Lukas Ahlefeld Engel (born 14 December 1998) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a left-back or

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for club

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Club career

He made his

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debut for

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality ('' kommune'') and the R ...

on 2 February 2021 in a game against AGF. On 31 January 2022, Engel was loaned out to

club

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for the rest of the season. On 21 June 2022, the club confirmed that they had bought Engel free from his contract with Vejle, and signed a five-year deal. On 15 August 2023,

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side

announced the signing on Engel on a four-year contract. Engel made his debut for the club on 19 August, in a 1–1 draw against Huddersfield Town.https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/12941698/middlesbrough-1-1-huddersfield-hayden-hackney-earns-first-point-for-boro

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* 1998 births Living people People from Tårnby Municipality Danish men's footballers Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark Men's association football midfielders Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Denmark Series players English Football League players Fremad Amager players Vejle Boldklub players Silkeborg IF players Middlesbrough F.C. players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub