Rasmus Nissen Kristensen (; born 11 July 1997) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for club Leeds United and the Denmark national team.

Youth career

Kristensen was born to a footballing family and began playing football in Brande IF when he was six years old. He played in the club for six years, before joining Herning Fremad where he played for two years. In 2012, Kristensen signed a youth contract with FC Midtjylland.

Club career

FC Midtjylland

Kristensen was promoted to the first team squad in summer 2016 at the age of 18 and signed a five-year professional contract. At the age of 18, Kristensen got his official debut for FCM on 7 March 2016, in a Superliga match against FC Nordsjælland. He started on the bench, but replaced Václav Kadlec in the 39th minute in a match, which FCM lost 1–2. He turned into a key player for the team in the 2016–17 season.

Ajax

On 23 January 2018, Kristensen joined Ajax on a four-and-a-half-year contract.

RB Salzburg

After one and a half years with Ajax, Kristensen moved to Austria and joined

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club

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on a five-year contract.

Leeds United

On 8 June 2022, Kristensen joined Premier League club Leeds United on a five year contract for an undisclosed fee in the region of £10 million. He will play for the team from 1 July 2022, and became Leeds's second confirmed arrival of the summer transfer window, reuniting with former Salzburg teammate

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. He made his senior league debut for Leeds as part of the starting eleven in their season opener on 6 August with a 2-1 home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers.

International career

In November 2020, he was called up to

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's senior squad due to several cancellations from, among others, the Danish national team players playing in England, due to the

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, as well as a case of COVID-19 in the squad, which had put several national team players in quarantine. He made his debut for the

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on 4 September 2021 in a

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against the Faroe Islands, a 1–0 away victory. He started the game and was substituted at half-time.

Personal life

Kristensen is the nephew of the former Sturm Graz player Sigurd Kristensen and is the cousin of

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Ajax * Eredivisie: 2018–19 *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

: 2018–19 Red Bull Salzburg *

Austrian Bundesliga The Austrian Football Bundesliga (german: Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, italic=no , "Austrian Football Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. Th ...

: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22 *

Austrian Cup The Austrian Cup (german: ÖFB-Cup), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th t ...

: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22

Individual

Team of the Year: 2020–21, 2021–22

References

External links

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Rasmus Kristensen
at DBU {{DEFAULTSORT:Kristensen, Rasmus 1997 births Living people People from Ikast-Brande Municipality Sportspeople from the Central Denmark Region Danish men's footballers Association football defenders Danish Superliga players FC Midtjylland players AFC Ajax players Eredivisie players FC Red Bull Salzburg players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Premier League players Leeds United F.C. players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Denmark youth international footballers Denmark under-21 international footballers Denmark international footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Danish expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate footballers in Austria Danish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England