Mikkel Krogh Damsgaard (born 3 July 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Premier League club Brentford and the Denmark national team.
Damsgaard started playing football in his hometown Jyllinge, where he played for eight years, with his father as his coach.
During a game with Jyllinge FC, Damsgaard was spotted by a scout from Nordsjælland, who was out actually looking for another player, but ended up contacting Damsgaard.
2017
On 27 September 2017, Damsgaard made his official debut for Nordsjælland at the age of 17.
He played the whole game against Vejgaard BK in a Danish Cup game, making one assist in a 4–0 win at Soffy Road.
He made his Danish Superliga debut for Nordsjælland on 26 November 2017 in a game against AC Horsens in shirt number 27.
2018
On 12 July 2018, Damsgaard made his European debut for Nordsjælland against Cliftonville in a Europa League qualifier.
2020
He then joined FC Nordsjælland as a U12 player on a youth contract until 2020.
On 6 February 2020, it was confirmed that Damsgaard had signed a four-year contract with Italian Serie A club Sampdoria with effect from 1 July 2020.
The transfer fee was estimated at €6.7 million (DKK 50 million).
On 17 October 2020, he scored his first Serie A goal in a 3–0 victory against Lazio.
On 10 August 2022, Damsgaard joined English Premier League club Brentford for a €15 million fee on a five-year deal.
On 21 June 2021, Damsgaard scored a goal in a 4–1 win over Russia in the UEFA Euro 2020, to become the youngest Danish player to score at the European Championship, aged 20 years 353 days.
In the Euro 2020 semi-finals, he scored the first goal against England with the tournament's only freekick goal.
However Denmark eventually lost 2–1 after extra-time.
