Rasmus Christensen (born 12 August 1991) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
winger for Norwegian club
Arendal
Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...
.
Life and career
Club career
Christensen came through the
youth system
In sporting terminology, a youth system (or youth academy) is a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show en ...
at FC Midtjylland. He made his first team debut near the end of the
2010-11 season, coming on as a second-half substitute for
Adigun Salami
Adigun Taofeek Salami (born 6 May 1988) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Club career
Salami was born in Lagos, Nigeria.
Adigun came to FC Midtjylland from their Nigerian football academy FC E ...
in a 5–2 defeat away to eventual champions
FC Copenhagen
Football Club Copenhagen (, ), commonly known as F.C. København, F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen, or simply FCK, is a Danish professional football club based in Copenhagen. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on top of Kjøbenhavns Boldklu ...
.
FC Midtjylland finished the season in fourth place, earning qualification to the following season's
UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...
. In July 2011, Christensen was named in the squad to face Welsh club
The New Saints
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in the second qualifying round of the
2011–12 Europa League.
In a
friendly match
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warm up for this European tie, against German 2.Bundesliga side
St Pauli, Christensen suffered a cruciate ligament injury. It is expected that he will be out of the game for around nine months and be unable to participate in most of the
2011–12 campaign.
Rasmus Christensen scored a late 92nd minute consolation goal for his team against Sandnes Ulf, the goal had very little significance to the result. However the goal made Joe Hobkirk, a long life fan of Arendal very happy. The goal made the young 21 year old £1,815, oioi sesh one.
In August 2016, Christensen joined Norwegian club
Arendal Fotball
Arendal Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club based in Arendal. The club competes in the 2. divisjon, the third tier of football in Norway.
History
It was established on 27 September 2010, and started contesting in the 2011 3. div ...
. He left the club at the end of 2019. He joined Hisøy IL for the 2020 season.
International career
Christensen has gained international recognition for Denmark at under-17 and under-18 levels.
[ He played two games in the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualifying round, scoring once in a 2–0 victory against the Ukraine under-17s.]
References
Hobro siger farvel til syv spillere
bold.dk, 31 May 2016
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1991 births
Living people
Danish men's footballers
Danish expatriate men's footballers
Danish Superliga players
Danish 1st Division players
Norwegian First Division players
Norwegian Second Division players
FC Midtjylland players
Hobro IK players
FC Fredericia players
Arendal Fotball players
Men's association football midfielders
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Holbæk B&I players
21st-century Danish sportsmen