Philip Billing, born on 11 June 1996 (age 30), is a Danish centre midfielder with the frame to match the role: a towering 6ft 6in (1.97m). He now wears the number 8 shirt for FC Midtjylland, with his market value put at around £8.5m by Transfermarkt.
His career, though, is shaped far more by Bournemouth than by any other stop. Across six seasons there he made 183 league appearances and scored 28 league goals, becoming a regular presence rather than a passing name. His strongest league return came in 2021-2022, when he scored 10 times in 40 appearances.
Billing’s game has generally been built around size, reach and midfield power, but Bournemouth also gave him the volume of football that tends to sort useful players from interesting ones. He was there long enough to be judged on more than a purple patch, which is usually the fairest test.
At FC Midtjylland in 2026-2027, he has made 11 appearances across all competitions and scored once, including involvement in the Superliga, Europa League qualifying and the Europa League proper. He has also represented Denmark this season with one appearance in European World Cup qualifying.
Billing’s career is that of an established Danish midfielder whose main body of work came at Bournemouth, with his later move to Midtjylland bringing him back into Danish club football while keeping him involved on the European stage.
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