Rasmus Lauritsen

Rasmus Lauritsen
Lauritsen with Dinamo Zagreb in 2021
Personal information
Full name Rasmus Steensbæk Lauritsen[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Brande, Denmark
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Brøndby
Number 5
Youth career
2000–0000 Brande IF[3]
0000–2011 Herning Fremad[3]
2011–2015 Midtjylland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Midtjylland 1 (0)
2016–2017 Skive 31 (3)
2017–2019 Vejle 48 (8)
2019–2020 IFK Norrköping 48 (11)
2020–2023 Dinamo Zagreb 49 (3)
2023– Brøndby 33 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:10, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

Rasmus Steensbæk Lauritsen (born 27 February 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Danish Superliga club Brøndby.

Career

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Early years

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Lauritsen has both played for Herning Fremad and Brande IF as a youth player, starting as a four-year-old, before joining Midtjylland in the summer 2011.[4]

At the age of 19, Lauritsen made his professional debut for Midtjylland on 8 November 2015, in a Superliga game against Esbjerg.[5]

Skive

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On 5 January 2016 Danish 1st Division side Skive confirmed, that they had signed Lauritsen on a two-year contract.[1] On 1 December 2016, Lauritsen scored his first career goal in Skive 3–2 win over the Næstved Boldklub.

Vejle

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Lauritsen signed for Vejle on 9 June 2017 for two years.[6] A few months later the club extended Lauritsen's contract for one more year.[7]

Norrköping

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On 11 February 2019, Lauritsen moved abroad and signed for Swedish top club Norrköping on a three-year deal.[8]

Dinamo Zagreb

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On 2 October 2020, Lauritsen signed for Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb.[9] He debuted two days later against Varaždin and made an error that resulted in a goal. However, his performances soon drastically improved and had an instant impact on Dinamo's defense, causing them not to concede a single goal in all five Europa League group stage games that he played.[10][11]

Brøndby

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On 30 January 2023, Lauritsen returned to his native Denmark to join Brøndby on a four-and-a-half-year contract.[12] He encountered an early injury that sidelined him for several months.[13] Making his debut for the club on 10 April, he entered the match in the 88th minute, substituting for Frederik Winther during a 2–1 league loss to Nordsjælland.[14] On 16 April, he earned his first starting position and contributed to the team keeping a clean sheet during a 1–0 victory against AGF.[15]

Personal life

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Lauritsen has a twin brother, Frederik, who also plays football.[16]

His favourite player is Andy Carroll and his favourite team is Arsenal.[3]

Career statistics

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As of match played 25 August 2024[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Midtjylland 2015–16 Danish Superliga 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Skive 2015–16 Danish 1st Division 11 0 1 0 — — 12 0
2016–17 Danish 1st Division 20 3 0 0 — — 20 3
Total 31 3 1 0 — — 32 3
Vejle 2017–18 Danish 1st Division 30 6 0 0 — — 30 6
2018–19 Danish Superliga 18 2 0 0 — — 18 2
Total 48 8 0 0 — — 48 8
IFK Norrköping 2019 Allsvenskan 26 5 0 0 6[b] 1 — 32 6
2020 Allsvenskan 22 6 3 0 — — 25 6
Total 48 11 3 0 6 1 — 57 12
Dinamo Zagreb 2020–21 Prva HNL 24 1 3 0 11[b] 0 — 38 1
2021–22 Prva HNL 16 1 2 0 10[c] 0 — 28 1
2022–23 Prva HNL 9 1 1 0 4[d] 0 1[e] 0 15 1
Total 49 3 6 0 25 0 1 0 81 3
Brøndby 2022–23 Danish Superliga 9 0 — — — 9 0
2023–24 Danish Superliga 19 1 2 0 — — 21 1
2024–25 Danish Superliga 5 0 0 0 4[f] 0 — 9 0
Total 33 1 2 0 4 0 — 39 1
Career total 210 26 12 0 35 1 1 0 258 27
  1. ^ Includes Danish Cup, Svenska Cupen and Croatian Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Appearance in Croatian Football Super Cup
  6. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Conference League

Honours

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Midtjylland

Dinamo Zagreb

References

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  1. ^ a b Tang, Ole (5 January 2016). "SIK henter 19-årig talent". Skive Folkeblad (in Danish). Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Rasmus Lauritsen | Dinamo Zagreb". GNK Dinamo. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Rasmus Lauritsen | fcm". FC Midtjylland (in Danish). Archived from the original on 18 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Viljefast lokaltalent ny akademispiller". FC Midtjylland (in Danish). Archived from the original on 5 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Debutant: Var egentlig ved at varme ned". FC Midtjylland (in Danish). 8 November 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Vejle henter ung stopper i Skive". bold.dk. 9 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Rasmus Lauritsen Forlænger". vejle-boldklub.dk. 22 September 2017.
  8. ^ "IFK Norrköping värvar Rasmus Lauritsen". ifknorrkoping.se. 11 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Dinamovo novo pojačanje: Rasmus Lauritsen!". GNK Dinamo (in Croatian). 2 October 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  10. ^ Olivari, Davorin (30 November 2020). "Ono što je ostvario Dinamo u posljednjih je deset godina uspjelo samo Man. Unitedu i još jednom klubu". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  11. ^ Tironi, Hrvoje (11 December 2020). "Razgoropadio je Lovru Majera, a Lauritsenom učvrstio obranu". 24sata (in Croatian). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  12. ^ "BRØNDBY IF HENTER RASMUS LAURITSEN" [BRØNDBY IF SIGNS RASMUS LAURITSEN]. brondby.com (in Danish). 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  13. ^ Bellaiche, Emil (2 March 2023). "Brøndby-duo døjer med småskavanker: Vi tager ingen chancer". bold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Nordsjælland vs. Brøndby 2–1: Summary". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  15. ^ Porse, Kristian (17 April 2023). "Lettet Brøndby-profil: Langt skadesforløb har været hårdt". bold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Frederik Lauritsen / Elitehold". Silkeborg IF (in Danish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  17. ^ Rasmus Lauritsen at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  18. ^ "DINAMO - ISTRA 1961 6:3". HNS-CFF (in Croatian). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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