Jacob Rasmussen

**Jacob Rasmussen** (born May 28, 1997 in Odense) is a Danish football player. He currently plays as defender for 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the 2nd German Bundesliga. He is also a former Danish youth international.

## Career

Rasmussen joined Odense BK's youth teams in 2012. In 2014 he moved to FC Schalke 04's youth academy. He played for their U19 team in the UEFA Youth League and the U19 Bundesliga. He won the  German U19 championship in 2015. In 2016 he moved to FC St. Pauli. He played 17 matches for their second team in the Regionalliga Nord. At the beginning of 2017 he moved to  Rosenborg Trondheim. He won the Norwegian championship with Rosenborg twice. Rasmussen also won the national Supercup and the national cup twice with Trondheim.

The Dane spent the 2018/19 season in the Italian Serie A with FC Empoli. He played 14 league games and was relegated to Serie B at the end of the season. AC Fiorentina had  signed the defender during the winter break, but kept him on loan at Empoli. In the 2029-20 season he went back to Germany and played for FC Erzgebirge Aue on loan. After the loan ended, Jacob Rasmussen returned to Florence. He then was  loaned to Vitesse Arnhem  in the Eredivisie. After being part of the Fiorentina squad again in the 2022/23 season, he was loaned back to the Netherlands. He played for Feyenoord Rotterdam. In July 2023 he returned to Denmark and signed a four-year contract with Brøndby IF.

In June 2025  Rasmussen moved to Austrian Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg in the special transfer window as part of the 2025 Club World Cup.  In January 2026 he left Salzburg and moved to 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

## International

Rasmussen made nine appearances for the Danish U16 national team, eleven appearances for the U17, one appearance for the U18 national team, ten for the U19 (one goal),four for the U20 and 21 for the U21.

## Honours

**FC Schalke 04**
- German U19 champion: 2015
**Rosenborg Trondheim**
- Norway champion ː2017, 2018
- Norway Supercup: 2017, 2018
- Norway Cup: 2018
**Feyenoord Rotterdam**
- Championː2023

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Jacob Rasmussen
- **image**: FC Salzburg gegen Club Brügge (2025-08-06 Championsleague Qualifikation Dritte Runde) 22.jpg
- **caption**: Jacob Rasmussen (2025)
- **fullname**: Jacob Vandsø Ryfeldt Rasmussen
- **birth place**: Odense, Denmark
- **height**: 1.93 m
- **currentclub**: FC Red Bull Salzburg
- **clubnumber**: 2
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **youthyears1**: - 2014
- **youthclubs1**: Odense BK
- **youthyears2**: 2014-2016
- **youthclubs2**: FC Schalke 04
- **youthyears3**: 2016–2017
- **youthclubs3**: FC St. Pauli
- **years1**: 2016-2017
- **clubs1**: FC St. Pauli II
- **caps1**: 17
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 2016-2017
- **clubs2**: FC St. Pauli
- **caps2**: 0
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2017–2018
- **clubs3**: Rosenborg BK
- **caps3**: 20
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2018-2019
- **clubs4**: FC Empoli
- **caps4**: 10
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2019-2023
- **clubs5**: ACF Fiorentina
- **caps5**: 0
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2019
- **clubs6**: FC Empoli (loan)
- **caps6**: 4
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2019
- **clubs7**: FC Erzgebirge Aue (loan)
- **caps7**: 14
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2020-2022
- **clubs8**: Vitesse Arnheim (loan)
- **caps8**: 55
- **goals8**: 2
- **years9**: 2022-2023
- **clubs9**: Feyenoord, Feyenoord Rotterdam (loan)
- **caps9**: 10
- **goals9**: 1
- **years10**: 2023-2025
- **clubs10**: Bröndby IF
- **caps10**: 57
- **goals10**: 1
- **years11**: 2025- 2026
- **clubs11**: FC Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps11**: 16
- **goals11**: 0
- **years12**: 2026-
- **clubs12**: 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- **caps12**: 0
- **goals12**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2012-2013
- **nationalteam1**: Denmark U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 9
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2013-2014
- **nationalteam2**: Denmark U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 11
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2014
- **nationalteam3**: Denmark U18
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2015-2016
- **nationalteam4**: Denmark U19
- **nationalcaps4**: 10
- **nationalgoals4**: 1
- **nationalyears5**: 2016-2017
- **nationalteam5**: Denmark U20
- **nationalcaps5**: 4
- **nationalgoals5**: 0
- **nationalyears6**: 2017-2019
- **nationalteam6**: Denmark U21
- **nationalcaps6**: 21
- **nationalgoals6**: 1
- **club-update**: 13 August 2025
- **nationalteam-update**: 21:14, 25 September 2022 (UTC)