Rasmus Lauritsen


Rasmus Steensbæk Lauritsen is a Danish footballer who plays as a centre back for Allsvenskan club IFK Norrköping.

Youth career

Lauritsen has both played for Herning Fremad and as a youth player, before joining FC Midtjylland in the summer 2011.
Lauritsen started playing football in Brande at the age of 4.

Club career

FC Midtjylland

At the age of 19, Lauritsen got his official debut for FC Midtjylland on 8 November 2015, in a Superliga game against Esbjerg fB. Lauritsen started on the bench, but replaced Kian Hansen in the 85nd minute and FCM won 5-1.

Skive IK

On 5 January 2016 Danish 1st Division-side Skive IK confirmed, that they had signed Lauritsen on a 2-year contract.

Vejle Boldklub

Lauritsen signed for Vejle Boldklub on 9 June 2017 for two years. A few months later the club extended Lauritsen's contract for one more year.

IFK Norrköping

On 11 February 2019 Rasmus moved abroad and signed for Swedish top club IFK Norrköping on a three-year deal.

Private life

Lauritsen has a twin brother, Frederik, who also plays football.
His favourite player is Andy Carroll and his favourite team is Arsenal.