Pierre Højbjerg
Pierre Emile Højbjerg (* 5 August 1995 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish footballer of French descent, the Bayern Munich is since 2012 under contract, and primarily in the second team is employed.
Career
Clubs
Højbjerg started to play football in the youth team of FC Copenhagen. There he was to play as a striker, but was even better to provide the midfield. He received an offer from Copenhagen's city rivals Brøndby IF, which he refused at first, but eventually accepted in the meantime.
In his age group, he was awarded as Denmark's "Player of the Year." Björn Andersson recommended him Michael Tarnat, the sporting director of the youth department of FC Bayern Munich. On February 9, 2012 it was announced that Højbjerg changes with the start of the 2012/13 season to the young Bayern Munich. Thus a childhood dream come true for Højbjerg, especially since he had already pursued as a child the Bundesliga. Although he was actually intended for the U-19 youth of the club - the only game on August 12, 2012 ( 1st Round ) 4-1 win in the away game against FC Augsburg - he debuted in the Mehmet Scholl three days later trained team of FC Bayern Munich II in the 1-0 victory at home to FC Ingolstadt II, he completed 75 minutes before being substituted for Marius Duhnke.
The 2-1 victory of FC Bayern Munich on 16 March 2013 ( 26th Round ) at Bayer 04 Leverkusen he sat for the first time as a substitute of the first team on the bench. In the 4-0 win at home to 1.FC Nuremberg on 13 April 2013 ( 29th Round ) he was with the bench in the 71st minute Xherdan Shaqiri for his professional debut. At 17 years and 251 days he is the youngest employed in the Bundesliga, Bayern player. It replaced the previous record holder David Alaba (17 years and 256 days).
In September 2013 Højbjerg signed a professional contract with FC Bayern with a term until the summer of 2016.
National
On 12 October 2010 Pierre Emile Højbjerg debuted in the U-16 national team of Denmark, which lost to the selection of Italy 0-1, when he came in to replace Yones Felfe in the 56th minute. On January 29, 2011, he played his last international match for this selection team. He was substituted after 57 minutes for Andrew Hjulsager In the 0-2 defeat against the national team of Switzerland.
Although Højbjerg had previously completed no match for the U -17 team, he was nominated Thomas Frank for the European Championship 2011, he played in all group matches. ; in the semi-final, which was lost to the selection of Germany 0-2, he did not play. However, due to the semi-finals, the national team qualified for the World Cup in 2011, when he retired with the team after the group stage. Only in the final group game, a 1-1 draw in the replay against the selection of Australia, he came in the 70th minute for Vigen Christensen for tournament use.
For the U-19 national team, he played so far six caps for the first time on 21 November 2012 as part of the qualification for the European Championship in 2013 in a 3-0 victory over the U-19 selection Finland in Paphos. 's 3-2 victory over the U-19 selection Montenegro two days later in the 87th minute he scored the deficit to intermediate 2:2 also his first goal for this selection team.
On October 12, 2013 Højbjerg was 18 years old his debut in the U-21 national team. After his team had lain with 0:2 against the U -21 Slovenia back, succeeded by two goals from him a 2-2 draw.
Achievements
- FIFA Club World Cup 2013
- UEFA Champions League winners 2013
- German Champion 2013, 2014
- DFB Cup winners 2013
- UEFA Super Cup winner 2013
Others
As the son of a French mother and a Danish, professor of anthropology, was born in Copenhagen and grew up, he should study his father's desire for first; However, he moved to the football out with Zinedine Zidane as his idol. In addition to the Danish Højbjerg also has French citizenship.