Philip Billing, born on 11 June 1996 (age 30), is a Danish centre midfielder with FC Midtjylland, where he wears the number 8 shirt. At 6ft 6in (1.97m), he brings obvious physical range to the middle of the pitch. His market value is around £8.5m, according to Transfermarkt.
Billing’s senior career is shaped above all by Bournemouth. Across six seasons there he made 183 league appearances and scored 28 league goals, which is more than a footnote and rather less than something that needs dressing up. His strongest league campaign came in 2021-2022, when he scored 10 times in 40 appearances.
That Bournemouth spell gave his career its weight: regular football, different levels, and enough end product from midfield to make him more than just a large body in the centre of the park. He was never merely a specialist destroyer, even if his frame made that the easy assumption.
Now at FC Midtjylland, Billing has made nine Superliga appearances in 2026-2027, along with two in Europa League qualifiers and four in Conference League qualifiers, taking him to 15 appearances for the club in all competitions this season. He has also added one appearance for Denmark in European World Cup qualifying.
Billing’s career has run from Danish roots to a long Bournemouth spell and back to Denmark with Midtjylland. The Bournemouth years remain the main body of the work, with his current role giving the career a more settled, domestic shape.
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