Mathias Sauer

Mathias Dahl Sauer (born 2 April 2004) is a Danish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Norwegian First Division club Egersunds IK.

Mathias Sauer

Personal information
Full name	Mathias Dahl Sauer
Date of birth	(2004-04-02) 2 April 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth	Rønde, Denmark
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Egersund
Number	45
Youth career
	Thorsager Rønde IF
	AGF
0000–2019	Silkeborg
2019–2023	AGF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–2025	AGF	7	(0)
2024	→ Haugesund (loan)	27	(1)
2025	→ Egersund (loan)	12	(5)
2025–	Egersund	1	(0)
International career
2019	Denmark U-16	2	(0)
2023	Denmark U-20	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 July 2025

Career

AGF

Sauer started playing football at Thorsager Rønde IF (TRIF). He later moved to AGF and then played for Silkeborg IF, before returning to AGF again in July 2019. After returning, 16-year old Sauer became an established played for the U-19 team, although his young age.

Sauer did well with the U19s, which earned him his professional debut on 24 May 2021 - just over a month after his 17th birthday - in the Danish Superliga against FC Midtjylland, where he came on from the bench, playing the last 11 minutes of the game.^[1][2][3] On 6 March 2023, Sauer signed a new deal until June 2026 with AGF, meaning that he would be promoted to the first team squad from the start of the 2023-24 season.^[4]

On April 3, 2024, AGF confirmed that they had extended Sauer's contract until June 2027 and that he was simultaneously loaned to Norwegian Eliteserien club FK Haugesund for the rest of the year.^[5][6] Despite a lot of chances, Sauer never made it in Norway and returned to AGF in 2025.^[7] It later emerged that Haugesund had wanted Sauer to stay at the club, but that AGF manager, Uwe Rösler, had asked for Sauer to return to the club.^[8]

On transfer deadline day in Norway, March 27, 2025, Sauer joined Norwegian First Division club Egersunds IK on a loan deal until June 2025, with an option to buy included.^[9][10] On 19 June 2025, AGF confirmed that the Norwegian club had exercised their option to buy and signed Sauer on a permanent deal lasting three years.^[11][12]