Mikkel Rask (born 22 June 1983) 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 ...

who played as a defender.

Club career

Mikkel Rask got his breakthrough in the Danish 1st Division in 2001 playing for

Randers FC Randers FC () is a professional football club based in Randers, East Jutland, Denmark, that plays in the Danish Superliga, the top flight of the Danish football league system. Founded on 1 January 2003, the club builds upon the license of Rande ...

, but when the club later earned promotion to the Danish

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 ye ...

in 2004 and suffered relegation that very same season, Rask moved to

Viborg FF Viborg Fodsports Forening ("Viborg Footsport Association"), or Viborg F.F. and VFF for short, is a Danish professional football club based in Viborg. The club was founded in 1896 and waited more than a century before winning its only national ...

to stay in the Superliga. In-all Rask got to play 91 games and score 10 goals at top-flight level for

and

, before Viborg FF suffered relegation in 2008. Rask then signed with Turkish

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

side

Diyarbakırspor Diyarbakırspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Diyarbakır. Formed in 1968, they are nicknamed ''Diyar'' ("land"). Their colours are red and green, and they play their home matches at Diyarbakır Stadium. Diyarb ...

in 2009, which at first seemed like a good move. However, the Turkish club was in financial trouble, so Mikkel Rask soon left the club in January 2010 and returned to Denmark. On 1 January 2017 he moved to AGF. The contract ran until the summer of 2018.

Honours

Viborg * Danish 1st Division:

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, 2014–15

References

External links

Danish national team profileOfficial Danish Superliga statsOfficial Turkisk Football Federation stats
1983 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Randers FC players Viborg FF players Diyarbakırspor footballers FC Fredericia players Vendsyssel FF players Süper Lig players Expatriate footballers in Turkey People from Randers Association football defenders Danish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Denmark youth international footballers Sportspeople from the Central Denmark Region {{Denmark-footy-defender-stub