Peter Ankersen

**Peter Ankersen** (born 22 September 1990) is a Danish professional footballer.  He plays as a right-back for Danish Superliga club FC Copenhagen.

## Club career

He started in the youth ranks of local team Esbjerg fB. In the summer of 2010 he went to Vejle Boldklub in the Danish 1st Division. In March 2012 he was sold to Norwegian club Rosenborg BK. In the same summer he was sold back to his childhood club Esbjerg fB on a four-year contract.

During his second stay at Esbjerg he was an important part of the team. In January 2014 he was signed by RB Salzburg.

He joined F.C. Copenhagen in the summer of 2015 on loan,  The next season he was signed regularly. On 2 September 2019, Ankersen joined Italian Serie A club Genoa on a contract until June 2021 with an option for a further year. He made 19 league appearances during his sole season with Genoa, where he was mostly used as a substitute.

On 26 September 2020, FC Copenhagen announced that they had signed Ankersen on a four-year contract.

## International career

On 17 May 2013, Ankersen was called up for the Denmark national team for a friendly against Georgia. In the match, he remained an unused sub for the entire game. On 14 August 2013, he made his international debut in a 3–2 loss to Poland. He came in at halftime.

Ankersen scored his first goal on 11 November 2016 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Kazakhstan. Denmark won 4–1.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Esbjerg fB|2009–10|Danish Superliga|1|0|0|0|–|1|0||||
|rowspan="3"|Vejle|2010–11|rowspan="2"|Danish 1st Division|28|1|0|0|–|28|1||
|2011–12|13|2|2|1|–|15|3||||||
|Rosenborg|2012|Tippeligaen|10|0|4|0|4|1|18|1|||
|rowspan="3"|Esbjerg fB|2012–13|rowspan="2"|Danish Superliga|26|3|6|0|–|32|3||
|2013–14|30|2|0|0|8|2|38|4|||||
|Red Bull Salzburg|2014–15|Austrian Bundesliga|21|1|4|0|8|0|33|1|||
|rowspan="5"|Copenhagen|2015–16|rowspan="4"|Danish Superliga|30|0|3|0|4|0|37|0|
|2016–17|24|2|2|0|15|0|41|2|||||
|2017–18|30|2|2|0|10|0|34|2|||||
|2018–19|34|1|1|0|6|0|41|1|||||
|Genoa|2019–20|Serie A|19|0|0|0|–|19|0||||
|rowspan="5"|Copenhagen|2020-21|rowspan="4"|Danish Superliga|22|2|1|0|1|0|24|2|
|2021–22|28|1|1|0|10|1|39|2|||||
|2022–23|12|0|2|0|2|0|16|0|||||
|2023–24|21|1|4|0|8|0|33|1|||||

## Honours

**Esbjerg**
- Danish Cup: 2012–13

**Salzburg**
- Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2014–15
- Austrian Cup: 2014–15

**Copenhagen**
- Danish Superliga: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2021–22
- Danish Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Peter Ankersen
- **image**: Loco-Kopenhagen (16).jpg
- **caption**: Ankersen with F.C. Copenhagen in 2017
- **height**: 1.80 m
- **birth place**: Esbjerg, Denmark
- **position**: Right-back
- **currentclub**: FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland
- **youthclubs1**: Esbjerg fB
- **years1**: 2009–2010
- **clubs1**: Esbjerg fB
- **caps1**: 1
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2010–2012
- **clubs2**: Vejle Boldklub, Vejle
- **caps2**: 46
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 2012
- **clubs3**: Rosenborg BK, Rosenborg
- **caps3**: 10
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2012–2014
- **clubs4**: Esbjerg fB
- **caps4**: 56
- **goals4**: 5
- **years5**: 2014–2016
- **clubs5**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps5**: 21
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 2015–2016
- **clubs6**: → F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen (loan)
- **caps6**: 30
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2016–2019
- **clubs7**: F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen
- **caps7**: 96
- **goals7**: 8
- **years8**: 2019–2020
- **clubs8**: Genoa C.F.C., Genoa
- **caps8**: 19
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2020–2024
- **clubs9**: F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen
- **caps9**: 82
- **goals9**: 4
- **years10**: 2024–
- **clubs10**: FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland
- **caps10**: 1
- **goals10**: 1
- **nationalteam1**: Denmark national football team, Denmark
- **nationalcaps1**: 27
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears1**: 2013–
- **club-update**: 31 May 2024
- **nationalteam-update**: 13:59, 22 June 2024 (UTC)