Casper Gedsted Hansen (born 4 February 2002) is a Danish professional

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, who plays as a

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for

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HB Køge HB Køge () is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen. It w ...

Career

AaB

Born in

Farsø Farsø is a town with a population of 3,349 (1 January 2022) in Region Nordjylland in Denmark in the Vesthimmerland Municipality. Farsø was the birthplace of Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944. The village of ...

, Gedsted started his career at Farsø/Ullits IK, before moving to AaB at the age of 13. In the summer 2021, Gedsted was promoted to the first team squad, after signing a professional five-year deal with the club. On 31 August 2021, Gedsted got his official debut for the club in a

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game against FIUK, which Gedsted and co. won 13–0. On 20 March 2022, Gedsted got his debut in the

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against

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. On 25 May 2022 AaB confirmed, that Gedsted's contract had been terminated by mutual consent, with following message: ''We made a long deal with Casper last year because we saw and still see potential in him. However, Casper has expressed impatience for more playing time, which we can't promise, and therefore we've agreed that the best solution right now is to terminate the agreement''. On 17 July 2022 it was reported, that Gedsted would go on a trial at Dutch

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club

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Ypsonas

On 17 August 2022 it was confirmed, that Gedsted had joined newly promoted

Cypriot Second Division The Cypriot Second Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Β΄ Κατηγορίας) is the second highest football division of the Cypriot football league system. Administrated by the Cyprus Football Association, it is contested by 16 teams, with th ...

side Krasava Ypsonas. He got his debut for the club on 10 September 2022 against

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. He made a total of 13 appearances for the club, before returning to Denmark.

HB Køge

On 18 January 2023, Gedsted returned to Denmark, signing with

side

, signing a deal until June 2024.HB Køge henter Casper Gedsted
hbkoge.dk, 18 January 2023

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gedsted, Casper 2002 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Denmark men's youth international footballers People from Vesthimmerland Municipality Danish Superliga players Cypriot Second Division players AaB Fodbold players HB Køge players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus