Rasmus Lauritsen
![]() Lauritsen in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rasmus Steensbæk Lauritsen | ||
Date of birth | 27 February 1996 | ||
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– | Brande[1] | ||
–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]
Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
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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 |
- ^ Includes Danish Cup, Svenska Cupen and Croatian Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ Six appearances in the UEFA Champions League, three appearances in the UEFA Europa League
Honours[]
Midtjylland
Dinamo Zagreb
References[]
- ^ a b Rasmus Lauriten FCM profile, fcm.dk
- ^ a b "Viljefast Lokaltalent Ny Akademispiller". fcmklubsamarbejdet.dk.
- ^ "Debutant: Var egentlig ved at varme ned". fcm.dk. 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Rasmus Lauritsen på plads i SIK!". Skive IK. 5 January 2016.
- ^ "Vejle henter ung stopper i Skive". bold.dk. 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Rasmus Lauritsen Forlænger". vejle-boldklub.dk. 22 September 2017.
- ^ "IFK Norrköping värvar Rasmus Lauritsen". ifknorrkoping.se. 11 February 2019.
- ^ "Dinamovo novo pojačanje: Rasmus Lauritsen!". GNK Dinamo (in Croatian). 2 October 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 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.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Tironi, Hrvoje (11 December 2020). "Razgoropadio je Lovru Majera, a Lauritsenom učvrstio obranu". 24sata (in Croatian). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Frederik Lauritsen
- ^ Rasmus Lauritsen at FCM, fcm.dk
- ^ Rasmus Lauritsen at Soccerway. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
- ^ "DINAMO - ISTRA 1961 6:3". HNS-CFF (in Croatian). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
External links[]
- Rasmus Lauritsen at Soccerway
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Twin people from Denmark
- Twin sportspeople
- Danish footballers
- Danish expatriate footballers
- Danish Superliga players
- Danish 1st Division players
- Allsvenskan players
- Croatian First Football League players
- FC Midtjylland players
- Skive IK players
- Vejle Boldklub players
- IFK Norrköping players
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- Association football defenders
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate footballers in Croatia
- People from Ikast-Brande Municipality