Christian Gytkjær

Christian Lund Gytkjær (; born 6 May 1990) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker.

Early life Christian Gytkjær started his youth career playing for Roskilde, before moving on to Lyngby in 2005. In October 2007, he was invited for a trial at Liverpool in England with his brother, Frederik, ultimately nothing materialized from the visit. Gytkjær went on to be Lyngby's top scorer in 2007–08 for the under-18 side.

On 2 February 2010, it was confirmed Gytkjær would leave Lyngby when his contract expired in the summer to join Danish Cup winners Nordsjælland on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract, following in the footsteps of Andreas Bjelland, Andreas Laudrup and Morten Nordstrand, who had left Lyngby for the Farum-based club. While his future had been set, Gytkjær was still to play out the remainder of the 2009–10 season with Lyngby, where he was targeted by the supporters who disapproved in seeing another player their team had nurtured head over to neighboring rivals. The backlash was only increased when the player was photographed with an FCN shirt while still under contract to Lyngby.

Nordsjælland Gytkjær made his debut for Nordsjælland in a 2–0 away defeat to Superliga champions Copenhagen on 14 August 2010, when he was brought into the team to replace Nicki Bille Nielsen, who was sold to Villarreal. In 2012, he was loaned out to Akademisk Boldklub (AB) and Sandnes Ulf.

Haugesund On 23 January 2013, Gytkjær joined Norwegian side Haugesund by signing a four-year contract.

Rosenborg On 6 January 2016, Gytkjær signed for fellow Norwegian club Rosenborg on a three-year deal. In his debut season, he achieved the domestic double, and became the league's top scorer with 19 goals.

1860 Munich On 27 January 2017, Gytkjær joined German club 1860 Munich by signing a contract until 2019.

Lech Poznań

On 28 June 2017, Gytkjær signed a two-year contract with Ekstraklasa side Lech Poznań, with the option for an extra 12 months. He made his debut for the club during the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round away game against FK Haugesund, which Lech lost 3–2. He scored his first two goals for Lech in a 5–1 home win over Piast Gliwice in the third round of the 2017–18 season.

On 7 March 2019, Gytkjær signed a contract extension, running until the end of the 2019–20 season. On 19 July 2020, in his last game for Lech, Gytkjær scored twice in a 4–0 home win against Jagiellonia Białystok and led the team to secure second place in the 2019–20 season. He finished the campaign as the top scorer with 24 goals, and won the Ekstraklasa Forward of the Season award.

In total, Gytkjær scored 65 goals for Lech in 119 appearances, which made him the all-time highest foreign goalscorer in the club's history, until his tally was surpassed by Mikael Ishak in 2024.

Monza On 22 July 2020, Gytkjær joined newly promoted Serie B side Monza on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract with the option of a third. He made his debut on 3 October against Empoli, and scored his first goal on 31 October, converting a penalty kick against Cittadella. He renewed his expiring contract in February 2022 for one year.

With five goals in four 2021–22 Serie B promotion play-off games – including three goals in two final games against Pisa – Gytkjær helped Monza gain promotion to the Serie A for the first time in their history, and was awarded the play-off MVP award. On 18 September, Gytkjær came on as a substitute and scored in an upset 1–0 win against Italian giants Juventus; it was Monza's first-ever Serie A win.

Venezia On 20 July 2023, Gytkjær joined Italian side Venezia as a free agent for two seasons. On 2 June 2024, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Cremonese in the promotion playoffs final, securing his club's promotion to Serie A.

Bari On 12 July 2025, Gytkjær signed a one-season contract with Bari.

International career Gytkjær was part of the Denmark under-17 team that won the 2006 Nordic Championship in the Faroe Islands. He scored three goals in a 4–0 win over England in the final.

Personal life Gytkjær's younger brother, Frederik, also is a footballer.

Career statistics Club

International

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gytkjær goal.

Honours Nordsjælland Danish Cup: 2010–11

Rosenborg Tippeligaen: 2016 Norwegian Cup: 2016

Venezia Serie B Promotion play-offs: 2023–24

Denmark U17 Nordic Championship: 2006

Individual Tippeligaen top scorer: 2016 Ekstraklasa top scorer: 2019–20 Tippeligaen Striker of the Year: 2016 Ekstraklasa Forward of the Season: 2019–20 Ekstraklasa Player of the Month: March 2018, July 2020 Serie B play-offs MVP: 2021–22