Rasmus Steensbæk Lauritsen (born 27 February 1996) is a Danish footballer who plays as a centre back for Prva HNL side Dinamo Zagreb.
![]() Lauritsen with Dinamo Zagreb in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rasmus Steensbæk Lauritsen | ||
Date of birth | (1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Brande‚ Denmark | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–0000 | Brande[2] | ||
0000–2011 | Herning Fremad[2] | ||
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 | 45 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:10, 1 September 2022 (UTC) |
Lauritsen has both played for Herning Fremad and Brande as a youth player, before joining Midtjylland in the summer 2011.[3]
Lauritsen started playing football in Brande at the age of 4.[3]
At the age of 19, Lauritsen got his official debut for Midtjylland on 8 November 2015, in a Superliga game against Esbjerg.[4] Lauritsen started on the bench, but replaced Kian Hansen in the 85nd minute and FCM won 5-1.
On 5 January 2016 Danish 1st Division-side Skive confirmed, that they had signed Lauritsen on a 2-year contract.[5]
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]
On 11 February 2019, Lauritsen moved abroad and signed for Swedish top club Norrköping on a three-year deal.[8]
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]
Lauritsen has a twin brother, Frederik, who also plays football.[12]
His favourite player is Andy Carroll and his favourite team is Arsenal.[13]
Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | 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[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 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
Total | 40 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 66 | 2 | ||
Career total | 168 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 204 | 25 |
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