Nikolai Laursen

Nikolai Laursen
Personal information
Full name Nikolai Rohde Laursen
Date of birth (1998-02-19) 19 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Vallensbæk, Denmark[1][2]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Heracles
Number 11
Youth career
2004–2015 Brøndby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Brøndby 3 (1)
2015–2019 Jong PSV 50 (11)
2018–2019 → Brøndby (loan) 17 (1)
2019–2021 Emmen 48 (7)
2021– Heracles 58 (20)
International career
2013–2014 Denmark U16 7 (4)
2014–2015 Denmark U17 5 (0)
2016 Denmark U19 8 (4)
2017–2018 Denmark U20 4 (1)
2017–2021 Denmark U21 11 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 June 2023

Nikolai Rohde Laursen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈne̝koˌlɑjˀ ˈʁoːðə ˈlɑwˀɐsn̩]; born 19 February 1998) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Eerste Divisie club Heracles Almelo.[4][5]

Club career

Early career

Laursen is a youth exponent from Brøndby. He made his Danish Superliga debut on 26 April 2015 at age 17 against Vestsjælland replacing Alexander Szymanowski after 84 minutes in a 4–0 home win. He scored the fourth and last goal of the game, five minutes after coming on the pitch.[6] On 17 May, he played his second first-team game against Silkeborg.[7] On 7 June, he played his third and final game of the 2014–15 season, against Esbjerg fB.[8]

PSV

On 15 June 2015, Laursen signed a three-year contract with Dutch club PSV who paid a fee of around €1 million.[9] In 2015–16 pre-season, he practiced with the first team, after which he joined Jong PSV, the reserve team. He suffered an ankle injury almost right away, which sidelined him for several months. Laursen extended his contract with PSV in February 2016 until mid-2020.[10] He tore a cruciate ligament in a league match away against Telstar on 28 October 2016, which made him miss the entirety of the season.[11] Laursen made his comeback on 21 August 2017, at home against De Graafschap (2–2). He made more than thirty appearances for Jong PSV during the 2017–18 season, in which he scored ten times. He was awarded the Bronze Bull in May 2018 for being the most talented player in the fourth period of the Eerste Divisie season.[12]

Laursen was sent on a one-year loan to Brøndby on 27 June 2018 with an option to buy.[13] After a mixed season with the club, Brøndby chose not to trigger the option, and he returned to PSV.[14]

Emmen

Laursen signed a three-year contract with Emmen in July 2019.[15] The club had avoided relegation from the Eredivisie the season before, and he immediately grew into a starter, making his debut on 8 August in the 0–1 home loss to Groningen.[16][17]

Heracles Almelo

On 8 June 2021, it was announced that Laursen had signed a three-year contract starting 1 July with the option of an additional season with Heracles Almelo.[18][19]

References

  1. ^ Jansen, Freek; Wekking, Peter; Zwart, Pieter, eds. (2021). VI Seizoengids 21/22 (in Dutch). Vleuten: Voetbal International. p. 71.
  2. ^ Schou, Af Henrik (2 September 2013). "Redningsmanden". ekstrabladet.dk (in Danish).
  3. ^ "Nikolai Laursen" (in Danish). Brøndby IF. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Denmark - N. Laursen - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Velkommen hjem til Nikolai Laursen" [Welcome home to Nikolai Laursen] (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Brøndby vs. Vestsjælland - 26 April 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Silkeborg vs. Brøndby IF - 17 mei 2015 - Soccerway". nl.soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Silkeborg vs. Brøndby IF - 17 mei 2015 - Soccerway". nl.soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Brøndby-talent til PSV Eindhoven". Brøndby IF. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  10. ^ "PSV bindt talent Laursen langer". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). 11 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Laursen scheurt kruisband bij Jong PSV". BN DeStem (in Dutch). 2 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Tarik Tissoudali verkozen tot Beste Speler 4e Periode". Jupiler League (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2021. Ook het Beste Talent van de vierde periode is bekend. Nikolai Laursen van Jong PSV zal deze Bronzen Stier in ontvangst mogen nemen. De Deen was in de afgelopen periode niet te stoppen en liet met goede acties dat hij over enorm veel talent beschikt.
  13. ^ Schmidt, Martin (27 July 2018). "Brøndby lejer Nikolai Laursen i et år". bold.dk (in Danish).
  14. ^ Tøfting, Nicolai Skovsgaard (20 May 2019). "Brøndby siger farvel til Nikolai Laursen". bold.dk (in Danish).
  15. ^ "Nikolai Laursen tekent bij FC Emmen". Dagblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  16. ^ "FC Emmen - FC Groningen 0:1 (Eredivisie 2019/2020, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Voetballen voor je land, de grootste eer in het voetbal – FC Emmen". fcemmen.nl (in Dutch). 20 October 2020.
  18. ^ "Nikolai Laursen van FC Emmen naar Heracles Almelo". RTV Drenthe (in Dutch). 8 June 2021.
  19. ^ Roesen, Andreas (8 June 2021). "Kasper Lunding og co. køber Nikolai Laursen". bold.dk (in Danish).