Rasmus Carstensen

Rasmus Carstensen (born 10 November 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for German Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln on loan from Belgian Pro League club Genk.^[2]

Rasmus Carstensen

Personal information
Date of birth	(2000-11-10) 10 November 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth	Virklund, Denmark^[1]
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	1. FC Köln
Number	18
Youth career
0000–2013	Virklund BK^[1]
2013–2018	Silkeborg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2022	Silkeborg	85	(2)
2022–	Genk	4	(0)
2022–	Jong Genk	9	(0)
2023–	→ 1. FC Köln (loan)	21	(0)
International career^‡
2021	Denmark U20	2	(0)
2020–2022	Denmark U21	17	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:36, 15 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022

Club career

Silkeborg

Born in Virklund, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Silkeborg, Central Jutland, Carstensen initially played youth football at local club Virklund IF, before moving to the Silkeborg IF youth academy at age 13.^[1]

After practicing with the first team, he signed a one-year contract on 6 February 2019,^[3] and made his debut on 20 March at the age of 19 in a 2–0 away loss to Lyngby Boldklub in the second-tier Danish 1st Division.^[4] With Silkeborg, Carstensen won promotion to the top-tier Danish Superliga at the end of the season,^[5] where he initially remained on the bench before finally emerging in the starting lineup in the relegation round. However, with Carstensen in the starting lineup, Silkeborg could not prevent relegation back to the 1st Division. After the contract had meanwhile been extended to 2021,^[6] he signed another contract extension on 24 July 2020, keeping him part of the club until 2024.^[7]

Genk

On 9 August 2022 it was confirmed that Carstensen had joined Belgian First Division A side Genk on a deal until 2026.^[8]

Loan to Köln

On 3 August 2023, Carstensen moved to the German Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln on a season-long loan.^[9]

International career

On 4 September 2020, Carstensen made his debut for the Denmark under-21 team in a 1–1 draw in the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier against Ukraine in Aalborg.^[10][11]

Honours

Silkeborg

• Danish 1st Division: 2019–20^[5]

References

1. Helligsø, Michael (15 July 2020). "SIF-brødre med fælles fodbolddrøm". Midtjyllands Avis (in Danish). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
2. Rasmus Carstensen at Soccerway
3. Carlskov, Thor (6 February 2019). "Silkeborg belønner talent med kontrakt". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 November 2020.
4. "SIF-debutant: Der kom sgu et lille sus". Silkeborg IF (in Danish). 21 March 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
5. Ritzau. "Silkeborg rykker direkte op i Superligaen - Viborg skal i playoff". TV Midtvest (in Danish). Retrieved 4 November 2020.
6. Nøhr, Mikkel (25 September 2019). "Ungt talent får ny kontrakt i Silkeborg". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 November 2020.
7. Margren, Sara (24 July 2020). "Silkeborg giver lang kontrakt til back-talent". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 November 2020.
8. RASMUS CARSTENSEN (21) TEKENT TOT 2026, krcgenk.be, 9 August 2022
9. "FC LEIHT RASMUS CARSTENSEN AUS" [FC LOAN RASMUS CARSTENSEN] (in German). 1. FC Köln. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
10. "Landsholdsdatabasen - Danmark 1:1 Ukraine". dbu.dk. Danish Football Association. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
11. Ritzau (4 September 2020). "SIF-talent fik debut for U21-landsholdet i remis". Midtjyllands Avis (in Danish). Retrieved 4 November 2020.

External links

• Rasmus Carstensen at Soccerway
• Rasmus Carstensen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)