Emil Højlund

Schalke 04 Bundesliga

Date of birth / Age: 4 Jan 2005 (21)
Citizenship: Denmark
Foot: Right
Height · Weight: 1.91 m / 87 kg
Main position: Centre-Forward
Contract until: 2028

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vs all forwards in 2. Bundesliga 2024/25 · 115 players in the comparison

Goals0.00 /90P17
Expected goals (xG)0.51 /90P92
Expected assists (xA)0.00 /90P3
Touches in box5.09 /90P94

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Season 2025/26

Appearances: 5
Starting eleven: 2
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Yellow cards: 1
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 174

Starting eleven40%

2 of 5 appearances

Minutes played174

35 per appearance

Goal involvement0

0 goals · 0 assists

Positions played

17 matches · since 2021/22

AMCF

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Forward	14	0	0
Attacking Midfield	3	0	0

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Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2025/26	2. Bundesliga	Schalke 04	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	105
2025/26	DFB Pokal	Schalke 04	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	69
2024/25	2. Bundesliga	Schalke 04	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	270
2024/25	Regionalliga	Schalke 04 II	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	46
2023/24	U19 Ligaen	København U19	10	10	7	–	0	–	0	602
2023/24	Superliga	København	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2023/24	UEFA Youth League	København U19	8	8	4	–	0	–	0	501
2023/24	UEFA U19 Championship Qualification	Denmark U19	4	3	1	–	2	–	0	242
2022/23	U19 Ligaen	København U19	14	11	6	–	0	–	0	763
2022/23	UEFA Youth League	København U19	5	5	0	–	0	–	0	359
2021/22	U19 Ligaen	København U19	19	11	2	–	0	–	0	1,104
2021/22	U17 Ligaen	København U17	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	90
2021/22	UEFA Europa Conference League	København	2	0	0	–	1	–	0	11
2022	Algarve U17 Tournament	København U17	2	2	2	–	0	–	0	112
2022	The Atlantic Cup	København	1	0	1	–	0	–	0	30
2021/22	UEFA U17 Championship Qualification	Denmark U17	5	1	0	–	0	–	0	223
2022	UEFA U17 Championship	Denmark U17	4	3	1	–	0	–	0	222
2020/21	U17 Ligaen	København U17	24	18	13	–	0	–	0	1,576
2019/20	U15 Ligaen	København U15	9	8	8	–	0	–	0	749

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			125	86	46	0^*	4	0^*	0	7,075

By competition	Apps	G	A
U19 Ligaen	43	15	–
U17 Ligaen	25	14	–
2. Bundesliga	14	0	0
UEFA Youth League	13	4	–
Denmark U17	9	1	–
U15 Ligaen	9	8	–
Denmark U19	4	1	–
Algarve U17 Tournament	2	2	–
UEFA Europa Conference League	2	0	–
DFB Pokal	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jul 2024 Jul 2024 · Transfer København Schalke 04 Transfer
Sept 2023 Sept 2023 · Transfer FC København Under 19 København Transfer
Jul 2021 Jul 2021 · Unknown – FC København Under 19 Unknown

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Schalke 04 2024–2026 15 0
Schalke 04 II 2024 1 0
København U19 2021–2024 56 19
København 2021–2024 4 1
København U17 2020–2022 27 16
København U15 2019 9 8

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