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Søren Krucov Rieks (; born 7 April 1987) is a Danish former professional
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who plays as a winger. During his career, he represented
Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional Association football, football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, Jylland, that plays in the Danish 1st Division, 1st division, the sec ...
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IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or Blåvitt, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it ...
, and
Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...
. A full international between 2009 and 2010, he won three
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and scored one goal for the Denmark national team.


Club career


Esbjerg fB

From 2005 till 2012 Rieks played at hometown club
Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional Association football, football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, Jylland, that plays in the Danish 1st Division, 1st division, the sec ...
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NEC

In July 2012 he signed a three-year contract at Dutch side
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IFK Göteborg

On 10 August 2014, Rieks joined Swedish side
IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or Blåvitt, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it ...
on a three-and-a-half-year contract. Having scored 21 goals in 92 appearances, Rieks left the club upon contract expiry at the end of the 2017 season.


Malmö FF

On 12 January 2018, Rieks signed for reigning Swedish champions
Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...
on a three-year contract. This marked a rare direct move between IFK Göteborg and Malmö FF, the two historically most successful Swedish clubs. On 28 October 2024 as Rieks won his fourth league title with
Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...
he announced his retirement after the end of the season.


International career

Rieks was called up for the Denmark national team in March 2009 for the two games against Albania and Malta. This was his first call-up. He has been called up afterwards, and he had his international début against South Korea on 14 November 2009, and on 18 November 2009 he had his second international match, where he also scored his first international goal.


Career statistics


Club


International

:''Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rieks goal.''


Honours

;Esbjerg fB *
Danish 1st Division The 1st Division (''1. Division'') is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991, the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the for ...
: 2011–12 ;IFK Göteborg *
Svenska Cupen Svenska cupen (, ), also known as the Swedish Cup in English, is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. ''Svenska cupen'' usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also ...
: 2014–15 ;Malmö FF *
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Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional Association football, football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, Jylland, that plays in the Danish 1st Division, 1st division, the sec ...
Player of the year: 2008–09, 2011–12


References


External links


Theplayersagent profile
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Søren Rieks
official
Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga (, ) is a professional association football league in Denmark and the highest level of the Danish football league system. The league is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams relegated. It is the current ...
statistics at danskfodbold.com
Søren Rieks at Voetbal International
* 1987 births Living people Footballers from Esbjerg Danish men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Esbjerg fB players NEC Nijmegen players IFK Göteborg players Malmö FF players Danish Superliga players Eredivisie players Allsvenskan players Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Men's association football midfielders Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 21st-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub