Lars Christian Krogh Gerson (born 5 February 1990) is a

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

ish professional

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who plays as a

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for OBOS-ligaen side Kongsvinger IL.

International career

Gerson made his debut for

on 26 March 2008, in a 0–2 friendly loss against

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. Gerson has also represented Luxembourg at youth level, a.o. at the under-17 European Championship of 2006.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Score lists Luxembourg's goal tally first.''

Personal life

Gerson was born in

to a Luxembourgian father and Norwegian mother. His maternal grandfather is the Norwegian anchorman

Lars-Jacob Krogh Lars-Jacob Krogh (26 September 1938 – 14 April 2010) was a Norwegian anchorman and television presenter. Biography He was born at Nes in Akershus, Norway. Krogh studied at the University of Oslo in 1958-63. He earned his Master's degree in En ...

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* * * 1990 births Living people Footballers from Luxembourg City Luxembourgian people of Norwegian descent Norwegian people of Luxembourgian descent Luxembourgian men's footballers Norwegian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players Allsvenskan players IFK Norrköping players GIF Sundsvall players Segunda División B players Racing de Santander players SK Brann players Luxembourgian expatriate men's footballers Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Luxembourg men's international footballers {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub