Andreas Retz Laudrup (born 10 November 1990) is a Danish football pundit and former professional

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who played as a

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. He is the younger son of former Danish international

Michael Laudrup Michael Laudrup (, born 15 June 1964) is a Danish professional football coach and former player. He is considered to be one of the greatest players of all time. He is the older brother of fellow retired footballer Brian Laudrup. During his pl ...

. After his retirement in 2015, Laudrup worked as a pundit and commentator for TV 2 and as a player agent.

Club career

While at Real Madrid Juvenil B Laudrup was considered one of the most promising players, having gained good reviews by both Real Madrid's Youth Staff and Denmark's Youth coaching staff. In Real Madrid Juvenil B he chose to be called simply by Andreas without his last name. When his father left

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and Madrid to become head coach at

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, it was decided that Andreas should return to Denmark to join

Lyngby BK Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club ...

. He then later joined

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side

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. On 10 April 2011 he scored a brace when

beat

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2–0. He also scored in his team's final match in the

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, helping Nordsjælland clinch their maiden domestic league title. On 9 January 2013, he moved to Saint-Etienne in France on a 6-month loan deal, with an option to buy. On 1 July 2014, he signed a one-year deal with

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outfit AGF. On 4 May 2015 he was forced to retire due to arthritis.

International career

A Danish international since the U-17 level, Laudrup has been capped at every level. In the summer of 2009, he was called up to the U-21 side that took part in the

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in Northern Ireland. He made his U-21 debut against Mexico on 17 January 2010.

Post-retirement activity

In 2018, it was announced that Laudrup had established a sports agency with lawyer Mads Staberg. The company was among other involved the transfer of

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from

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to AC Horsens in April 2018. In 2020, Laudrup signed a contract with TV 2, where he would star as a pundit and commentator for their coverage of

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Personal life

He and his older half brother Mads Laudrup have followed their father

into professional football. His uncle is former Danish international

Brian Laudrup Brian Laudrup (, born 22 February 1969) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a winger, forward or as a midfielder, and was regarded as one of the most talented players of his generation. He currently works as a football com ...

and his grandfather is former Danish international

Finn Laudrup Finn Laudrup (born 31 July 1945) is a Danish former association football player who played as a forward. He represented a number of Danish clubs and played professionally with Wiener Sport-Club in Austria. He played 19 matches and scored six goals ...

. His cousin Nicolai Laudrup, son of

, is also a professional footballer with Danish club

U/Squard.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Laudrup, Andreas 1990 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish people of Norwegian descent Denmark men's youth international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Randers FC players Footballers from Barcelona FC Nordsjælland players AS Saint-Étienne players Danish Superliga players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Danish expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in France Men's association football midfielders Association football agents Danish association football commentators

Andreas Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of B ...