Frederik Riis Rønnow (; born 4 August 1992) is a Danish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
goalkeeper
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for
Bundesliga
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club
Union Berlin
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The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweid ...
Horsens
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club Stensballe IK before he at the age of 16 years joined AC Horsens. He made his first team debut on 7 September 2011 in a
Danish Cup
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The winner will quali ...
match against
Holstebro
Holstebro is the main town in Holstebro Municipality, Denmark. The town, bisected by ''Storåen'' ("The Large Creek") and has a population of 36,489 (1 January 2022).Danish U21 team, and having been awarded the Horsens
Player of the Year Award
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Association football
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for the 2012–13 season, Rønnow's agent, former Danish international
John Sivebæk
John Sivebæk (born 25 October 1961) is a Danish former football defender. He won the 1984 Danish championship with Vejle Boldklub and played for English club Manchester United. He scored one goal in 87 appearances for the Danish national tea ...
, expressed his reluctance for his client to be playing in the
Danish 1st Division
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following Horsens' relegation from the
Danish Superliga
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. As a consequence, on 5 July 2013, Rønnow moved to Superliga club
Esbjerg fB
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on a season-long loan following the departure of
Lukáš Hrádecký
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.
Brøndby
In July 2015, Rønnow signed a four-year contract with
Brøndby IF
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. He made two appearances in the
UEFA Europa League
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in which Brøndby were knocked out by PAOK. In the league he played 33 gamed as the team finished in fourth place.
In the 2016–17 season, Rønnow played seven games in the Europa League qualifiers in which he was sent off once, as Brøndby were eliminated by
Panathinaikos
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. He also played three times in the Danish Cup tournament and appeared in 34 total matches in regular season as well as the championship round.
In his final season with Brøndby, the 2017–18 season, the team finished second in the league and won the cup by beating
Silkeborg IF
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3–1 under head coach
Alexander Zorniger
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Coaching career Early career
Zorniger started his coaching career with stints as head coach of Normannia Gmü ...
.
Eintracht Frankfurt
In April 2018 it was announced that Rønnow would join
Eintracht Frankfurt
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in July 2018, again mirroring the movements of Hrádecký. He made his debut in the
German Super Cup
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on 12 August 2018. He was brought in to be the starting goalkeeper and appeared in Eintracht's first three competitive games. Due to insecure performances, Eintracht loaned
Kevin Trapp
Kevin Christian Trapp (; born 8 July 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Germany national team.
He began his professional career at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where he ...
from
Paris Saint-Germain
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shortly before the end of the summer transfer window, and Rønnow lost his starting spot. During his first season he made a total of two appearances in the league and in Europa League, in which Frankfurt reached the semi-finals. Trapp signed a permanent deal after the 2018–19 season, but suffered an injury and was sidelined for large parts of the first half of the 2019–20 season. Rønnow replaced him in goal and was able to convince with strong performances.
Loan to Schalke 04
On 30 September 2020, he joined
Schalke 04
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on a year-long loan. Rønnow first replaced
Ralf Fährmann
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Club career
Fährmann made his professional debut for Schalke 04 on 13 September 2008 in 3–3 draw away ...
as the starting goalkeeper and made 7 Bundesliga appearances. Then, he fell out with an injury; Schalke's managers Manuel Baum,
Huub Stevens
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Playing career
Stevens was born in Sittard. While active, he played for Fortuna Sittard and PSV. During his time at P ...
,
Christian Gross
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and
Dimitrios Grammozis
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relied on the services of Fährmann again after his recovery, which meant that Rønnow only came to four more appearances by the end of the season after Fährmann was sidelined with an injury. With Schalke, he suffered relegation to the
2. Bundesliga
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at the end of the season and he then subsequently returned to Frankfurt.
Union Berlin
On 20 July 2021, Rønnow joined
Union Berlin
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on a three-year contract, and would initially start his stint with the club as a backup to starter Andreas Luthe. He made his debut on 27 October in a
DFB-Pokal
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match against
Waldhof Mannheim
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, which ended in a 3–1 win.
International career
After playing for several Danish youth teams, he was called up to represent the senior Denmark national team on 9 March 2016 by new head coach
Åge Hareide
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, for friendly matches against
Iceland
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and
Scotland
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.
In June 2018 he was named in Denmark's squad for the
2018 FIFA World Cup
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in Russia.
In June 2021, he was included in the national team's bid for 2020 UEFA Euro, where the team reached the semi-finals, but did not play in a single match.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Brøndby
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Danish Cup
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The winner will quali ...