Jacob Barrett Laursen (born 17 November 1994) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for Swedish

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club

BK Häcken Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg (Hisingen). It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Forme ...

Club career

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signed Laursen in 2012 for €1 million from

Aalborg BK Aalborg Boldspilklub is a Danish sports club based in the city of Aalborg. The club is also known as AaB for short (cf. logo) or Aalborg BK. Through time the club has had branches in cricket, tennis, ice hockey, handball, and basketball, but curr ...

. After spending one season in Juventus Primavera team without playing for the first team, Laursen joined Danish side OB on loan for the 2013–14 season. He made his

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debut at 10 November 2013 in a 3–1 home defeat against

FC Vestsjælland Football Club Vestsjælland (), commonly referred to as FC Vestsjælland or simply FCV, was a Danish association football, football club formed in Slagelse, Denmark on 1 July 2008. Nicknamed “Vikingerne” (the Vikings), the club enjoyed some s ...

. He appeared as a 65th-minute substitute. On 3 July 2014, Laursen joined Odense Boldklub permanently, originally signing a three-year deal. During his six seasons with the club, their highest finish was fifth in 2018-19. Having finished third in the regular season, Odense fell back in the title play-offs, missing out on Europe. Laursen would not get to play European competition at all during his time there, but was selected for the Danish squad for the

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in Rio, losing 2–0 to Nigeria in the quarter-finals. In June 2020, it was announced Laursen would join

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia is most well known as ...

, newly promoted to the

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, on a three-year contract. After two seasons Arminia were relegated, leading to Laursen moving to Ronny Deila-coached

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in Belgium on 23 July 2022 with a contract for three years with an option for a fourth year. He left the club on 21 August 2023 to join Swedish side

.BK Häcken värvar vänsterback från Standard Liège
bkhacken.se, 21 August 2023

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Official Danish Superliga stats
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