Martin Christensen Braithwaite is a Danish professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Espanyol and the Denmark national team.
19 Facts About Martin Braithwaite
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Martin Braithwaite plays mainly as a forward, but he can play as a winger.
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Martin Braithwaite was part of their squads at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2020 and 2022 FIFA World Cup, reaching the semi-finals of the 2020 tournament.
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Martin Braithwaite then spent a short time at FC Midtjylland's sports academy, before moving back to Esbjerg, signing a three-year youth contract in 2007.
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On 14 August 2013, while away on national duty for a friendly international against Poland, Danish public broadcaster DR reported that Martin Braithwaite had been sold to French club Toulouse for an estimated DKK 15 million.
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Martin Braithwaite was loaned out to his former club Toulouse's rivals Bordeaux on 31 January 2018 for the rest of the season.
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Martin Braithwaite joined La Liga side CD Leganes at the beginning of the 2019 January transfer window on a loan deal until the end of season.
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Two days after signing, Martin Braithwaite made his debut in a home match against Eibar, coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute.
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On 1 September 2022, Martin Braithwaite terminated his contract with Barcelona effective immediately.
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On 1 September 2022, Martin Braithwaite signed a three-year contract with Espanyol as a free agent.
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Martin Braithwaite declined the offer and went on to make his senior debut for the Danish national team in June 2013 in a friendly against Georgia, starting the game and playing the first half.
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Martin Braithwaite remained in the squad for the 2014 World Cup qualification match against Armenia.
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Martin Braithwaite scored his first international goal in his second match in a friendly in August 2013 against Poland.
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Martin Braithwaite was part of the Danish squad that reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2020, held in 2021.
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Martin Braithwaite has a Guyanese father and his younger sister Mathilde was born on 2002 and plays football for KoldingQ and for Denmark's U-16 national women's football team.
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When Martin Braithwaite was 5 years old he was diagnosed with Legg-Calve-Perthes disease.
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Martin Braithwaite is the nephew and business partner of the Danish-born, American-based, real estate developer Gareth Roger James Smith.
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Martin Braithwaite is married to French entrepreneur, journalist and television personality Anne-Laure Louis Martin Braithwaite.
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Martin Braithwaite is the stepfather of his wife's two children from a previous relationship.