Marcus Ingvartsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Danish association football player
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Place of Birth: Farum, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
About Marcus Ingvartsen
- Marcus Ingvartsen (born 4 January 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Union Berlin.
- Ingvartsen finished the 2016–17 Danish Superliga season as the top scorer in the league, with 23 league goals, that was 3 goals more than second placed Teemu Pukki, who scored 20 goals.
- Ingvartsen also won the Young Players of the Year award for that season, as a result of his impressive league performances.
- He also won the Player of the month awards for both November and April during that season. After his standout season, Belgian club Genk bought Ingvartsen during the summer of 2017.
- Ingvartsen started his first season with Genk with a few late substitute appearances for them.
- But in his first full game for Genk, Ingvartsen scored twice against Eupen to earn Genk a 3-3 draw.
- Ingvartsen scored again in Genk's next league game against Mouscron.
- Ingvartsen would go on to score more league goals against Kortijk and Ostend before a serious knee injury at the beginning of 2018 would end his season.
- Before his injury, Ingvartsen also played a key role in getting Genk to the final of the Belgian Cup.
- He equalised against Mechelen in the 7th minute to earn a 1-1 draw and he would go on to score again when the game went to a penalty shoot out, which Genk won.
- Ingvartsen would score again in Genk's Quarter final penalty shoot out win over Waasland-Beveren.
- In Genk's semi final match against Kortrijk, Ingvartsen scored the opening goal of the match, which helped Genk reach the final.
- Genk would eventually lose 1-0 to Standard Liege in the final of the Belgian Cup. Ingvartsen was still injured at the start of the 2018-19 season.
- But when he returned from injury, he would go on to help Genk win the 2018-19 Belgian First Division league title.
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