Rasmus Kristensen

Rasmus Kristensen
Rasmus Kristensen (2019)
Personnel
Surname	Rasmus Nissen Kristensen
birthday	July 11, 1997
place of birth	Brande ,  Denmark
size	186 cm
position	Right-back
Juniors
Years	station
2003-2010	Brande IF
2010–2012	Herning Fremad
2012-2016	FC Midtjylland
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2016-2018	FC Midtjylland	63 (6)
2018-2019	Ajax Amsterdam	20 (0)
2018	Jong Ajax	2 (0)
2019–	FC Red Bull Salzburg	12 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2015	Denmark U18	5 (1)
2015-2016	Denmark U19	13 (2)
2016	Denmark U20	1 (0)
2016-2019	Denmark U21	26 (7)
1 Only league games are given. As of July 5, 2020 2 As of June 23, 2019

Rasmus Nissen Kristensen (born July 11, 1997 in Brande ) is a Danish football player . He is under contract with FC Red Bull Salzburg in Austria .

Career

society

Kristensen, who grew up in Brande, played in his youth for the local Brande IF and switched to the youth performance center of the partner club FC Midtjylland via the U13 from Herning Elite . In the 2015/16 season he made five appearances in the UEFA Youth League and made his professional debut on March 7, 2016 in a 2-1 draw on matchday 20 in the away game against FC Nordsjælland . On May 11, 2016 Kristensen scored his first goal in the men's area in a 4-1 win on matchday 29 against Hobro IK with the goal to 2-1. In the second half of the 2015/16 season he came to a total of twelve missions. In June 2016 he signed a five-year contract. In the new season he played eight games in the Europa League qualification , four games in the Danish Cup competition, 25 games in the league (fourth place), eight games in the championship round (fourth place) and one game in the Relegation. In the first half of the 2017/18 season he played 17 times in the league and in seven games in qualifying for the Europa League .

In January 2018 Kristensen moved to Ajax Amsterdam in the Dutch Eredivisie and received a contract valid until June 2022. On February 7, 2018, he made his debut for the Amsterdam team in a 4-2 win on matchday 22 in the away game against Roda JC Kerkrade . In 2019 the Dane won the “double” from the national championship and cup with Ajax.

For the 2019/20 season, the defender moved to Austria for FC Red Bull Salzburg , with whom he received a contract that runs until May 2024.

National team

Kristensen went through all Danish youth national teams from the U18. He took part in the U21 European Championship 2017 in Poland and was used in the last group game against the Czech Republic. The Danish team retired as third in the group.

Others

Kristensen is the nephew of former midfielder of SK Sturm Graz , Sigurd Kristensen , and a cousin of former defender of the 1. FC Kaiserslautern and FC Ingolstadt 04 , Leon Jessen .

successes

Ajax Amsterdam

• Dutch champion : 2019
• Dutch Cup Winner : 2019

FC Red Bull Salzburg

• Austrian champion: 2020
• Austrian Cup Winner: 2020

Web links

Commons : Rasmus Kristensen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rasmus Kristensen in the weltfussball.de database
• Rasmus Kristensen in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Database on the website of the Danish Football Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} FC Midtjylland A / S (ed.): FCM FORLÆNGER MED RASMUS NK. In: FC Midtjylland. June 22, 2016, accessed April 13, 2018 (Danish). 
2. ↑ Game data on the transfermarkt.de website
3. ↑ Game data on the transfermarkt.de website
4. ↑ FC Midtjylland A / S (ed.): FCM-PROFIL SOLGT TIL AJAX AMSTERDAM. In: FC Midtjylland. January 23, 2018, accessed April 13, 2018 (Danish). 
5. ↑ AFC Ajax NV (ed.): Ajax en FC Midtjylland accord over Rasmus Nissen Kristensen. In: Ajax.nl. January 23, 2018, accessed April 13, 2018 (Dutch). 
6. ↑ Game data on the transfermarkt.de website
7. ↑ Servus in Salzburg, Rasmus Kristensen redbullsalzburg.at, on July 19, 2019, accessed on July 19, 2019
8. ↑ Mikael Blond: FCM-træner: The venter NK mange kampe. In: bold.dk. bold.dk Danmark ApS / Sport Publish OÜ, March 9, 2016, accessed on April 13, 2018 (Danish).