Nemo Thomsen

Nemo Thomsen
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-04-05) 5 April 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Ilulissat, Greenland
Position(s) Centre-Forward
Team information
Current team
 Holbæk B&I
Number 13
Youth career
Nagdlunguaq-48
2019–2021 SønderjyskE
2021–2023 Kolding IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Nagdlunguaq-48
2023 Kolding IF 0 (0)
2023–2024 Young Boys FD
2024– Holbæk B&I
International career‡
2022– Greenland 4 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:08, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:08, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Nemo Thomsen (born 5 April 2004) is a Greenlandic association footballer who currently plays for Holbæk B&I and the Greenland national team.[1]

Club career

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Thomsen is from Ilulissat, Greenland.[2] During the 2018 Greenlandic Football Championship he scored a hattrick for Nagdlunguaq-48 at age fourteen to become the youngest goalscorer in the tournament.[3][4]

In 2019 he moved to Southern Jutland in Denmark for more footballing opportunities.[2] Shortly thereafter he began playing for the academy of SønderjyskE while living with a host family for six months before moving into player housing on Louisevej.[5] Following his move to Kolding IF, Thomsen made his debut for the U17 side on 1 April 2021 in a spring season 3–0 victory over Næstved U17.[6]

In February 2023, Thomsen saw minutes for Kolding's senior squad as part of a training camp held in Turkey. Kolding IF faced clubs from Latvia, Denmark, and Bosnia and Herzegovina during the camp.[7] He ended the 2023 season as the under-19 league's top scorer with 25 goals. Kolding IF became went on to win the league title that season. Following the impressive performance, Thomsen signed his first senior contract with the club for the 2023–24 season.[8][9][10]

On 8 August 2023, Thomsen scored a hattrick in a 19–1 victory over FC Avrasya in the 2023–24 Danish Cup. The result set a new all-time record for the largest margin of victory in the Danish Cup.[11] Later that month, it was announced Nemo had left Kolding and joined Young Boys FD of the Danish 3rd Division in search of more playing time.[12][13] He scored for the club to secure a 1–1 draw and a point in a league match against Holbæk B&I.[14] In February 2024 it was announced that Thomsen had departed the club after half a season, following a trial at Holbæk B&I the previous month.[15][16]

International career

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Thomsen represented Greenland in futsal at the 2018 Arctic Winter Games in Canada's Northwest Territories. Going into the semi-finals, he was the juvenile male division's top scorer in the competition with eighteen goals.[17] He finished the tournament as top scorer with twenty-two goals, more than twice the number scored by any other single player, as Greenland beat Yamalo-Nenets in the final to win the gold medal.[18]

He received his first call up to the Greenland national football team by head coach Morten Rutkjær in October 2020. At 16 years old, he was the youngest player in the 40-man squad.[19][2] In August 2021, Rutkjær named Thomsen to the 24-man squad that would train and compete against several Danish clubs in Denmark the following month.[20][21][22] Thomsen was one of two Denmark-based players in the squad, along with Adam Ejler of HB Køge.[23]

He was then part of the roster for Greenland's first match against an official national team after beginning the process of joining CONCACAF, a hybrid friendly match against Kosovo U21 to be played in Turkey in September 2022.[24] In the opening match of the training camp, Thomsen converted a penalty for Greenland's only goal in a 1–6 defeat to Al-Kahrabaa of the Iraqi Premier League.[25] The following year, Thomsen was the second-top scorer with six goals in four matches at the 2023 Island Games. He finished one goal behind Jake Scrimshaw of the Isle of Wight who played one more match than Greenland.[26]

Thomsen was recalled to the national team in May 2024 for another training camp in Turkey. As part of the camp, Greenland would play several matches, including one against Turkmenistan.[27]

List of international goals scored by Nemo Thomsen
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 July 2023 Blanche Pierre Lane, Saint Martin, Guernsey  Orkney 1–1 2–2 2023 Island Games
2 2–2
3 10 July 2023 Northfield Stadium, Saint Sampson, Guernsey  Frøya 2–0 2–0
4 13 July 2023 The Corbet Field, Saint Sampson, Guernsey  Shetland 1–2 1–5

Personal

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Thomsen is the son of former Greenlandic international Niels Thomsen. His brother, Paluu, also plays for the academy of Kolding IF.[28]

References

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  1. ^ "LANDSHOLDSBRUTTOTRUP" (in Danish). KAK. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "VIDEO Fodboldtalent udtaget til landsholdet: Min drøm nærmer sig" (in Danish). Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  3. ^ Sommer, Karsten. "Ældste og yngste spiller scorede i målorgie" (in Danish). Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  4. ^ Piccinelli, Marco. "Coca Cola GM 2018-Il B-67 torna a vincere su tutti, IT-79 terzo alle spalle dell'N-48" (in Italian). atlanticfootball.it. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  5. ^ Hansen, Stig Kongsted. "HFK/SønderjyskE vil etablere netværk af værtsfamilier" (in Danish). Ugeavisen Haderslev. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  6. ^ Christensen, Mark Tolstrup. "U17: Chanceskabende festfyrværkeri i fremragende forårssejr" (in Danish). IF Kolding. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  7. ^ Mikkelsen, Kim. "Erfaren målræv pandede Kolding IF til sejr i den tyrkiske formiddagsvarme - forsvarsspiller måtte udgå" (in Danish). jv.dk. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  8. ^ Molgaard, Noah. "Nemo Thomsen skriver kontrakt med Kolding IF" (in Danish). knr.gl. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  9. ^ Berthelsen, Jensine. "Nemo Thomsen bliver i Kolding IF - denne gang i de voksnes rækker" (in Danish). sermitsiaq.ag. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  10. ^ Pabst, Soren. "Nemo Thomsen får sin første kontrakt" (in Danish). Kolding iF. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  11. ^ Hjort, Alex Munk. "20 mål! Kolding sønderbombede Serie 2-hold efter åbningsmål fra midten" (in Danish). Bold. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  12. ^ Jensen, Anders. "Young Boys FD henter U19-målmager i Kolding" (in Danish). Bold.dk. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  13. ^ Pabst, Soren. "Nemo Thomsen skifter til Young Boys FD" (in Danish). Kolding IF. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  14. ^ Helligsø, Michael. "19-årig angriber sikrede et point til Young Boys" (in Danish). Sport Silkeborg. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  15. ^ Kamper, Anders. "Nemo vil slå til i Holbæk" (in Danish). Sjaellandske Nyheder. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  16. ^ "23-årig angriber vender retur til Young Boys" (in Danish). Sport Silkeborg. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  17. ^ Sommer, Karsten. "AWG 2018 Grønlands fire Futsalhold styrer mod finalerne" (in Danish). Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  18. ^ "Futsal Juvenile Male". Arctic Winter Games. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  19. ^ Mølgaard, Noah. "Udtagelsen: Her er bruttotruppen til fodboldlandsholdet" (in Danish). Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  20. ^ "Første samling for »nyt grønlands landshold: Vildbjerg er garant for kvalitet". Herning Folkeblad. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  21. ^ Brøns, Malik. "Her er fodboldslandsholdstruppen" (in Danish). Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  22. ^ Boyum, Klara. "Nemo og Gabi udtaget til deres respektive landshold" (in Danish). Kolding IF. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  23. ^ MØLLER ANDERSEN, NINA-VIVI. "KAK: Vi forventer hårde kampe" (in Danish). sermitsiaq.ag. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  24. ^ Hansen, Nukappiaaluk. "Fodbold: Landstræner har udtaget 20 spillere til træningslejr" (in Danish). Sermitsiaq. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  25. ^ Hansen, Nukappiaaluk. "Positive takter trods nederlag" (in Danish). sermitsiaq.ag. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  26. ^ "Island Games 2023-Football Statistics". International Island Games Guernsey 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  27. ^ Kamper, Anders. "Tre fra Sjælland er stammen på landshold" (in Danish). Sjaellandske Nyheder. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  28. ^ Christiansen, Martin. "Centerforward nordfra" (in Danish). udogse.dk. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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