Magnus Troest (born 5 June 1987) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Italian Serie D club Nocerina.
Club career Early years Born in Copenhagen, Troest started playing football for several local clubs. He debuted for the Denmark U16 national team in October 2002, while playing for club B.93. In the summer 2003, the 16-year-old Troest moved abroad to play for English club Aston Villa. The club reportedly wanted to sign his big brother Jonas Troest from B.93 as well. Troest signed a three-year contract."15-årig til Villa", Fredericia Dagblad, 22 March 2003 He played two years in the youth academy, but did not get his senior debut for Aston Villa.
Midtjylland In May 2005 he transferred back home to Denmark, to play for FC Midtjylland (FCM) in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship."FCM snupper lille Troest", Ekstra Bladet, 28 May 2005 He initially had to struggle to make the FCM first team, but finally made his senior debut in October 2005.Jannik Stamm Mikkelsen, Troest tripper efter at komme på banen, 25 January 2006 He won the 2005 Danish under-19 Player of the Year award. From the second half of the 2005–06 season, he became a regular in the starting line-up. He scored his first two goals for FCM, as the club beat Aarhus GF 2–1 in March 2006.
Parma and Genoa He then moved to Parma in 2008 (Parma re-sold half of the contract to Genoa C.F.C. for €1.5 million) and he again performed well, playing nearly 30 games and helping the club into Serie A.
Genoa bought back Troest in June 2009, for €900,000. Troest was one-year loaned to Recreativo de Huelva on 30 August 2009.
He spent the 2010–11 on loan at Atalanta. He played 25 times, and also scored once, the opener of a 2–2 home draw against Cittadella in the penultimate matchday. Atalanta won the championship for the sixth time in history after collecting 79 points, two more than Siena, the runner-up. This title was Troest first senior trophy.
Novara On 3 August 2015, Troest joined Novara in Serie B. He left at the end of 2017–18 season, which saw the club relegated to third tier, after refusing to pen a new deal.
Juve Stabia Troest remained in Italian second tier by completing a transfer to Juve Stabia, signing a two-year contract with an option to renew. He took squad number 20, and made his official debut for the club on 16 September 2018 by playing full-90 minutes in a 3–0 success at Siracusa.
Nola 1925 On 9 February 2023, Troest joined Serie D side Nola 1925 on a free transfer.Ufficiale: Magnus Troest è un nuovo difensore del Nola 1925, nolacalcio.com, 9 February 2023
International career Troest has amassed 31 appearances with Denmark youth teams.
Personal life Troest is the younger brother of AB player Jonas Troest. His sister, Stina Troest, is a hurdler who has competed 400 meter hurdles at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore 2010 and won silver.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsMidtjylland 2005–06Danish Superliga1620000—1622006–0730100——3012007–08293006All appearance(s) in UEFA Cup1—354Total7560061—817Parma2008–09Serie B29200——292Recreativo Huelva (loan)2009–10Segunda División25120——271Atalanta (loan)2010–11Serie B25100——251Varese 2011–12Serie B40210——4122012–1334510——355Total74720——767Virtus Lanciano 2013–14Serie B38300——3832014–1541020——430Total79320——813Novara 2015–16Serie B39120——4112016–1737131——4022017–1826110——271Total102361——1084Juve Stabia 2018–19Serie C34100——3412019–20Serie B31110——3212020–21Serie C28120——3012021–2221000——210Total114330——1173Career total52326151610054428
Honours Atalanta Serie B: 2010–11
Juve Stabia Serie C: 2018–19 (Group C)
References
External links
Magnus Troest official Danish Superliga statistics at danskfodbold.com