Mathias Ross

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Mathias Ross
Personal information
Full name Mathias Ross Jensen
Date of birth (2001-01-15) 15 January 2001 (age 25)
Place of birth Aalborg, Denmark
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Plymouth Argyle
Number 2
Youth career
2011–2013 Aalborg KFUM
2013–2018 AaB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 AaB 94 (5)
2022–2025 Galatasaray 0 (0)
2023–2024 → NEC (loan) 21 (2)
2024–2025 → Sparta Prague (loan) 11 (0)
2025– Plymouth Argyle 13 (0)
International career
2017–2018 Denmark U17 11 (0)
2018–2020 Denmark U19 17 (0)
2021 Denmark U20 2 (0)
2021–2022 Denmark U21 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 December 2025

Mathias Ross Jensen (born 15 January 2001) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League One club Plymouth Argyle. He is the older brother of Oliver Ross.

Club career

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AaB Fodbold

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Growing up in the Hasseris district of Aalborg,[1] Ross started his football career as a 10-year-old at Aalborg KFUM.[2] At under-13 level he joined the AaB youth academy.[3][1] In his first year as a U17 player, other centre-backs were preferred ahead of Ross, which meant that he mainly appeared on the reserve team or as a substitute striker in the final minutes.[1] In his second U17 year, however, he became a regular player for the team in the U17 league.[1] AaB U17 finished the 2017–18 season in third place in the league table,[4] and in June 2018 he was named U17 Player of the Year in AaB.[1]

Ross made his professional debut for the AaB first team on 2 September 2018, when he came on as a substitute after 27 minutes for an injured Jakob Blåbjerg in a 2–2 draw against Randers FC.[5] At the time of the substitution, AaB were behind 2–1, and newspaper Tipsbladet described Ross' debut as "excellent".[1] A month later, in October 2018, he was permanently promoted to AaB's first team squad.[6] During the regular season he was used three times, but from the relegation round he established himself as a starter in the first team. AaB eventually qualified for the play-offs to participate in the first qualifying round for the UEFA Europa League, where they were, eliminated in the first round against AGF.

In January 2019, Ross signed a contract extension keeping him in AaB until 2023.

Galatasaray

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On 8 September 2022, Ross signed a four-year contract with Galatasaray.[7] It was announced that a transfer fee of €1,750,000 would be paid to the player's former team, AaB.[8]

Ross became the champion in the Süper Lig in the 2022–23 season with Galatasaray. Defeating Ankaragücü 4–1 away in the match played on 30 May 2023, Galatasaray secured the lead with two weeks before the end and won the 23rd championship in its history.[9]

On 4 July 4 2025, Galatasaray announced that it has parted ways with defender Ross.[10]

Loan to NEC Nijmegen

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On 21 July 2023, Ross was loaned out to the Eredivisie club NEC for one season.[11] Accordingly, NEC Nijmegen would pay a temporary transfer fee of €250,000 to Galatasaray.[12]

Loan to Sparta Prague

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On 16 July 2024, it was confirmed that Ross joined Sparta Prague, which had Ross' former AaB manager, Lars Friis, as manager, on a loan deal for the 2024–25 season, with a purchase option of around €1.2 million.[13][14]

International career

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Ross made his international debut on 7 October 2017 as part of the Denmark under-17 team, when he was part of the starting lineup and played 90 minutes in a 3–4 defeat to Germany in a friendly match.[15] He went from being a peripheral player under the auspices of the Danish Football Association (DBU) to being team captain in the last match during the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[16][1] He made 11 appearances for the national under-17 team.[17]

Ross made his first appearance for the Denmark under-19 team on 7 September 2018, and soon established himself as a starter.[17]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 9 December 2025[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
AaB 2018–19[19] Danish Superliga 9 0 0 0 — — — 9 0
2019–20 Danish Superliga 23 0 4 1 — — — 27 1
2020–21 Danish Superliga 26 2 1 0 — — — 27 2
2021–22 Danish Superliga 28 2 1 0 — — — 29 2
2022–23[20] Danish Superliga 8 1 — — — — 8 1
Total 94 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 6
Galatasaray 2022–23[20] Süper Lig 0 0 2 1 — — — 2 1
2023–24 Süper Lig 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
2024–25 Süper Lig 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
Total 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
NEC (loan) 2023–24 Eredivisie 21 2 4 0 — — — 25 2
Sparta Prague (loan) 2024–25 Czech First League 11 0 2 0 — 3[c] 1 — 16 1
Plymouth Argyle 2025–26[21] League One 13 0 1 0 0 0 — 3[d] 1 17 1
Career total 139 7 15 2 0 0 3 1 3 1 160 11
  1. ^ Includes Danish Cup, Turkish Cup, KNVB Cup, Czech Cup, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

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Galatasaray

References

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