Sebastian Dalgaard Asmussen (born 23 August 1991) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a winger. Dalgaard primarily plays on the left wing but can also excel up top as a striker.

Career

Dalgaard was promoted and signed to the first-team squad of

FC Fyn FC Fyn was a Danish football club from Odense on Funen. The club was founded in 2006 and its first appearance was in the 2006–07 season. FC Fyn played their home matches at Odense Atletikstadion, which is the current home ground of B 1909 a ...

in a age of 18-years for the 2009–10 season, even making a few first team appearances as a U19 player. Earning the honors of getting picked for the Danish U-18 national team. On July 1, 2010, Dalgaard left FC Fyn to sign for

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club

BK Marienlyst Boldklubben Marienlyst, commonly known as BK Marienlyst, Marienlyst, or BM, is an association football club based in Odense, Denmark, that competes in the Denmark Series, the fifth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1922, it i ...

, inking his second senior-level contract. He went on to make 61 appearances over two seasons with the club, scoring eight goals in 2010–11 and played a big role as Marienlyst won promotion to the

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. Dalgaard enjoyed interest from multiple 1st Division and Superliga clubs after his time in Marienlyst BK. Over the

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winter break, Dalgaard moved to

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 ...

club

Brønshøj BK Brønshøj, part of the municipality of Copenhagen, forms, together with Husum, the administrative city district (''bydel'') of Brønshøj-Husum, in Denmark. History The first mention of the village Brønshøj (Brunshoga), is in a letter dated O ...

joining the legendary coach Bo Henriksen (currently FC Midtjylland). He became a regular in the club's starting lineup, and in January 2014 he extended his contract for a further 18 months. Dalgaard left Denmark for the first time in his career on 15 December 2014, signing for countryman

Jimmy Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen (born 6 August 1977) is a Danish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Until June 2007, he played 398 games for Danish team AaB Fodbold. Playing every league match for AaB since 1997, Nielsen won the 1999 Danish Superliga ...

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club

OKC Energy Oklahoma City Energy Football Club, or simply Energy FC, is an American professional soccer club based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The club is a member of the USL Championship, the second division of the American soccer league system. Although ...

. Dalgaard played a big part of two successful seasons in Oklahoma City, making appearances in both the USL Western Conference Final in 2015 and the USL Western Conference Semi-Final in 2016. On 15 November 2016, Dalgaard got offered a contract across the conference by fellow United Soccer League club

Saint Louis FC Saint Louis FC was an American professional soccer team based in St. Louis, Missouri. The team was founded in May 2014, and competed in the USL Championship. The team played their matches at West Community Stadium, a venue inside the World Wide ...

. After departing Saint Louis, Dalgaard returned to his native Denmark and signed for 2nd Division club Middelfart G&BK on 9 March 2018. After less than two months with the club, he extended his contract to the summer of 2019. In January 2019, Dalgaard returned to the

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and reunited with Jimmy Nielsen by signing with

Hartford Athletic Hartford Athletic is an American professional association football, soccer team based in Hartford, Connecticut. The club was founded in 2018 and started play in the USL Championship in 2019. It is the only pro soccer team in Connecticut (thoug ...

. In February 2020, Dalgaard joined

Tampa Bay Rowdies The Tampa Bay Rowdies are an American professional soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The club was founded in 2008 and first took the pitch in 2010. Since 2017, the Rowdies have been members of the USL Championship in the second tie ...

, also in the

. Playing a big role in two historic seasons to win the USL Eastern Conference and making it to the USL Championship Final which was cancelled due to COVID-19. Dalgaard was released by Tampa Bay following the 2023 season.

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* Living people 1991 births Danish men's footballers Footballers from Odense Men's association football forwards OKC Energy FC players Saint Louis FC players Boldklubben 1913 players BK Marienlyst players Middelfart Boldklub players Hartford Athletic players Tampa Bay Rowdies players Danish 2nd Division players Danish 1st Division players USL Championship players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States 21st-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-footy-forward-stub