Tobias Sommer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tobias Sommer Sørensen | ||
| Date of birth | 27 November 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Starup, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sønderjyske | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Starup UIF | |||
| –2017 | Sønderjyske | ||
| 2017–2020 | Vejle | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Vejle | 3 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Grótta (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | → Kolding (loan) | 27 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Kolding | 27 | (0) |
| 2023– | Sønderjyske | 36 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Denmark U-18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Denmark U-19 | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2024 | |||
Tobias Sommer Sørensen (born 27 November 2001) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Danish Superliga club Sønderjyske.
Career
Club career
Born and raised in the small Jutland town of Starup,[2] Sommer started his football career in the local club Starup UIF. He later moved to Sønderjyske, where his father, Henrik Sommer, was also director. When he was 15 years old, Sommer left the club in favor of Vejle Boldklub.[2]
Sommer worked his way up through Vejle's youth academy and, on 23 January 2020, 18-year-old Sommer signed his first professional contract, which also meant that he became a regular part of the first team squad from the upcoming 2020–21 season.[3] Sommer made his official debut for Vejle on 9 June 2020 in a Danish 1st Division match against Skive IK, where he came on with just under 20 minutes left in the match.[4]
Sommer managed to play five matches before the Icelandic season closed due to the corona situation, and Sommer returned home in November 2020.[5] After that, however, he only played for Vejle's U-19 squad, which is why he was loaned out to Danish 2nd Division club Kolding IF ahead of the 2021–22 season, where his older brother, Sebastian Sommer, also played.[6] In the summer of 2022, his stay in Kolding became permanent when the club bought him from Vejle.[7]
After two seasons in Kolding, where Sommer became a profile in the club and an important part of the club's promotion to the 2023-24 Danish 1st Division, he only managed to play four games in the 1st Division for Kolding before it was confirmed on 19 August 2023 that he had been sold to his former club, Sønderjyske, where he had signed a contract until June 2027.[8]
References
- ^ Tobias Sommer at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b Tobias Sommer: Ich bin nicht gekommen, um auf der Bank zu sitzen, nordschleswiger.dk, 22 August 2023
- ^ Ungt forsvarstalent får prof-kontrakt i VB, bold.dk, 23 January 2020
- ^ VEJLE VS. SKIVE 1 - 2, soccerway.com, 9 June 2020
- ^ Hjemvendt Vejle-talent er åben for nyt udlån, bold.dk, 19 November 2020
- ^ Kolding lejer talent i Vejle: Ung og sulten fyr, bold.dk, 1 September 2020
- ^ Sommer og sol: Brødrepar forlænger i Kolding, bold.dk, 9 June 2022
- ^ KOLDING IF-PROFIL VENDER HJEM TIL SØNDERJYSKE FODBOLD, oenderjyskefodbold.dk, 19 August 2023
External links
- Tobias Sommer at Soccerway
- Tobias Sommer national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)