Oskar Buur

Oskar Buur Rasmussen (born 31 March 1998) is a Danish footballer who plays as a defender for Swiss Challenge League club Grasshopper Club Zürich, on loan from English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Oskar Buur
Personal information
Full name Oskar Buur Rasmussen[1]
Date of birth (1998-03-31) 31 March 1998
Place of birth Skanderborg, Denmark
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Grasshopper
(on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Number 59
Youth career
FC Skanderborg[2]
AGF[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 AGF 10 (0)
2017 Brabrand IF 0 (0)
2017– Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 (1)
2021– → Grasshopper (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2013–2014 Denmark U16 7 (0)
2014 Denmark U17 9 (0)
2016 Denmark U18 3 (0)
2016–2017 Denmark U19 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 September 2020

Youth career

Buur started playing football at the age of 4, because his big brother also did.[3] The first club he played for was FC Skanderborg, then he joined AGF as a U14 player.

Club career

AGF

At the age of 16 Buur was promoted to the U19 squad. Shortly after that he began training with the first team squad, due to many injuries in the squad. Buur won the 2014 Martin Jørgensens Talent Prize, given by former footballer Martin Jørgensen.[4] Jørgensen said Buur was a player who didn't answer the older players back but instead just respected them.

On 25 February 2015, Buur signed a new contract with AGF, and was promoted to the first team squad after playing several friendly matches for them.[5]

On 15 March 2015 at the age of only 16, Buur made his official debut for AGF in a Danish 1st Division game against AB and played the whole match.[6] He became the 6th youngest player to debut in the Danish Superliga.

After only 10 league games for the club, he didn't get his contract extended and left in the summer of 2017.[7]

Brabrand IF

After leaving AGF, Buur signed for Brabrand IF in the Danish 1st Division on 22 July 2017.[8] Buur only played a few friendly games for the club, before leaving again.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

On 24 August 2017, he signed for then-English Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers on a two-year deal after an extended trial at the club.[9] He made his first team debut at home to Bristol Rovers on 19 September in the EFL Cup. Buur played the first 90 minutes, and was substituted in the break between normal time and extra time. The game was 0–0 after 90 minutes. Wolves went on to win 1–0 after extra-time. He made his league debut for Wolves, and scored his first professional goal, after coming on as a substitute in a 2–2 draw with Hull City on 3 April 2018, en route to the team winning promotion to the Premier League.[10]

On 12 December 2019, Buur made his first appearance in a UEFA club competition, appearing in Wolves' final 2019-20 UEFA Europa League group stage game against Beşiktaş at Molineux. He provided the assist for Diogo Jota's hat-trick goal.[11] He made his Premier League debut on 14 September 2020, appearing as a second-half substitute in a 2-0 away win against Sheffield United.[12]

He is signed to Wolves until summer 2023.[13]

On 11th January 2021, Buur would join Grasshopper Club Zürich in the Swiss Challenge League on a 18 month loan deal.[14]

Career statistics
As of match played 17 September 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2017–18[15] Championship 110010—21
2018–19[16] Premier League 000000—00
2019–20[17] 0010001[lower-alpha 1]020
2020–21[18] 100010—20
Grasshopper (loan) 2020–21[18] Challenge League 000000—00
Career total 2110201061
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

References
  1. "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. "16-årigt stortalent forfremmet i AGF". stiften.dk. 25 February 2015.
  3. Fokus på: Oskar Buur – 1. division som 16-årig‚ dbold.dk, 22 February 2016
  4. BUUR HÆDRET MED MARTIN JØRGENSENS TALENTPRIS‚ agf.dk, 28 November 2014
  5. "AGF forlænger med og forfremmer ung back". bold.dk. 25 February 2015.
  6. "16-årig AGF-debutant: Helt fantastisk". bold.dk. 15 March 2015.
  7. AGF siger farvel til fem spillere‚ bold.dk, 31 May 2017
  8. Brabrand henter tidligere AGF-back‚ bold.dk, 22 July 2017
  9. Wolverhampton henter Oskar Buur i Brabrand, bold.dk, 24 August 2017
  10. "Wolves 2 Hull 2 - Report and pictures". Express & Star. 3 April 2018.
  11. Jurejko, Jonathan (12 December 2019). "Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–0 Besiktas". Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  12. "Sheffield United 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Nuno praises special Wolves". BBC Sport. 14 September 2020.
  13. "Buur delighted to extend Wolves spell". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 28 February 2020.
  14. "Loan move for Buur". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 1 January 2021.
  15. "Games played by Oskar Buur in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  16. "Games played by Oskar Buur in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  17. "Games played by Oskar Buur in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  18. "Games played by Oskar Buur in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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