Mille Gejl
FullnameMille Gejl Jensen
Birth date23 September 1999 (age 26)
Birth placeDenmark
Height1.75m
PositionMidfielder
CurrentclubHB Køge
Clubnumber23
Years 12017–2018
Clubs 1KoldingQ
Caps 119
Goals 19
Years 22018–2021
Clubs 2Brøndby IF
Caps 262
Goals 227
Years 32021–2023
Clubs 3BK Häcken
Caps 349
Goals 315
Years 42023–2024
Clubs 4North Carolina Courage
Caps 418
Goals 43
Years 52024
Clubs 5→ Montpellier (loan)
Caps 57
Goals 50
Years 62024–2025
Clubs 6Crystal Palace
Caps 621
Goals 65
Years 72025–
Clubs 7HB Køge
Caps 73
Goals 73
Nationalyears 12014
Nationalteam 1Denmark U16
Nationalcaps 16
Nationalgoals 10
Nationalyears 22014–2016
Nationalteam 2Denmark U17
Nationalcaps 215
Nationalgoals 26
Nationalyears 32016–2018
Nationalteam 3Denmark U19
Nationalcaps 322
Nationalgoals 36
Nationalyears 42018
Nationalteam 4Denmark U23
Nationalcaps 41
Nationalgoals 40
Nationalyears 52019–
Nationalteam 5Denmark
Nationalcaps 538
Nationalgoals 57
Pcupdate27 August 2025
Ntupdate28 October 2025

Mille Gejl Jensen (ˈmilə ˈkɑjl ˈjensn̩; born 23 September 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish A-Liga club HB Køge and the Denmark national team.

Club career

Gejl started her football career in Varde IF. In 2015, she switched to the bigger league club KoldingQ, with whom she also reached the final of DBU's National Cup tournament in 2018. In August of the same year, she moved to the top club Brøndby IF.[1] With the club, she helped win the Elite division 2018-19 and the cup final again twice. The following year she extended until the summer of 2020.  She made her official debut in the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League with Brøndby, where she also scored 2–2 against the Italian giants Juventus in the round of 16. In the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League Gejl was among the selected penalty takers in the round of 16 final against Vålerenga, which was won by Brøndby.[2]

She then switched in June 2021 to Swedish BK Häcken in the Damallsvenskan. Here she was also a regular part of the team's line-up in the group stage at the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.

In January 2023, Gejl signed a two-year deal with the North Carolina Courage.[3] She scored her first goal for the Courage on 25 March 2023 in a 1–0 win over the Kansas City Current.[4]

Gejl was loaned to Montpellier HSC on 31 January 2024.[5] After the 2023–24 Division 1 Féminine season, she was not signed by Montpellier and was released by the Courage on 3 July.[6]

Gejl played for Crystal Palace in the English Women's Super League from August 2024 to June 2025, recording 5 goals in 21 appearances.[7]

International career

Gejl appeared several times on several of the youth national teams. She scored several times for the U17 national teams in the qualifiers for the U17 European Championship.[8] She was also selected for the 2018 U19 European Championship in Switzerland, where Denmark historically reached the semi-finals.[9]

On 21 January 2019, she made her official debut for the senior Danish national team in a friendly match against Finland in Larnaca, Cyprus. In this match, she scored her first national team goal.[10]

She appeared several times in the qualification for the European Championship in England 2022, the World Cup qualification and the Algarve Cup in Portugal.[11]  In the European Championship qualifier against Georgia on 8 October 2019, Mille Gejl scored Denmark's first goal, but later had to leave with an injury.[12] In June 2022, she was selected for the first time for the final squad at the European Football Championship 2022 in England.[13]

Ahead of the European Championship finals in England, Gejl scored the 2–1 goal, four minutes into extra time in the historic record match against Brazil.[14] Gejl had a chorus dedicated to her, in the official EC song for the national team, with the stanza: "You need to Gejl out".[15]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 January 2019GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, CyprusFinland1–01–0Friendly
2.29 August 2019Viborg Stadium, Viborg, DenmarkMalta6–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
3.8 October 2019Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2, Tbilisi, GeorgiaGeorgia1–02–0
4.21 September 2021ASK Arena, Baku, AzerbaijanAzerbaijan7–08–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5.21 October 2021Viborg Stadium, Viborg, DenmarkBosnia and Herzegovina6–08–0
6.30 November 2021Russia3–03–1
7.24 June 2022Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, DenmarkBrazil2–12–1Friendly

Achievements

References

  1. ^ Andrea Trolle (2018-08-08). "Mille Gejl skifter til Brøndby IF" (in da-DK). Fodbold for piger. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  2. ^ "Brøndbys kvinder er videre i Champions League efter straffegyser" (in da-DK). Politiken. 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  3. ^ "Courage sign Danish forward Mille Gejl Jensen". North Carolina Courage. 2023-01-20. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  4. ^ "Gejl's strike lifts Courage over Kansas City in season opener". WRAL Sports News. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  5. ^ White, Herbert L. (2024-01-31). "North Carolina Courage loans forward Mille Gejl". The Charlotte Post. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  6. ^ "Courage, Mille Gejl agree to contract termination". North Carolina Courage. 2024-07-03. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  7. ^ "Crystal Palace sign Denmark International Mille Gejl". Crystal Palace. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  8. ^ Kronvold, Jan (2014-07-02). "Mille Gejl drømmer om A-landsholdet" (in Danish). vafo.dk. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  9. ^ Andrea Trolle (2018-06-23). "U19-landsholdstruppen til EM er udtaget" (in da-DK). Fodbold for piger. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  10. ^ DBU. "Landsholdsdatabasen" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  11. ^ "Kvindelandsholdet lammetævede Malta i EM-kvalifikationen" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  12. ^ "Fra himmel til helvede: Stortalent ude resten året med brækket fod" (in da-DK). DR. 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  13. ^ "Drømmemål og sejr i historisk dansk landskamp - TV 2" (in da-DK). sport.tv2.dk. 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  14. ^ Christensen, Af Stefan (2022-06-25). "Pludselig blev telefonen varm: - En del har skrevet" (in Danish). ekstrabladet.dk. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  15. ^ "Vi Fleggaard tysken i lysken: Her er Danmarks EM-sang - TV 2" (in da-DK). sport.tv2.dk. 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2023-01-10.