Martin Braithwaite

Martin Braithwaite
	Braithwaite in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Martin Christensen Braithwaite
Date of birth	5 June 1991 (age 35)
Place of birth	Esbjerg, Denmark
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker, Winger
Team information
Current team	Grêmio
Number	22
Youth career
	SGI
2003–2007	Esbjerg fB
2007	Midtjylland
2007–2009	Esbjerg fB
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2013	Esbjerg fB
2013–2017	Toulouse
2017–2019	Middlesbrough
2018	→ Bordeaux (loan)
2019	→ Leganés (loan)
2019–2020	Leganés
2020–2022	Barcelona
2022–2024	Espanyol
2024–	Grêmio
International career‡
2008	Denmark U17
2009–2010	Denmark U19
2012–2013	Denmark U21
2013–	Denmark
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:03, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Martin Christensen Braithwaite (/ˈbræθweɪt/;^[3] born 5 June 1991) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Brasileirão club Grêmio and the Denmark national team. He plays mainly as a striker, but he can also play as a winger.

Career statistics

As of match played 22 September 2024^[4]^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Esbjerg fB	2009–10	Danish Superliga	10	0	0	0	—		—		—		10	0
	2010–11	Danish Superliga	16	0	2	0	—		—		—		18	0
	2011–12	Danish 1st Division	26	5	1	0	—		—		—		27	5
	2012–13	Danish Superliga	33	9	5	2	—		—		—		38	11
	2013–14	Danish Superliga	4	3	0	0	—		—		—		4	3
	Total		89	17	8	2	—		—		—		97	19
Toulouse	2013–14	Ligue 1	32	7	2	1	2	0	—		—		36	8
	2014–15		34	6	1	0	1	0	—		—		36	6
	2015–16		36	11	2	2	3	1	—		—		41	14
	2016–17		34	11	1	0	1	1	—		—		36	12
	Total		136	35	6	3	7	2	—		—		149	40
Middlesbrough	2017–18	Championship	19	5	2	1	0	0	—		—		21	6
	2018–19	Championship	17	3	0	0	2	0	—		—		19	3
	Total		36	8	2	1	2	0	—		—		40	9
Bordeaux (loan)	2017–18	Ligue 1	14	4	0	0	0	0	—		—		14	4
Leganés (loan)	2018–19	La Liga	19	4	2	1	—		—		—		21	5
Leganés	2019–20	La Liga	24	6	3	2	—		—		—		27	8
Leganés	Total		43	10	5	3	—		—		—		48	13
Barcelona	2019–20	La Liga	11	1	0	0	—		—		—		11	1
	2020–21		29	2	5	2	—		6^[c]	3	2^[d]	0	42	7
	2021–22		4	2	1	0	—		0	0	0	0	5	2
	Total		44	5	6	2	—		6	3	2	0	58	10
Espanyol	2022–23	La Liga	31	10	2	0	—		—		—		33	10
	2023–24	Segunda División	39	22	2	0	—		—		4^[e]	0	45	22
	Total		70	32	4	0	—		—		4	0	78	32
Grêmio	2024	Série A	5	4	0	0	—		2^[f]	0	—		7	4
Career total			437	115	31	11	9	2	8	3	6	0	491	131

As of match played 7 September 2023^[6]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Denmark	2013	5	1
	2014	2	0
	2015	5	0
	2016	2	0
	2017	3	0
	2018	12	2
	2019	10	4
	2020	7	0
	2021	10	3
	2022	8	0
	2023	5	0
Total		69	10

Denmark's score listed first, score column indicates score after each Braithwaite goal.^[6]

List of international goals scored by Martin Braithwaite
No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 August 2013	PGE Arena Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland	2	Poland	2–1	2–3	Friendly
2	16 October 2018	MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark	27	Austria	2–0	2–0	Friendly
3	16 November 2018	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	28	Wales	2–0	2–1	2018–19 UEFA Nations League B
4	10 June 2019	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	33	Georgia	5–1	5–1	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
5	15 October 2019	Aalborg Stadium, Aalborg, Denmark	37	Luxembourg	1–0	4–0	Friendly
6	15 November 2019	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	38	Gibraltar	3–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
7	18 November 2019	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland	39	Republic of Ireland	1–0	1–1	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
8	25 March 2021	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel	47	Israel	1–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	6 June 2021	Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark	50	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	2–0	Friendly
10	26 June 2021	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	54	Wales	4–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2020