Pierre-Emile Højbjerg

Pierre-Emile Kordt Højbjerg (born 5 August 1995) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Marseille and captains the Denmark national team.

Højbjerg started his career as a youth for Danish clubs Skjold, KB and Brøndby, before joining German club Bayern Munich in 2012. He made his senior debut for the reserves that year and his professional debut for the first team in April 2013; at 17 he was the club's youngest player in the Bundesliga. He made 25 total appearances for Bayern and won a variety of domestic and international tournaments, also having loans at fellow league teams FC Augsburg and Schalke 04. In 2016, he signed a five-year contract for Southampton for an estimated £12.8 million fee. After making 134 appearances for the Saints, he joined Tottenham Hotspur in 2020 for a reported initial fee of £15 million. Højbjerg made 184 appearances for Spurs before going on loan to Ligue 1 club Marseille in 2024, who he joined permanently in 2025.

Højbjerg was a youth international at various levels from under-16 to under-21. He made his debut for the Denmark national team in 2014, and represented the side at UEFA Euro 2020, the 2022 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2024.