Johannes Ritter Plum (born 15 February 1995) is a Danish former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

right winger 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 ...

Club career

Nordsjælland

Ritter joined the

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 ...

youth academy as an under-14 player from Helsingør IF. In September 2012, Ritter was selected to Nordsjælland's

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

squad. In the summer of 2014, Ritter was one of six under-19 players promoted to the first-team

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 ...

squad.

Helsingør

On 2 August 2016, it was announced that Ritter moved to

FC Helsingør FC Helsingør is a Danish football club from Helsingør. The club plays in the Danish 1st Division, having been promoted after winning the Danish 2nd Division The 2nd Division ( da, Danmarksturneringens 2. division or Herre-DM 2. division) i ...

on an agreement valid for the rest of 2016 after having his full-time contract with FCN Nordsjælland terminated the day before. He stopped his career in November 2018 due to a hip injury that he had suffered the previous season.

International career

On 13 August 2013, Ritter made his international debut for the Denmark under-19 team. He came on as a substitute in the 83rd minute for

Andrew Hjulsager Andrew Hjulsager (born 15 January 1995) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Belgian club Gent as an attacking midfielder. Career Brøndby IF On 25 October 2012, Hjulsager signed a two-year extension to his contract which tying hi ...

in a 4–0 win in a friendly against

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

References

1995 births Living people Danish men's footballers Sportspeople from Helsingør Denmark men's youth international footballers FC Nordsjælland players FC Helsingør players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Men's association football forwards Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub