Thomas Delaney

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Thomas Delaney

240px Delaney playing for F.C. Copenhagen in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Joseph Delaney
Date of birth	(1991-09-03) 3 September 1991
Place of birth	Frederiksberg, Denmark
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Copenhagen
Number	8
Youth career
1993–2008	Copenhagen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–	Copenhagen	153	(13)
International career‡
2008–2009	Denmark U-18	3	(0)
2009–2010	Denmark U-19	11	(1)
2011	Denmark U-20	2	(0)
2010–2012	Denmark U-21	11	(0)
2013–	Denmark	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2015

Thomas Joseph Delaney (born 3 September 1991 in Frederiksberg, Denmark) is a Danish footballer of Irish-American descent, who plays as a midfielder and is captain for Danish Superliga side F.C. Copenhagen.

Club career

Delaney started playing youth football at Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB), the reserve team of multiple Danish champions F.C. Copenhagen (FCK). He made his debut for the Danish under-18 national team in October 2008, and played two matches for the team.

Delaney made his debut for F.C. Copenhagen, in an unofficial 2008 friendly in August 2008, after playing the first half of the 2008–09 season in the KB youth team, he was a part of the FCK squad in the Danish Cup 2008-09. Delaney made his official debut in the first leg of the semi-finals against Nordvest FC, where he substituted Hjalte Nørregaard in the middle of second half, in his time on pitch, he had a shot on the post.

In the return leg two weeks later Delaney was among the starting eleven. He played the first 60 minutes, before he was substituted with Şaban Özdoğan.

In the summer break 2009, Delaney was promoted to the first team squad together with Özdoğan.

He played the full-time in a match in Champions League qualification against FK Mogren. In this his international debut he even scored a goal. His first Superliga match was on 9 August 2009 against SønderjyskE, where he replaced Atiba Hutchinson in second half's stoppage time.

Determined on getting his breakthrough on the central midfield of the F.C. Copenhagen team, Delaney extended his contract with the club to 2015 on 6 July 2013. At the same time, he got jersey number 8. In the following season, Delaney has been regular starter on his favorite position, including UEFA Champions League matches against Juventus F.C., Real Madrid and Galatasaray.

On 23 January 2014, he further extended his contract to 2017. At the same time, he was officially named vice-captain of the team. Half a year later, Delaney was promoted to club captain.

On May 16, 2015 he was named Man of the Match as his side won the Danish cup final 3-2 after extra-time against fellow superliga side F.C. Vestsjælland.

International career

Delaney has played three games for the Danish U-18 national team, 11 games for the Danish U-19 national team.

On 11 August 2010, he made his debut for the Danish U-21 national team in a friendly against the Italian U-21 national team.

Delaney made his debut for the senior national team on 15 October 2013 in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Malta.

Honours

Club

Copenhagen

• Danish Superliga: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2015–16
• Danish Cup: 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16

Individual

• 2009 Danish Under-19 Player of the Year
• 2015 Danish Cup Fighter
• 2015 F.C. Copenhagen Player of the Year
• 2016 F.C. Copenhagen Player of the Year

External links

• Danish national team profile (Danish)
• F.C. Copenhagen profile (Danish)
• Thomas Delaney on Twitter
• Profile at Football-Lineups.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Lars Jacobsen	F.C. Copenhagen captain 2014–	Succeeded by Incumbent