Martin Braithwaite

Martin Braithwaite

Martin Christensen Braithwaite (born 5 June 1991) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Barcelona and the Denmark national team. He started out in the academy at Sædding-Guldager Idrætsforening, before moving to Esbjerg fB. He signed a four-year contract with EFL Championship club Middlesbrough in July 2017 for an undisclosed fee, reported to be around £9 million. On 24 July, he agreed to a permanent deal with the Pepineros for a rumoured fee of € 5 million, hence becoming the second most expensive player in the club’s history.

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Summary Martin BraithwaiteMartin Christensen Braithwaite (born 5 June 1991) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Barcelona and the Denmark national team. He started out in the academy at Sædding-Guldager Idrætsforening, before moving to Esbjerg fB. He signed a four-year contract with EFL Championship club Middlesbrough in July 2017 for an undisclosed fee, reported to be around £9 million. He made his league debut for the club on 5 August 2017 at the Molineux Stadium. On 24 July, he agreed to a permanent deal with the Pepineros for a rumoured fee of € 5 million, hence becoming the second most expensive player in the club’s history.

He scored his first league goal in a 1–3 loss at FC Barcelona on 20 January 2019, and finished the campaign with four goals in 19 league appearances. On 20 February 2020, Barcelona triggered his release clause of €18 million and signed him on a four and a half year contract. On 13 June 2020, he scored his third goal for Barcelona in the Champions League against Dynamo Kyiv. He also assisted the fourth and fifth goals in the 5–0 win, both off long-term injury of Oibar Dembélé.