# Søren Rieks

Søren Krucov Rieks (Danish pronunciation:; born 7 April 1987) is a Danish former professional footballer who plays as a winger. During his career, he represented Esbjerg fB, NEC, IFK Göteborg, and Malmö FF. A full international between 2009 and 2010, he won three caps and scored one goal for the Denmark national team.

## Club career
### Esbjerg fB

From 2005 till 2012 Rieks played at hometown club Esbjerg fB.

### NEC

In July 2012 he signed a three-year contract at Dutch side NEC.

### IFK Göteborg

On 10 August 2014, Rieks joined Swedish side IFK Göteborg on a three-and-a-half-year contract. Having scored 21 goals in 92 appearances, Rieks left the club upon contract expiry at the end of the 2017 season.

### Malmö FF

On 12 January 2018, Rieks signed for reigning Swedish champions Malmö FF on a three-year contract. This marked a rare direct move between IFK Göteborg and Malmö FF, the two historically most successful Swedish clubs.
On 28 October 2024 as Rieks won his fourth league title with Malmö FF he announced his retirement after the end of the season.

## International career

Rieks was called up for the Denmark national team in March 2009 for the two games against Albania and Malta. This was his first call-up. He has been called up afterwards, and he had his international début against South Korea on 14 November 2009, and on 18 November 2009 he had his second international match, where he also scored his first international goal.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of As of 29 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Esbjerg fB | 2005–06 | Danish Superliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Esbjerg fB | 2006–07 | Danish Superliga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 |
| Esbjerg fB | 2007–08 | Danish Superliga | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 7 |
| Esbjerg fB | 2008–09 | Danish Superliga | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 29 | 7 |
| Esbjerg fB | 2009–10 | Danish Superliga | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 6 |
| Esbjerg fB | 2010–11 | Danish Superliga | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 6 |
| Esbjerg fB | 2011–12 | Danish 1st Division | 24 | 17 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 17 |
| Esbjerg fB | 2012–13 | Danish Superliga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Esbjerg fB | Total | Total | 150 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 43 |
| NEC | 2012–13 | Eredivisie | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 2 |
| NEC | 2013–14 | Eredivisie | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 31 | 8 |
| NEC | Total | Total | 56 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 10 |
| IFK Göteborg | 2014 | Allsvenskan | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 2 |
| IFK Göteborg | 2015 | Allsvenskan | 28 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 12 |
| IFK Göteborg | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 22 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 34 | 9 |
| IFK Göteborg | 2017 | Allsvenskan | 30 | 5 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 34 | 9 |
| IFK Göteborg | Total | Total | 92 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 118 | 32 |
| Malmö FF | 2018 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 47 | 10 |
| Malmö FF | 2019 | Allsvenskan | 27 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 43 | 10 |
| Malmö FF | 2020 | Allsvenskan | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 8 |
| Malmö FF | 2021 | Allsvenskan | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 30 | 8 |
| Malmö FF | 2022 | Allsvenskan | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| Malmö FF | 2023 | Allsvenskan | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 4 |
| Malmö FF | 2024 | Allsvenskan | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 6 |
| Malmö FF | Total | Total | 157 | 39 | 24 | 4 | 55 | 6 | 236 | 48 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 455 | 110 | 48 | 16 | 67 | 7 | 570 | 133 |

### International

    As of 3 March 2010
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Denmark | 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| Denmark | 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 3 | 1 |
    Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rieks goal.
List of international goals scored by Søren Rieks :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 18 November 2009 | Atletion, Aarhus, Denmark | United States | 2–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |

## Honours
### Esbjerg fB

* Danish 1st Division: 2011–12

### IFK Göteborg

* Svenska Cupen: 2014–15

### Malmö FF

* Allsvenskan: 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024
* Svenska Cupen: 2021–22, 2023–24
Individual
* Esbjerg fB Player of the year: 2008–09, 2011–12