Alexander Larsø Petræus (born 29 June 2002) is a Danish

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 lea ...

who plays as a winger for

Danish 2nd Division The 2nd Division () is a professional association football league for men and the third division in Denmark. It is organised by the Divisionsforeningen on behalf of the Danish Football Association (Danish FA; DBU) as part of the nation-wide Da ...

side

Fremad Amager Boldklubben Fremad Amager (meaning in English: The Ball Club Forward Amager; abbreviated Fremad A) is a Danish professional football club based in the district of Amager Vest, Copenhagen. As of the 2024–25 season, the club's senior men's team ...

Career

Club career

Petræus started his football career in

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a Danish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Brøndbyvester. Brøndby IF denotes the professional football section of Brøndbyernes ...

. In the winter of 2018, Petræus switched to

Lyngby Boldklub Lyngby Boldklub () is a professional Football (soccer), football club based in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby, Denmark, founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion. The club play in the Danish Superliga. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby ...

, where he started at the club's youth academy. In the summer of 2019, he suffered a career-threatening head injury that kept him out for 12 months. Petræus bounced back and it wasn't long before he started training with the first team. On 18 April 2021, Petræus made his official debut for Lyngby in a

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match against

AC Horsens Alliance Club Horsens (), commonly referred to as AC Horsens () or simply Horsens, is a Danish professional football club based in Horsens, Central Denmark Region. Founded in 1994, as a superstructure on Horsens fS (founded 1915), Stensballe ...

, where he replaced

Victor Torp Victor Torp Overgaard (born 30 July 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for club Coventry City. He is a former Denmark youth international. Club career Midtjylland Torp started playing football in L ...

in injury time. Petræus left Lyngby in the summer of 2022 after playing 5 games for the first team. In July 2022, Petræus moved to the United States to study at

Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a Private university, private research university in Dallas, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico. SMU was founded on April 17, 1911, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, ...

and played college football for the

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. In January 2024, Petræus returned to Denmark, signing with

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.ALEXANDER PETRÆUS TIL FREMAD AMAGER
fremadamagerelite.dk, 31 January 2024

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Petræus, Alexander 2002 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Men's association football wingers Brøndby IF players Lyngby Boldklub players SMU Mustangs men's soccer players Fremad Amager players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Danish 2nd Division players Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States 21st-century Danish sportsmen