Rasmus Kristensen

Footballer

Birthday July 11, 1997

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Brande, Denmark

Age 26 years old

Nationality Denmark

Height 1.87 m

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1939

He started on the bench, but replaced Václav Kadlec in the 39th minute in a match, which FCM lost 1–2.

1997

Rasmus Nissen Kristensen (born 11 July 1997) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie A club Roma, on loan from club Leeds United, and the Denmark national team.

Kristensen was born to a footballing 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.

2012

In 2012, Kristensen signed a youth contract with FC Midtjylland.

2016

Kristensen was promoted to the first team squad in summer 2016 at the age of 18 and signed a five-year professional contract.

At the age of 18, Kristensen got his official debut for FCM on 7 March 2016, in a Superliga match against FC Nordsjælland.

He turned into a key player for the team in the 2016–17 season.

2018

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

After one and a half years with Ajax, Kristensen moved to Austria and joined Austrian Football Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg on a five-year contract.

On 8 June 2022, Kristensen joined Premier League club Leeds United on a five year contract for an undisclosed fee in the region of £10 million.

He joined the team from 1 July 2022, and became Leeds's second confirmed arrival of the summer transfer window, reuniting with former Salzburg teammate Brenden Aaronson.

He made his senior league debut for Leeds as part of the starting eleven in their season opener on 6 August with a 2–1 home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers.

On 18 March 2023, he scored seconds after coming on as a substitute in Leeds’ 4–2 win at Molineux against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

On 14 July 2023, Kristensen joined Serie A club AS Roma on a season long loan.

He made his Serie A debut on 20 August 2023 in a 2–2 draw with US Salernitana 1919.

2020

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.

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.

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

Ajax

Red Bull Salzburg

Individual