Lucas Qvistorff Andersen (born 13 September 1994) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a winger for Danish side AaB.

Club career

AaB

Andersen started playing youth football with Aalborg Freja, before moving to

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(AaB) at the age of 10.AaB sælger Lucas Andersen til Ajax - AaB A/S
/ref> In September 2008, Andersen went on a one week trial at

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at the age of only 14, without getting offered a contract. He penned his first professional contract with AaB in September 2009. Andersen made his debut for AaB on 5 March 2011 at the age of 16 years and 174 days, making him the youngest player ever to play for AaB in the top-flight

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championship and the second youngest player ever to play in the Danish Superliga. One month later, he extended his contract until 2013. He slowly became a regular part of, as he played 22 league matches for AaB in the 2011/12 season. He broke his toe in November 2011 and was out for the rest of the fall. According to a Danish source, Andersen was followed by

and

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in the January 2012 market. This was later confirmed by his agent. Andersen was usually employed as a right winger, but was capable of playing on the left, as well as an attacking midfielder/playmaker behind the forwards. He was touted as the most promising player to come through the AaB youth ranks since

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, by AaB director of football Lynge Jakobsen A number of foreign clubs wanted to sign him by 2012, but Lynge Jakobsen did not want to sell Andersen at too young an age.

Ajax

On 31 August 2012, Andersen signed with

for an undisclosed fee, with a view to join the squad of

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at first. AaB's good relationship with Ajax, having sold Jesper Grønkjær to Ajax as well, was emphasized by Lynge Jakobsen as a reason for the deal materializing. Andersen made his debut 8 December, coming on as a substitute against

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Grasshopper

On 4 July 2016, Ajax announced that Andersen had been sold to

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Return to AaB

After a less successful 2017–18 season at Grasshoppers with limited playing time, Andersen was loaned out to his former club, AaB, for the 2018–19 season. Andersen had strong performances for the club which made AaB buy him out of his contract with Grasshoppers, making the deal permanent from 1 July 2019. Andersen signed a five-year contract. Andersen was named the new captain of AaB after long time veteran

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ended his playing career.

International career

He was a part of the Denmark under-17 squad at the 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship and the

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. On 8 January 2012, he was called up for the

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for their matches in the 2011 King's Cup. With his age of only 17 years and 4 months, he is the youngest player ever to have been a part of the Danish League XI squad.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Ajax *

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: 2012–13, 2013–14 *

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References

Lucas A. starter op hos Jong Ajax
bold.dk, 20 June 2016

External links

Official Superliga statistics

Stats on 7msport
{{DEFAULTSORT:Andersen, Lucas 1994 births Living people Footballers from Aalborg Men's association football midfielders Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish Superliga players AaB Fodbold players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players AFC Ajax players Willem II (football club) players Grasshopper Club Zürich players Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Denmark men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Swiss Super League players Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Danish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland