Anders Laustrup Dreyer (; born 2 May 1998) is a Danish professional

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who plays for Midtjylland and the Denmark national team. The

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previously played for

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, St Mirren,

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and FC Rubin Kazan.

Club career

Esbjerg fB

On 20 September 2016,

confirmed that they had extended Dreyer's contract by one year until 2018. But he continued playing for their U19 squad. Dreyer got his debut on 2 April 2017 in a 0–0 draw against Randers FC in the

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coming on in the 72nd minute to replace

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. He scored his first goal for Esbjerg on 22 April 2017 against AC Horsens. He was promoted to the first team squad for the 2017–18 season in the

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. In this season he finished as the league topscorer with 18 goals, helping Esbjerg win promotion to the Superliga. On 27 May 2018, Dreyer scored his first

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of his career in the second leg of their promotion playoff games against

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. His 3 goals secured a 3–1 aggregate lead to take Esbjerg back into the Superliga. Dreyer ended the season as the topscorer

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, scoring 18 goals.

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 7 August 2018, Dreyer was sold to Brighton & Hove Albion. Dreyer started on the U23 team, and got his debut in the first game of the season against Liverpool U23 on 8 October 2018. In January 2019, Dreyer joined St Mirren on loan until the end of the season. After picking up an knee injury at the end of April, Dreyer returned to Brighton & Hove Albion and missed the end of the season. Dreyer scored one goal in his eleven appearances for the club. On 23 August 2019,

announced, that they had signed Dreyer on loan for the 2019–20 season. He made his debut 8 days later coming on as a substitute in a 1–1 home draw against Fortuna Sittard.

FC Midtjylland

On 6 January 2020, FC Midtjylland announced that Dreyer had returned to Denmark and signed a four-and-a-half year contract with the club. His strong start – two goals and one assist in his first two appearances for the club – led to him being named as the Danish Superliga Player of the Month for February 2020.

Rubin Kazan

On 28 August 2021, he signed a five-year contract with Russian club FC Rubin Kazan. On his debut on 13 September 2021 he scored a hat-trick against FC Ural Yekaterinburg. He became the first player in the history of the league to score three goals in their first game in the league. On 11 March 2022, Dreyer's contract with Rubin was suspended until 30 June 2022 according to special FIFA regulations related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The regulations allow foreign players in Russia to suspend their contracts until the end of the 2021–22 season and sign with a club outside of Russia until that date.

Return to Midtjylland

On 16 March 2022, Dreyer returned to FC Midtjylland on a loan until 30 June 2022. On 6 July 2022, he transferred to Midtjylland on a permanent basis and signed a four-year contract.

International career

In November 2020, he was called up to

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's senior squad for the

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against

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due to several cancellations from, among others, the Danish national team players playing in England, due to the COVID-19 restrictions, as well as a case of

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in the squad, which had put several national team players in quarantine. He made his debut on 12 November 2021 in a

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against the

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Career statistics

Honours

Esbjerg fB *

play-offs:

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FC Midtjylland *

: 2019–20 * Danish Cup: 2021–22 Individual * Danish Superliga Player of the Month: February 2020

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dreyer, Anders 1998 births Living people People from Esbjerg Municipality Danish footballers Danish expatriate footballers Denmark youth international footballers Denmark under-21 international footballers Denmark international footballers Association football forwards Esbjerg fB players St Mirren F.C. players SC Heerenveen players FC Midtjylland players FC Rubin Kazan players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Scottish Professional Football League players Russian Premier League players Eredivisie players Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Scotland Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Russia Danish expatriate sportspeople in England Danish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Danish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark