Laurs Østerby Skjellerup (born 12 August 2002) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for Swedish

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club

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or simply Göteborg, is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it is the ...

Career

Randers

Skjellerup is a product of

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and got his official debut on 28 June 2020 against AC Horsens in the

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. Skjellerup started on the bench, before replacing Emil Riis Jakobsen in the 92nd minute. Skjellerup also came on the pitch against

Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, that plays in the 2nd division, the third-tier of the Danish football league system. Foun ...

on 8 July 2020. In the 2020-19 and 2020–21 seasons, Skjellerup only played U-19 football for Randers.

Hobro IK

On 12 July 2022 it was confirmed, that Skjellerup had made a return to his former club,

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side

Hobro IK Hobro Idræts Klub () is a professional association football club based in the town of Hobro, Denmark, that competes in the 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1913, it is known by the short names 'Ho ...

, with Skjellerup signing a three-year deal.

IFK Göteborg

On 29 December 2023, Skjellerup was sold to Swedish

club

, where he signed a four-year contract.Laurs är klar!
ifkgoteborg.se, 29 December 2023

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* 2002 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate footballers Men's association football forwards People from Mariager Footballers from the North Jutland Region Hobro IK players Randers FC players IFK Göteborg players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Allsvenskan players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Sweden {{Denmark-footy-forward-stub