Emil La Cour (born 19 July 1991) is a Danish former professional

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. He played as a

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Career

Rising through the ranks of

FC Svendborg SfB-Oure FA (), is an association football club based in the town of Svendborg, Denmark, that competes in the Danish 3rd Division, the fourth tier of the Football in Denmark, Danish football league system. Founded in 2018 as an elite superstructur ...

, La Cour grew out to become a key player for the 2nd Division (third-tier) club, before being signed by local rivals

FC Fyn FC Fyn was a Danish football club from Odense on Funen. The club was founded in 2006 and its first appearance was in the 2006–07 season. FC Fyn played their home matches at Odense Atletikstadion, which is the current home ground of B 1909 and ...

on 25 June 2010. He had earlier been on a trial at AGF, without this amounting to a transfer. He established a strong partnership with Jeppe Grønning in the

central midfield A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

area while playing for FC Fyn, helping them achieve promotion to the second tier in the 2011–12 season. In June 2012, La Cour signed a four-year contract with

Silkeborg IF Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became ...

on 11 June 2012 after a successful trial, where he was initially placed in the reserve team. La Cour made his debut for Silkeborg in the

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each yea ...

on 1 September 2012, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute for

Marvin Pourié Marvin Pourié (born 8 January 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Roda JC. Club career Pourié arrived at the Liverpool Academy from Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2007 and scored 12 goals in his firs ...

against AGF, a match which Silkeborg lost 0–4. A few days later, on 4 September, he played against his former club, FC Svendborg, in a

Danish Cup The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will quali ...

matchup at

Høje Bøge Stadium Høje Bøge Stadium () is an association football stadium in Svendborg, Denmark. It is the home stadium of Danish 2nd Division club SfB-Oure FA. It has a capacity of 7,000, but the attendance record is 8,000 which happened in 1975 in a local matc ...

, with Silkeborg winning 2–0. La Cour made a total of seven appearances for the club. On 2 September 2013, La Cour's contract with Silkeborg was terminated and he instead signed with

Danish 1st Division The 1st Division (''1. Division'') is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991 the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the forma ...

(second-tier) club

BK Marienlyst Boldklubben Marienlyst, commonly known as BK Marienlyst, Marienlyst, or BM, is an association football club based in Odense, Denmark, that competes in the Denmark Series, the fourth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1922, it ...

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at Superstats {{DEFAULTSORT:La Cour, Emil 1991 births Living people Danish footballers Association football midfielders SfB-Oure FA players FC Fyn players Silkeborg IF players BK Marienlyst players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Danish 2nd Division players People from Svendborg Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark