Name: Simon Makienok Christoffersen
               Age: 21 (21-11-1990)
              Club: Brøndby IF
          Position: Striker
International Caps: Denmark U21: 12 match(es)
                                  2 goal(s)
                    Denmark U20:  3 match(es)
                                  0 goal(s)
                    Denmark U19:  8 match(es)
                                  1 goal(s)
              Value: £800.000 (transfermarkt.co.uk) 

Nicklas Bendtner is one of his idols, and given his physics, and strenght Simon Makienok Christoffersen has often been compared to the Juventus striker.

The tall Dane joined Herfølge (now known as HB Køge) as a junior, and quickly made his way to the senior’s team. On his nineteen year old birthday, he scored his first goal for HBK, and from that point he never looked back. Brøndby coach Auri Skarbalius was also the coach for Makienok in HB Køge. He says:

“Simon is a young player on his way to the top, and needs to keep developing. Given his physic he is a very exciting player to follow, as he is a weapon in the opponents box.”

Makienok Christoffersen had a leading role in HB Køge’s promotion to the Danish Superliga in 2011. The striker was the man behind not less than 16 goals that season, and even rejected a move to the Belgium Oud-Hverlee. Instead, he stayed in Køge, where he managed to score six goals in the Superliga, earning him a spot on the Danish national team for league players.

After two goals in three matches for the national team, the Danish manager Morten Olsen, announced that he would like to see Makienok in another club than Køge. Two days later, the striker has signed with Brøndby. The transfer should turn out to be the largest transfer ever, for his former club.

While Makienok left HB Køge after twenty four goals in sixty five matches, he has had problems finding the net for Brøndby. However, Auri Skarbalius has another view:

“If you take a look on the number [22] of matches Simon has played for Brøndby, he scores almost in every third match which is quite good.”

The coach also stressed that Makienok was the future of the club, and have a great potential.

Simon Makienok Christoffersen has represented a couple of Danish youth national teams and is currently playing for the Danish U21. Here, he scored as late as yesterday against Serbia. The striker is getting confident with playing international football, and his coach will not rule out that he might have a future in a bigger club:

“Only time will show how far he can go, but he has the physic and the mentality, but only time can show”.