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• He began playing football for BK Skjold’s youth team in 2003 and continued until 2007.
• From 2007 to 2009, he was a member of Copenhagen’s youth team.
• He later went to Brondby IF’s youth team in 2009, at the age of 14, where he played until 2012.
• He joined Bayer Munich II on July 1, 2012. He made his professional debut in the Bundesliga on April 13, 2013, at the age of 17 years and 251 days, in a 4-0 win over 1. FC Nurnberg, making him the youngest player ever to play for Bayern Munich’s first team in the Bundesliga. He made two appearances for the first team in the 2012-13 season, scoring no goals as Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga and the UEFA Champions League. He also played for the reserve squad that season, making 30 appearances and scoring 8 goals.
• He was a member of the Bayern Munich squad that won the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco on December 21, 2013, despite not playing in the competition. He began the DFB-Pokal final for Bayern Munich on May 17, 2014, in a 2-0 extra-time triumph over Borussia Dortmund, and he played for 102 minutes. In the 2013-14 season, he made seven appearances for Bayern Munich’s first team, scoring no goals as the club won the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, and FIFA Club World Cup. He also played 14 times for the reserve squad that season, scoring four goals.
• He extended his contract with the club until 2018 on January 8, 2015. He had no goals in eight Bundesliga appearances, one German Cup game, and three Champions League appearances in the 2014-15 season.
• He was loaned to FC Augsburg, also of the Bundesliga, for the remainder of the 2014-15 season on January 7, 2015. He made his first appearance for the club on February 1, 2015, in a 3-1 victory over TSG Hoffenheim. In a 2-1 loss against SC Paderborn 07. on April 11, 2015, he scored his first Bundesliga goal for the club. He made 16 appearances for FC Augsburg during his loan stay, scoring two goals and giving three assists across all competitions.

• He signed a season-long loan with fellow Bundesliga club Schalke 04 on August 28, 2015. In the Europa League group stages, he made his debut for the club on September 17, 2015, in a 3-0 win over APOEL Nicosia. He made 30 appearances for Schalke 04 during his loan tenure, providing two assists in all competitions where he did not score a goal. He informed the Danish tabloid B.T. at the end of the season that the time had come for him to leave Bayern Munich and play first-team football abroad.
• He signed a five-year contract with English club Southampton on July 11, 2016, for an estimated value of £12.8 million. On August 13, 2016, he made his Premier League debut against Watford in a 1-1 draw at home. He made 37 appearances for the club in his first season, giving one assist in all competitions where he did not score a goal.
• In the sixth round of the FA Cup, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2-0 win over League One side Wigan Athletic on March 18, 2018. He made 32 appearances for the club in the 2017-18 season, scoring once in all competitions.
• Hughes’ successor, Ralph Hasenhuttl, made him the club captain for the 2018-19 season. He appeared in 33 games for the team that season, scoring four goals and providing four assists across all competitions.
• After publicly expressing his desire to quit the club in June 2020, he was stripped of his captaincy and replaced by Ward-Prowse. He made 38 appearances for the club in the 2019-20 season, producing one assist in all competitions where he did not score a goal.
• He signed a five-year contract with Tottenham Hotspur on August 11, 2020, for a rumoured initial sum of £15 million with add-ons. On September 13, 2020, he made his debut for the club in a 1-0 home loss to Everton. With his efforts, he quickly established himself as a key element of Jose Mourinho’s defensive midfield group, earning him a nomination for Premier League Player of the Month in November. In a 1-3 home league defeat by Liverpool on January 28, 2021, he scored his first goal for the club with a 20-yard strike. He made the most appearances by a player in the 2020-21 season in his rookie season (3420 minutes). He appeared in 53 games for the team that season, scoring two goals and providing five assists across all competitions.