 Makienok with Preston North End in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simon Makienok Christoffersen | ||
| Date of birth | 21 November 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Næstved, Denmark | ||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hvidovre | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1998 | Suså IF[1] | ||
| 1998–2007 | Næstved | ||
| 2007–2008 | Herfølge | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2012 | HB Køge | 58 | (22) |
| 2012–2014 | Brøndby | 74 | (35) |
| 2014–2017 | Palermo | 4 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 36 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | → Preston North End (loan) | 25 | (3) |
| 2017–2020 | Utrecht | 7 | (1) |
| 2020 | Dynamo Dresden | 9 | (3) |
| 2020–2022 | FC St. Pauli | 45 | (8) |
| 2022–2023 | Horsens | 15 | (1) |
| 2023– | Hvidovre | 19 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2009 | Denmark U19 | 8 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Denmark U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Denmark U21 | 13 | (2) |
| 2013 | Denmark | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2024 | |||
Simon Makienok Christoffersen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈsimɔn mæˈkʰiːnʌk]; born 21 November 1990) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Danish Superliga club Hvidovre.
Born in Næstved, Makienok began his professional career at Herfølge Boldklub, which later became HB Køge, making his debut in 2009, before joining Brøndby IF in January 2012 for a fee of €550,000. After a two-and-a-half-year spell at Brøndby, where the club barely avoided relegation, he was signed by Italian club Palermo for a fee reported to be €2.3 million in August 2014. Palermo then loaned him out to English sides Charlton Athletic and Preston North End, before he signed with Dutch side FC Utrecht in 2017. After two European appearances for the club, he suffered a knee injury which kept him sidelined for two years. He then played for Dynamo Dresden and FC St. Pauli in Germany before returning to Denmark in 2022 where he joined AC Horsens.
Makienok has also represented Denmark at senior and several youth levels, gaining his first cap for the senior side on 22 March 2013 as a 85th-minute substitute in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Czech Republic which ended in a 3–0 win for Denmark.[2]
- ^ "Interview med Simon Makienok". gymnordic.com. Gymnordic. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Tjekkiet - Danmark, VM Kvalifikation UEFA Gruppe B 2012/2013 22/3-2013". bold.dk. Retrieved 3 April 2020.