Rasmus Carstensen (born 10 November 2000) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for German club

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on loan from

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club

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Club career

Silkeborg

Born in

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, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of

Silkeborg Silkeborg () is a Danish town with a population of 49,747 (1 January 2022).Central Jutland The Central Denmark Region ( da, Region Midtjylland), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid Jutland, is an administrative Regions of Denmark, region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of ...

, Carstensen initially played youth football at local club Virklund IF, before moving to the

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 ...

youth academy at age 13. After practicing with the first team, he signed a one-year contract on 6 February 2019, and made his debut on 20 March at the age of 19 in a 2–0 away loss to

Lyngby Boldklub Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The clu ...

in the second-tier

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. With Silkeborg, Carstensen won promotion to the top-tier

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at the end of the season, 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, he signed another contract extension on 24 July 2020, keeping him part of the club until 2024.

Genk

On 9 August 2022 it was confirmed that Carstensen had joined

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side

on a deal until 2026.

Loan to Köln

On 3 August 2023, Carstensen moved to the German

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club

on a season-long loan.

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

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Aalborg Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of ...

Honours

Silkeborg *

: 2019–20

References

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* * Living people 2000 births People from Silkeborg Municipality Footballers from the Central Denmark Region Danish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Bundesliga players Silkeborg IF players K.R.C. Genk players Jong Genk players 1. FC Köln players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany {{Denmark-footy-bio-stub