Frederik Elkær (born 11 December 2001) is a Danish professional

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, who plays as a

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for Norwegian

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side

Lillestrøm SK Lillestrøm Sportsklubb is a Norwegian professional football club based in the city of Lillestrøm, just outside of the capital Oslo. Lillestrøm SK is a Norwegian football club based in Lillestrøm, playing in Eliteserien. The club was founde ...

Club career

Hobro IK

Elkær joined

Hobro IK Hobro Idræts Klub (), commonly referred to as Hobro IK or HIK, is a professional football club based in Hobro, Denmark. The club currently competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league system, and plays its h ...

in the summer 2019. On 8 July 2020, Elkær got his official debut for Hobro in the

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against

AC Horsens Alliance Club Horsens (), commonly referred to as AC Horsens () or simply Horsens, is a Danish professional football club based in Horsens, Central Denmark Region. Founded in 1994, as a superstructure on Horsens fS (founded 1915), Stensballe ...

. He played all 90 minutes of the game and became the youngest

debutant in the history of

Lillestrøm

On 31 August 2023, Elkær was sold to Norwegian

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Lillestrøm Lillestrøm is a municipality in Akershus county. It is located in the traditional district of Romerike. With a population of 85,757 inhabitants, it is the fourth most populated municipality in Viken. It was founded on 1 January 2020 as a merger ...

, with the player signing until the end of 2026.FREDERIK ELKÆR KLAR FOR LSK
lsk.no, 31 August 2023

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Frederik Elkær
at Lillestrøm SK * 2001 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Viborg FF players Silkeborg IF players Hobro IK players Lillestrøm SK players Danish 1st Division players Danish Superliga players Eliteserien players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Norway 21st-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub