbold players
- Næstved Boldklub players
- Esbjerg fB players
- Västerås SK Fotboll players
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden