Rasmus Kristensen

Rasmus Nissen Kristensen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈne̝sn̩ ˈkʰʁestn̩sn̩]; born 11 July 1997), also referred to informally as NK or Nissen, is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Denmark national team.

Rasmus Kristensen
Kristensen in 2019
Personal information
Full name Rasmus Nissen Kristensen
Date of birth (1997-07-11) 11 July 1997
Place of birth Brande, Denmark
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Red Bull Salzburg
Number 43
Youth career
2003–2010 Brande IF
2010–2012 Herning Fremad
2012–2016 Midtjylland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Midtjylland 63 (6)
2018–2019 Ajax 20 (1)
2019– Red Bull Salzburg 69 (10)
National team‡
2015 Denmark U-18 5 (1)
2015–2016 Denmark U-19 13 (2)
2016 Denmark U-20 1 (0)
2016–2019 Denmark U-21 26 (7)
2021– Denmark 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:32, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:49, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Youth career

Kristensen was born in a football family and began playing football in Brande IF when he was six years old. He played in the club for six years, before joining Herning Fremad where he played for two years. In 2012, Kristensen signed a youth contract with FC Midtjylland.[2]

Club career

FC Midtjylland

Kristensen was promoted to the first team squad in the summer 2016 at the age of 18. He signed af five-year professional contract.[3]

At the age of 18, Kristensen got his official debut for FCM on 7 March 2016, in a Superliga match against FC Nordsjælland.[4] He started on the bench, but replaced Václav Kadlec in the 39th minute in a match, which FCM lost 1–2. He turned into a key player for the team in the 2016–17 season.

Ajax

On 23 January 2018, Kristensen joined Ajax on a four-and-a-half-year contract.[5]

RB Salzburg

After 1.5 years in Ajax, Kristensen moved to Austria and joined Austrian Football Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg on a 5-year contract.[6]

International career

In November 2020, he was called up to Kasper Hjulmand's senior squad due to several cancellations from, among others, the Danish national team players playing in England, due to the COVID-19 restrictions, as well as a case of COVID-19 in the squad, which had put several national team players in quarantine.[7]

He made his debut for the Denmark national football team on 4 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against the Faroe Islands, a 1–0 away victory. He started the game and was substituted at half-time.[8]

Personal life

Kristensen is the nephew of the former Sturm Graz player Sigurd Kristensen and is the cousin of Leon Jessen.

Honours

Club

Ajax[9]

Red Bull Salzburg

References
  1. "Officiële website AFC Ajax Amsterdam - Ajax.nl".
  2. "Fokus på: Ramus Nissen Kristensen – Født ind i titlernes årgang". dbold.dk. 15 December 2015.
  3. "FCM giver backkomet fem år". bold.dk. 22 June 2016.
  4. "NORDSJÆLLAND VS. MIDTJYLLAND 2 - 1". soccerway.com. 7 March 2016.
  5. "Ajax en FC Midtjylland akkoord over Rasmus Nissen Kristensen". ajax.nl. 23 January 2018.
  6. FROM AJAX AMSTERDAM TO FC RED BULL SALZBURG, redbullsalzburg.at, 19 July 2019
  7. "Wheelman pulls Salzburg-back into national team squad". jyllands-posten.dk. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  8. "Faroe Islands v Denmark game report". FIFA. 4 September 2021.
  9. Rasmus Kristensen at Soccerway
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