Rasmus Steenberg Christiansen (born 6 October 1989) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Icelandic club

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. He won the Icelandic championship in 2017 and 2018 with Valur.

Career

Christiansen started his senior team career with

Lyngby BK Lyngby Boldklub () is a professional football club based in 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 FC. The club has won the Danish c ...

2007 before moving to ÍBV in 2010. After three seasons with ÍBV, he left the club and signed with Ull/Kisa. He returned to Iceland in 2015, signing with

Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur (, ), commonly abbreviated to KR, is an Icelandic football club based in the Vesturbær district of the capital, Reykjavík. KR is the oldest and most successful club in Icelandic football, having won the Besta ...

. After one season with KR, he joined Valur in December 2015. With Valur, helped the team win the Icelandic Cup in 2016 and the Icelandic championship in 2017 and 2018, although the later year, he missed the majority of the season due to a broken leg. After returning from his injury, he was loaned to

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ahead of the 2019 season in the 1. deild karla. With Christiansen, Fjölnir finished second in the league, achieving promotion to the Úrvalsdeild karla. After the season, he was selected the Player of the Year by the league's managers and team captains. Despite heavy interest from Fjölnir to keep him, he signed a 2-year contract extension with Valur in October 2019.

Titles

* Úrvalsdeild karla:

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* Icelandic Cup:

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* Icelandic League Cup:

* Icelandic Super Cup:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Christiansen, Rasmus 1989 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Lyngby Boldklub players Ullensaker/Kisa IL players Rasmus Christiansen Rasmus Christiansen Rasmus Christiansen Rasmus Christiansen Rasmus Christiansen Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Expatriate men's footballers in Norway 21st-century Danish sportsmen Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark People from Gribskov Municipality