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Marcus Henriksen
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Marcus Henriksen

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Looks like Marcus Henriksen didn’t play this season

Biography

MARKUS HENRIKSEN – MIDFIELDER
BORN: 25 JULY 1992
COUNTRY: NORWAY

Henriksen moved from Trond IL to Rosenborg as a boy. He proved himself early on as an exciting midfielder, showing traits of footballing intelligence, basic skill and excellent endurance.
In 2010, Henriksen became a regular fixture in the Rosenborg side, he played in 28 of a possible 30 games, 26 appearances as a first team starter.

He scored his first professional goals against Odd Grenland on 11 April 2010 where his brace inspired Rosenborg to a 3–1 comeback.

Hinriksen was on the list of the 100 best young players in the world in 2010, where he joined the likes of compatriot Harmeet Singh, Mario Götze, Eden Hazard, Neymar and Theo Walcott.

The Daily Mirror reported that Aston Villa were interested in Henriksen whilst Napoli had also been known to have scouted him. Henriksen furthered speculation linking him abroad in a November interview with Aftenposten, "I want to try and show that I am good enough to play elsewhere than in Norway. I think I'd best fit Germany, so it is my dream to play in a good team in the Bundesliga."

Late on 27 January 2012, Henriksen left Rosenborg's training camp in Benidorm for Belgium to complete a €2 million move to Club Brugge. Rosenborg cited economic reasons as to why the offer was accepted. The next day, however, Henriksen confirmed on his personal Twitter account that he had turned down a move to Club Brugge by stating, "Congratulations boys for the win. Looking forward to Benidorm. Turned down Brugge because of my gut feeling and the total package."

On 31 August 2012, Henriksen left Rosenborg for a fee of around €2million to AZ Alkmaar and signed a five-year contract with the club. Henriksen was named as AZ player of the year this season beating top scorer Jozy Altidore (remember him?).

On 31 August 2016, he signed for Hull City on loan until January 2017. On 6 January 2017, his loan from AZ became permanent when he signed a two-and-a-half deal. On 30 September 2017, he scored his first goal, when he came off the bench to get the 5th goal in memorable a 6–1 home victory over Birmingham City.

On 1 August 2018, Henriksen was named captain for the season and then on 1 March 2019, Henriksen had his contract with the club extended by 1 year.

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