Emil La Cour (born 19 July 1991) is a Danish former professional

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. He played as a

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Career

Rising through the ranks of

FC Svendborg SfB-Oure FA () is a Danish professional association football club based in the town of Svendborg, that competes in Denmark Series, the fifth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 2018 as an elite superstructure of Svendborg fB an ...

, La Cour grew out to become a key player for the 2nd Division (third-tier) club, before being signed by local rivals

FC Fyn FC Fyn was a Danish football club from Odense on Funen. The club was founded in 2006 and its first appearance was in the 2006–07 season. FC Fyn played their home matches at Odense Atletikstadion, which is the current home ground of B 1909 a ...

on 25 June 2010. He had earlier been on a trial at AGF, without this amounting to a transfer. He established a strong partnership with Jeppe Grønning in the

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area while playing for FC Fyn, helping them achieve promotion to the second tier in the 2011–12 season. In June 2012, La Cour signed a four-year contract with

Silkeborg IF Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became ...

on 11 June 2012 after a successful trial, where he was initially placed in the reserve team. La Cour made his debut for Silkeborg in the

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga (, ) is a professional association football league in Denmark and the highest level of the Danish football league system. The league is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams relegated. It is the current ...

on 1 September 2012, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute for

Marvin Pourié Marvin Pourié (born 8 January 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for fifth-tier Oberliga Westfalen club Rot Weiss Ahlen. Club career Pourié arrived at the Liverpool Academy from Borussia Dortmund in the summer o ...

against AGF, a match which Silkeborg lost 0–4. A few days later, on 4 September, he played against his former club, FC Svendborg, in a

Danish Cup The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will ...

matchup at

Høje Bøge Stadium Høje Bøge Stadium () is an association football stadium in Svendborg, Denmark. It is the Home (sports), home stadium of Danish 2nd Division club SfB-Oure FA. It has a capacity of 7,000, but the attendance record is 8,000 which happened in 1975 ...

, with Silkeborg winning 2–0. La Cour made a total of seven appearances for the club. On 2 September 2013, La Cour's contract with Silkeborg was terminated and he instead signed with

Danish 1st Division The 1st Division (''1. Division'') is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991, the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the for ...

(second-tier) club

BK Marienlyst Boldklubben Marienlyst, commonly known as BK Marienlyst, Marienlyst, or BM, is an association football club based in Odense, Denmark, that competes in the Denmark Series, the fifth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1922, it i ...

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