Rasmus Lauritsen

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

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
Place of birth Brande‚ Denmark
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Brøndby IF
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 Norrköping 48 (11)
2020–2023 Dinamo Zagreb 49 (3)
2023– Brøndby 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2023

Career

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

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

Vejle

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

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

Dinamo Zagreb

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 IF

On 30 January 2023, Lauritsen returned to his native Denmark to join Brøndby IF on a four-and-a-half year contract.[12]

Personal life

Lauritsen has a twin brother, Frederik, who also plays football.[13]

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

Career statistics
As of match played 21 May 2022[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Midtjylland 2015–16 Danish Superliga 10000010
Skive 2015–16 Danish 1st Division 11010—120
2016–17 20300—203
Total 31310—323
Vejle 2017–18 Danish 1st Division 30600—306
2018–19 Danish Superliga 18200—182
Total 48800—488
Norrköping 2019 Allsvenskan 265006[lower-alpha 2]1326
2020 22630—256
Total 481130615712
Dinamo Zagreb 2020–21 Prva HNL 2413011[lower-alpha 2]0381
2021–22 1612010[lower-alpha 3]0281
Total 40250210662
Career total 168249027120425
  1. Includes Danish Cup, Svenska Cupen and Croatian Cup
  2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  3. Six appearances in the UEFA Champions League, four appearances in the UEFA Europa League

Honours

Midtjylland

Dinamo Zagreb

References
  1. 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. "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. 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)
  12. "BRØNDBY IF HENTER RASMUS LAURITSEN" [BRØNDBY IF SIGNS RASMUS LAURITSEN]. brondby.com (in Danish). 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  13. "Frederik Lauritsen / Elitehold". Silkeborg IF (in Danish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  14. Rasmus Lauritsen at Soccerway. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  15. "DINAMO - ISTRA 1961 6:3". HNS-CFF (in Croatian). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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