{{Short description|Danish footballer (born 2004)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Alexander Lyng | image = Alexander Lyng, U18 landsholdet, 15-11-2021.jpg | image_size = | caption = | full_name = Alexander Lyng | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|11|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Hørsholm, Denmark | height = 1.77 m<ref>{{worldfootball.net|alexander-lyng|new_id=pe628601}}</ref> | position = Winger | currentclub = Sønderjyske | clubnumber = 11 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Hørsholm-Usserød | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Helsingør | years1 = 2021–2023 | clubs1 = Helsingør | caps1 = 47 | goals1 = 11 | years2 = 2023–2025 | clubs2 = Servette | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2023–2024 | clubs3 = → Servette II | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2024–2025 | clubs4 = → Sønderjyske (loan) | caps4 = 23 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2025– | clubs5 = Sønderjyske | caps5 = 28 | goals5 = 3 | nationalyears1 = 2021–2022 | nationalteam1 = Denmark U18 | nationalcaps1 = 11 | nationalgoals1 = 5 | nationalyears2 = 2022–2023 | nationalteam2 = Denmark U19 | nationalcaps2 = 9 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | nationalyears3 = 2023–2025 | nationalteam3 = Denmark U20 | nationalcaps3 = 6 | nationalgoals3 = 2 | nationalyears4 = 2025 | nationalteam4 = Denmark U21 | nationalcaps4 = 1 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | pcupdate = 19 May 2026 | ntupdate = 4 September 2025 }}
'''Alexander Lyng''' (born 26 November 2004) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Danish Superliga club Sønderjyske.
==Club career== ===FC Helsingør=== Lyng moved from his childhood club Hørsholm-Usserød, also known as HUI, to FC Helsingør as a youngster.<ref name="helsingordagblad.dk">[https://helsingordagblad.dk/sport/rekordsalg-i-fc-helsingoer-18-aarige-alexander-sendes-til-udlandet-for-millioner Rekordsalg i FC Helsingør: 18-årige Alexander sendes til udlandet for millioner], helsingordagblad.dk, 20 June 2023</ref> On his 15th birthday on 26 November 2019, he signed with FC Helsingør on a youth contract.<ref>[https://helsingordagblad.dk/helsingoer/stortalent-skriver-kontrakt-med-fch Stortalent skriver kontrakt med FCH], helsingordagblad.dk, 26 November 2019</ref>
Lyng impressed in the 2020/21 season in the youth ranks, scoring 22 goals in 21 games for Helsingør U-17 and 9 goals in 8 games for U-19.<ref name=ft/> He started training with the first team in the 2021/22 season. After a training match where Lyng scored twice against Lyngby Boldklub in the summer kick-off, Lyng was permanently promoted to the first team squad and extended his contract with Helsingør until June 2023.<ref name=ft>[https://helsingordagblad.dk/sport/fc-helsingoer-forlaenger-med-stortalent-nu-rykkes-han-op-paa-foersteholdet FC Helsingør forlænger med stortalent: Nu rykkes han op på førsteholdet], helsingordagblad.dk, 11 July 2021</ref>
Lyng made his official debut for FC Helsingør on 23 July 2021, in the Danish 1st Division - the first match of the 2021/22 season - against Fremad Amager, where he became the youngest debutant in Helsingør's history at 16 years and 239 days.<ref>[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/07/23/denmark/1st-division/elite-3000-helsingor/bk-fremad-amager/3511280/ HELSINGØR VS. FREMAD AMAGER 1 - 0], soccerway.com, 23 July 2021</ref> In the following match against Esbjerg fB, Lyng also became the youngest goal scorer in the club's history when he got on the scoresheet.<ref>[https://fchtalent.dk/jule-og-nytaarshilsen-til-moder-samarbejdsklubber-og-samarbejdspartnere/ JULE- OG NYTÅRSHILSEN TIL MODER-SAMARBEJDSKLUBBER OG SAMARBEJDSPARTNERE], fchtalent.dk, 21 December 2021</ref> In both the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons, Lyng, despite his young age, was a big profile in the team, and in the 2022–23 season the 18-year-old winger also became the club's top scorer with 11 goals in all competitions.{{citation needed|date= July 2024}}
===Servette FC=== On 20 June 2023, it was confirmed that Helsingør had sold Lyng to Swiss Super League club Servette FC, in what became a record deal for Helsingør.<ref name="helsingordagblad.dk"/><ref>[https://fchtalent.dk/fc-helsingoer-saelger-18-aarige-alexander-lyng-til-schweiziske-servette-fc/ FC HELSINGØR SÆLGER 18-ÅRIGE ALEXANDER LYNG TIL SCHWEIZISKE SERVETTE FC], fchtalent.dk, 20 June 2023</ref> He signed a 3-year deal until June 2026.<ref>[https://servettefc.ch/alexander-lyng-rejoint-le-servette-fc/ ALEXANDER LYNG REJOINT LE SERVETTE FC], servettefc.ch, 20 June 2023</ref> According to the media Tipsbladet, Lyng was bought for a price between two and three million Danish kroner.<ref>[https://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/generelle/afsloering-her-er-prisen-paa-alexander-lyng Afsløring: Her er prisen på Alexander Lyng], tipsbladet.dk, 21 June 2023</ref>
Lyng started up with Servette's first team in the pre-season 2023–24, where he both played and scored in training matches. Lyng was in the starting line-up for Servette, where he both played and scored in the pre-season training matches. He was then injured and was out for three months before he was back on the training pitch.<ref>[https://helsingordagblad.dk/sport/dyreste-salg-i-helsingoers-historie-fik-oedelagt-efteraar-af-skade-det-er-haardt-og-kan-godt-vaere-ensomt Dyreste salg i Helsingørs historie fik ødelagt efterår af skade: - Det er hårdt og kan godt være ensomt], helsingordagblad.dk, 25 December 2023</ref> After the injury, Lyng played primarily for the club's reserve team in the Swiss Promotion League, and was on the bench for the club's first team in some matches, though without playing a single minute for them in the 2023–24 season.{{citation needed|date= July 2024}}
====Loan to Sønderjyske==== On 29 May 2024, newly promoted Danish Superliga club Sønderjyske confirmed that Lyng joined the club on a one-year loan deal with an option to buy.<ref>[https://soenderjyskefodbold.dk/lyng-skal-hjem-og-vokse-i-den-soenderjyske-muld/ LYNG SKAL HJEM OG VOKSE I DEN SØNDERJYSKE MULD], soenderjyskefodbold.dk, 29 May 2024</ref>
Lyng's official debut for Sønderjyske came in the first round of the 2024-25 Danish Superliga on 21 July 2024, against Silkeborg IF, where he was in the starting lineup.<ref>[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/07/21/denmark/superliga/silkeborg-if-fs/sonderjyske/4362624/ SILKEBORG VS. SØNDERJYSKE 1 - 0], soccerway.com, 21 July 2024</ref>
===Sønderjyske=== On 3 May 2025, Lyng and Sønderjyske made the deal permanent, on a three-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soenderjyskefodbold.dk/soenderjyske-fodbold-skriver-kontrakt-med-alexander-lyng/|title=Sønderjyske Fodbold skriver kontrakt med Alexander Lyng|trans-title=Sønderjyske Football signs contract with Alexander Lyng|publisher=Sønderjyske Fodbold|language=da|date=3 May 2025|access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|alexander-lyng/746631}} * {{DBU player|8394}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyng, Alexander}} Category:2004 births Category:Living people Category:Danish men's footballers Category:Danish expatriate men's footballers Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Denmark men's youth international footballers Category:Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Category:Danish Superliga players Category:Danish 1st Division players Category:Swiss Promotion League players Category:FC Helsingør players Category:Servette FC players Category:Sønderjyske Fodbold players Category:Danish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Category:21st-century Danish sportsmen