Rasmus Lauritsen

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Rasmus Lauritsen
Rasmus Lauritsen 2021.jpg
Lauritsen in 2021
Personal information
Full name Rasmus Steensbæk Lauritsen
Date of birth (1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Brande‚ Denmark
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Dinamo Zagreb
Number 6
Youth career
2000–0000 Brande[1]
0000–2011 Herning Fremad[1]
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 Norrköping 48 (11)
2020– Dinamo Zagreb 31 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:59, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Rasmus Steensbæk Lauritsen (born 27 February 1996) is a Danish footballer who plays as a centre back for Prva HNL side Dinamo Zagreb.

Youth career[]

Lauritsen has both played for Herning Fremad and Brande as a youth player, before joining Midtjylland in the summer 2011.[2]

Lauritsen started playing football in Brande at the age of 4.[2]

Club career[]

Midtjylland[]

At the age of 19, Lauritsen got his official debut for Midtjylland on 8 November 2015, in a Superliga game against Esbjerg.[3] Lauritsen started on the bench, but replaced Kian Hansen in the 85nd minute and FCM won 5-1.

Skive[]

On 5 January 2016 Danish 1st Division-side Skive confirmed, that they had signed Lauritsen on a 2-year contract.[4]

Vejle[]

Lauritsen signed for Vejle on 9 June 2017 for two years.[5] A few months later the club extended Lauritsen's contract for one more year.[6]

Norrköping[]

On 11 February 2019, Lauritsen moved abroad and signed for Swedish top club Norrköping on a three-year deal.[7]

Dinamo Zagreb[]

On 2 October 2020, Lauritsen signed for Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb.[8] 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.[9][10]

Personal life[]

Lauritsen has a twin brother, Frederik, who also plays football.[11]

His favourite player is Andy Carroll and his favourite team is Arsenal.[12]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 19 December 2021[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Europe Total
Division 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 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
Norrköping 2019 Allsvenskan 26 5 0 0 6[b] 1 32 6
2020 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 7 1 2 0 9[c] 0 18 1
Total 31 2 5 0 20 0 56 2
Career total 159 24 9 0 26 1 194 25
  1. ^ Includes Danish Cup, Svenska Cupen and Croatian Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Six appearances in the UEFA Champions League, three appearances in the UEFA Europa League

Honours[]

Midtjylland

Dinamo Zagreb

References[]

  1. ^ a b Rasmus Lauriten FCM profile, fcm.dk
  2. ^ a b "Viljefast Lokaltalent Ny Akademispiller". fcmklubsamarbejdet.dk.
  3. ^ "Debutant: Var egentlig ved at varme ned". fcm.dk. 8 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Rasmus Lauritsen på plads i SIK!". Skive IK. 5 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Vejle henter ung stopper i Skive". bold.dk. 9 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Rasmus Lauritsen Forlænger". vejle-boldklub.dk. 22 September 2017.
  7. ^ "IFK Norrköping värvar Rasmus Lauritsen". ifknorrkoping.se. 11 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Dinamovo novo pojačanje: Rasmus Lauritsen!". GNK Dinamo (in Croatian). 2 October 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Tironi, Hrvoje (11 December 2020). "Razgoropadio je Lovru Majera, a Lauritsenom učvrstio obranu". 24sata (in Croatian). Retrieved 12 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Frederik Lauritsen
  12. ^ Rasmus Lauritsen at FCM, fcm.dk
  13. ^ Rasmus Lauritsen at Soccerway. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  14. ^ "DINAMO - ISTRA 1961 6:3". HNS-CFF (in Croatian). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

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