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My Take
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg is one of those players who doesn't always get the headlines but absolutely makes a team tick — and I mean that as the highest compliment. Watching him develop from a Bayern Munich youth prodigy into the heartbeat of Tottenham's midfield and then captain of both Marseille and the Danish national team is genuinely impressive. He's the guy doing the ugly, essential work: winning second balls, covering ground, keeping shape when everything around him is chaos. What I love about Højbjerg is that he combines that tireless defensive engine with real leadership presence — you can see teammates genuinely look to him. At six feet one and still in his late twenties, he's hitting the prime years for a holding midfielder, and he wears both the captain's armband and the weight of expectation with a quiet, no-nonsense confidence that feels very Danish.
Overview
Pierre-Emile Kordt Højbjerg (born 5 August 1995) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for and captains both Ligue 1 club Marseille and the Denmark national team. Højbjerg started his career as a youth for Danish clubs Skjold, KB and Brøndby, before joining German club Bayern Munich in 2012.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
- Name (Japanese)
- ピエール・エミール・ホイビュルク
- Reading
- ぴえーる・えみーる・ほいびゅるく
- Born
- August 5, 1995 (age 30)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Boar
- Origin
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Denmark →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.