Rasmus Carstensen

Rasmus Carstensen (born 1 January 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Silkeborg IF.[2]

Rasmus Carstensen
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000
Place of birth Virklund, Denmark[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Silkeborg
Number 2
Youth career
0000–2013 Virklund BK[1]
2013–2018 Silkeborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Silkeborg 30 (0)
National team
2020– Denmark U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:01, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Virklund, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Silkeborg, Central Jutland, Carstensen initially played youth football at local club Virklund IF, before moving to the Silkeborg IF youth academy at age 13.[1]

After practicing with the first team, he signed a one-year contract on 6 February 2019,[3] and made his debut on 20 March at the age of 19 in the 2–0 away loss to Lyngby Boldklub in the second-tier Danish 1st Division.[4] With Silkeborg, Carstensen won promotion to the top-tier Danish Superliga at the end of the season,[5] where he initially remained on the bench before finally emerging in the starting lineup in the relegation round. However, with Carstensen in the starting lineup, Silkeborg could not prevent relegation back to the 1st Division. After the contract had meanwhile been extended to 2021,[6] he signed another contract extension on 24 July 2020, keeping him part of the club until 2024.[7]

International career

On 4 September 2020, Carstensen made his debut for the Denmark under-21 team in a 1–1 draw in the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier against Ukraine in Aalborg.[8][9]

Honours

Silkeborg

References
  1. Helligsø, Michael (15 July 2020). "SIF-brødre med fælles fodbolddrøm". Midtjyllands Avis (in Danish). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. Rasmus Carstensen at Soccerway
  3. Carlskov, Thor (6 February 2019). "Silkeborg belønner talent med kontrakt". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  4. "SIF-debutant: Der kom sgu et lille sus". Silkeborg IF (in Danish). 21 March 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  5. Ritzau. "Silkeborg rykker direkte op i Superligaen - Viborg skal i playoff". TV Midtvest (in Danish). Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  6. Nøhr, Mikkel (25 September 2019). "Ungt talent får ny kontrakt i Silkeborg". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  7. Margren, Sara (24 July 2020). "Silkeborg giver lang kontrakt til back-talent". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  8. "Landsholdsdatabasen - Danmark 1:1 Ukraine". dbu.dk. Danish Football Association. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  9. Ritzau (4 September 2020). "SIF-talent fik debut for U21-landsholdet i remis". Midtjyllands Avis (in Danish). Retrieved 4 November 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.