Malik Pimpong, the son of former Ghana international Razak Pimpong, has been invited to the Denmark U17 nationwide crew.
His spectacular performances have now caught the eye of Denmark’s U17 head coach, Soren Hermansen, who has handed him an invitation for the 2024 Internordic match.
Denmark are set to face Finland, Norway and Sweden within the Internordic match, which can happen in August.
Malik Pimpong invited to Denmark U17s
Malik’s Denmark U17 call-up is the reward for his spectacular shows at Midtjylland, having additionally signed a primary skilled contract in January.
Midtjylland’s academy supervisor Flemming Broe described the 16-year-old as an incredible expertise who has all the pieces to thrive.
“Malik is a superb expertise who has a superb athletic package deal. He is technically expert and might rating targets. At the identical time, he has a superb successful mentality, and we’re satisfied that there’s something thrilling hidden in him,” Broe mentioned.
“Now it is about him constructing a fair larger base degree. He remains to be younger and there are a lot of issues to work on, however he has good stipulations by way of with the ability to take massive steps within the subsequent few years.”
He was a part of the Black Stars squad that certified for a maiden FIFA World Cup in 2006 and in addition spent six years at Midtjylland.