Rasmus Kristensen

**Rasmus Nissen Kristensen** (born 11 July 1997) is a Danish professional footballer. He plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, on loan from  club Leeds United, and the Denmark national team.

## Youth career

Kristensen began playing football at the age of six with Brande IF. He played in the club for six years then he went on to Herning Fremad. In 2012 Kristensen signed a youth contract with FC Midtjylland.

### FC Midtjylland

In summer 2016 at the age of 18 he became member of the first team. He signed af five-year professional contract.

On 7 March 2016 he debuted in a Superliga match against FC Nordsjælland. He came in in min 39 for Václav Kadlec. In his first year he became an important 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

2019 he moved to Austria and joined Austrian Football Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg on a 5-year contract.

### Leeds United F.C.

On 8 June 2022, Kristensen went to Premier League club Leeds United on a five year contract . The fee was around  £10 million. He debuted 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

He made his debut for the Denmark national football team on 4 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier 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.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National cup|colspan=2|League cup|colspan=2|Europe|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Midtjylland|2015–16|Danish Superliga|12|1|0|0|—|0|0|12|1||
|2016–17|Danish Superliga|34|2|4|0|—|8|0|46|2||||
|2017–18|Danish Superliga|17|3|0|0|—|7|1|24|4||||
|Jong Ajax|2017–18|Eerste Divisie|2|0|—|—|—|2|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|Ajax|2017–18|Eredivisie|8|0|0|0|—|0|0|8|0||
|2018–19|Eredivisie|12|0|5|1|—|2|0|19|1||||
|rowspan="4"|Red Bull Salzburg|2019–20|Austrian Bundesliga|12|0|2|0|—|6|0|20|0||
|2020–21|Austrian Bundesliga|31|3|5|1|—|8|0|44|4||||
|2021–22|Austrian Bundesliga|29|7|6|3|—|10|0|45|10||||
|Leeds United|2022–23|Premier League|26|3|4|0|0|0|—|30|3|||
|Roma (loan)|2023–24|Serie A|29|1|2|0|—|0|0|31|1|||
|Eintracht Frankfurt (loan)|2024–25|Bundesliga|0|0|1|0|—|0|0|1|0|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=4|Denmark|2021|2|0|
|2022|11|0|||
|2023|7|0|||
|2024|2|0|||

## Honours

**Ajax**
- Eredivisie: 2018–19
- KNVB Cup: 2018–19

**Red Bull Salzburg**
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
- Austrian Cup: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
**Individual**
- Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2020–21, 2021–22

## Other websites

- Rasmus Kristensen at DBU

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Rasmus Kristensen
- **image**: Rasmus Nissen, FC RB Salzburg versus Wolfsberger AC (10. August 2019).jpg
- **caption**: Kristensen in 2019
- **fullname**: Rasmus Nissen Kristensen
- **birth place**: Brande, Denmark
- **height**: 1.87 m
- **position**: Right-back
- **currentclub**: Eintracht Frankfurt
(on loan from Leeds United F.C., Leeds United)
- **clubnumber**: 13
- **youthyears1**: 2003–2010
- **youthclubs1**: Brande IF
- **youthyears2**: 2010–2012
- **youthclubs2**: Herning Fremad
- **youthyears3**: 2012–2016
- **youthclubs3**: FC Midtjylland Academy, Midtjylland
- **years1**: 2016–2018
- **clubs1**: FC Midtjylland, Midtjylland
- **caps1**: 63
- **goals1**: 6
- **years2**: 2018
- **clubs2**: Jong Ajax
- **caps2**: 2
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2018–2019
- **clubs3**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **caps3**: 20
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2019–2022
- **clubs4**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps4**: 72
- **goals4**: 10
- **years5**: 2022–
- **clubs5**: Leeds United F.C., Leeds United
- **caps5**: 26
- **goals5**: 3
- **years6**: 2023–2024
- **clubs6**: → AS Roma, Roma (loan)
- **caps6**: 29
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2024–
- **clubs7**: → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan)
- **caps7**: 4
- **goals7**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2015
- **nationalteam1**: Denmark national under-18 football team, Denmark U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 5
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2015–2016
- **nationalteam2**: Denmark national under-19 football team, Denmark U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 13
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **nationalyears3**: 2016
- **nationalteam3**: Denmark national under-20 football team, Denmark U20
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2016–2019
- **nationalteam4**: Denmark national under-21 football team, Denmark U21
- **nationalcaps4**: 26
- **nationalgoals4**: 7
- **nationalyears5**: 2021–
- **nationalteam5**: Denmark national football team, Denmark
- **nationalcaps5**: 22
- **nationalgoals5**: 0
- **pcupdate**: 21:41, 21 September 2024 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 18:52, 8 September 2024 (UTC)