Lukas Reiff Lerager (born 12 July 1993) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Lerager played club football for AB, Viborg and Zulte Waregem. He joined French club

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in June 2017, signing a four-year contract. On 29 January 2019, Lerager signed to Italian

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club

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on loan with an option to buy. The deal was later turned permanent. He moved on loan to F.C. Copenhagen on 1 February 2021. The transfer was made permanent on 21 May 2022. On 12 December 2023, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over

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, which qualified his club to the Champions League knockout stages.

International career

After representing them at youth level, Lerager made his debut for the Denmark senior national team in 2017. In June 2018, he was named in Denmark's 23-man squad for the

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in Russia.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lerager goal.''

Honours

Viborg *

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 ...

: 2014–15 Zulte Waregem *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (; ; ) is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allowed ...

: 2016–17 Copenhagen *

: 2021–22 2022–23 2024–25 *

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: 2022–23 2024–25

References

External links

Profile
at the F.C. Copenhagen website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lerager, Lukas 1993 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Sportspeople from Gladsaxe Municipality Denmark men's youth international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Denmark men's international footballers Akademisk Boldklub players Viborg FF players S.V. Zulte Waregem players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players Genoa CFC players F.C. Copenhagen players Danish 1st Division players Danish Superliga players Belgian Pro League players Ligue 1 players Serie A players 2018 FIFA World Cup players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Danish expatriate sportspeople in France Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in France Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark 21st-century Danish sportsmen