Rasmus Lauritsen
Rasmus Steensbæk Lauritsen (born 27 February 1996) is a Danish footballer who plays as a centre back for Prva HNL side Dinamo Zagreb.
 Lauritsen in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 37 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:10, 1 May 2022 (UTC) | |||
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 1 May 2022[13]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | 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[lower-alpha 2] | 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[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 2021–22 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
| Total | 37 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 63 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 165 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 201 | 25 | ||
- Includes Danish Cup, Svenska Cupen and Croatian Cup
- Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- Six appearances in the UEFA Champions League, four appearances in the UEFA Europa League
Honours
Midtjylland
Dinamo Zagreb
References
- Rasmus Lauriten FCM profile, fcm.dk
- "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.
{{cite web}}: 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.
{{cite web}}: 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.
{{cite web}}: 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