Andreas Skovgaard Larsen (born 27 March 1997) is a Danish professional

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who plays for Polish club

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as a

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Career

Skovgaard received his professional debut for

FC Nordsjælland Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland () or FCN, is a professional Danish football team from the North Zealand town of Farum. Founded as ''Farum Boldklub'' from the merger of the town's two football club ...

on 28 February 2016 against

Viborg FF Viborg Fodsports Forening ("Viborg Footsport Association"), or Viborg F.F. and VFF for short, is a Danish professional football club based in Viborg. The club was founded in 1896 and waited more than a century before winning its only national ...

in the

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, that ended with a 1–1 draw. He came on the pitch in the 85nd minute, where he replaced

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. He was promoted to the first-team squad in March 2016 and he also signed a new professional contract until 2018. Skovgaard left Nordsjælland at the end of his contract, which was at the end of 2018. This was announced on 18 December 2018. On 5 February 2020, it was announced that Skoovgard will go on a season long loan to Swedish club

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. After returning to Heerenveen, his contract was terminated by mutual consent on 1 February 2021. On 12 February 2021,

announced that they had signed Skovgaard permanently on a two-year deal. On 27 February 2022, he signed for Norwegian club

SK Brann Sportsklubben Brann (commonly known as Brann, and less often as SK Brann) is a Norwegian professional football club, founded 26 September 1908, from Bergen. Brann had been in the Eliteserien, Norway's Premier Division of Football, since 1987, bar ...

with a contract lasting until the end of 2024. In February 2023 he moved to Stabæk. On 29 August 2023, Skovgaard joined Polish

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

club

on a three-year deal.

Honours

Brann *

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References

1997 births Living people People from Kalundborg Municipality Men's association football defenders Danish men's footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers FC Nordsjælland players SC Heerenveen players Örebro SK players SK Brann players Stabæk Fotball players KS Cracovia players Danish Superliga players Allsvenskan players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Ekstraklasa players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Danish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Poland {{Denmark-footy-defender-stub