Rasmus Thelander

Rasmus Thelander (born 9 July 1991) is a Danish footballer who plays as a central defender for the Danish club AaB.

Rasmus Thelander
Personal information
Full name Rasmus Thelander
Date of birth (1991-07-09) 9 July 1991
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 AaB
Number 26
Youth career
Herlev IF
AB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 AB 41 (3)
2012–2015 AaB 53 (4)
2015–2017 Panathinaikos 26 (1)
2017–2018 Zürich 22 (0)
2018–2019 Vitesse 9 (0)
2019– AaB 3 (0)
National team
Denmark U18 1 (0)
Denmark U19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 October 2019

Club career

Akademisk Boldklub

Thelander began his career as a senior footballer in 2010 for Akademisk Boldklub in NordicBet Ligaen, the second-tier league in Danish football.[1]

AaB

In the summer of 2012, Thelander signed a two-year contract with the Danish superliga club AaB.[2][3]

Rasmus played his first season in AaB primarily as a substitute.[4] In the 2013–14 season he got his Superliga breakthrough, as defender Lasse Nielsen left for the Dutch team NEC Nijmegen, thus leaving a spot open in the central defense.[5] Hereafter, Thelander would play each league game through the rest of the season and help his club win the first Danish double.

Thelander scored two goals in the 4–2[6] victory against Copenhagen in the Danish cup final and won the Danish Cup Fighter of the Year (årets pokalfighter).[7]

Panathinaikos

Thelander signed a deal with the Greek team Panathinaikos on 2 July 2015.[8][9] According to several Greek press sources he was offered a four-year contract having been recommended to Panathinaikos by René Henriksen, a former player with the club. Thelander had been courted in the previous season when he helped lead AaB win the double.[10][11]

Αfter a pre-season injury, he made his debut against Levadiakos on 23 September 2015. On 3 October 2015, during his third appearance with the club he scored his first goal in a 1–0 away win against Skoda Xanthi, with a header after a corner kick.

On 26 July 2017, Thelander was the fifth footballer (after Michael Essien, Stathis Tavlaridis, Jens Wemmer and Niklas Hult) in eight months to file an appeal against Panathinaikos for payments' delay. In his appeal, he claimed an amount of €510,000 that covered the following year's contract as well.[12] On 14 August 2017, the committee of the Greek Football Federation's financial disputes gave him the amount of €450,000.[13]

FC Zürich

On 15 August 2017, Thelander signed a two-year contract with Swiss club FC Zürich.[14] He won the 2017–18 Swiss Cup with Zürich.

Vitesse

On 17 May 2018, it was announced that Thelander would join Dutch side Vitesse on a three-year deal in July 2018.[15] On 26 July, hemade his first appearance for Vitesse, starting in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League qualification round against Viitorul Constanța.[16] On 23 August, news broke that Thelander had broken his ankle, keeping him off the field for some months.[17] However, due to a quick recovery, he made his comeback in the first team on 3 November in a 1–0 loss against PSV Eindhoven. He made just 13 appearances in his sole season in Arnhem.

Return to AaB

On 22 August 2019, Thelander moved back to AaB on a three-year contract.[18]

Career statistics
As of match played 23 April 2019.[19]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AB 2009–10 Danish 1st Division 2010——30
2010–11 Danish 1st Division 16100——161
2011–12 Danish 1st Division 23210——242
Total 41320——433
AaB 2012–13 Danish Superliga 11120——131
2013–14 Danish Superliga 261422[lower-alpha 1]0—323
2014–15 Danish Superliga 1602012[lower-alpha 2]0—300
Total 53282140—754
Panathinaikos 2015–16 Superleague Greece 1813000—211
2016–17 Superleague Greece 802000—100
Total 2615000—311
Zürich 2017–18 Swiss Super League 22041——261
Vitesse 2018–19 Eredivisie 90103[lower-alpha 1]0—130
Career total 1516203170001889
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Club

AaB

FC Zürich

Individual
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References
  1. "Rasmus Thelander profil". tablesleague.com. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  2. "Thelander skifter til AaB" (in Danish). Ab-fodbold.dk. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  3. "AaB henter Thelander" (in Danish). bold.dk. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  4. "Rasmus Thelander". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  5. "Lasse Nielsen solgt til Nijmegen" (in Danish). Berlinske. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  6. "AaB vandt The Double: Slog FCK 4-2 i pokalfinalen" (in Danish). Berlinske. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  7. "Rasmus Thelander blev årets pokalfighter" (in Danish). Jydskevestkysten. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  8. "AaB beskræfter: Thelander Solgt" (in Danish). www.bold.dk. 3 July 2015.
  9. "AaB Sælger Thelander til Panathinaikos F.C." (in Danish). www.aabsport.dk. 3 July 2015.
  10. "Anbefalet af René Henriksen: AaB'er tæt på skifte til græsk storklub" (in Danish). www.bt.dk. 28 June 2015.
  11. Συμφωνία με Τελάντερ ο Παναθηναϊκός (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 28 June 2015.
  12. Προσφυγή και από τον Τελάντερ κατά του ΠΑΟ (in Greek). www.documentonews.gr. 26 July 2017.
  13. "450.000 ευρώ στον Τελάντερ ο Παναθηναϊκός" (in Greek). www.sdna.gr. 14 August 2017.
  14. "FC Zürich verpflichtet Rasmus Thelander". fcz.ch. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  15. "Rasmus Thelander tekent driejarig contract (video)". SBV Vitesse Official Site. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  16. "FC Viitorul Constanta – Vitesse (26. juli 2018)". bold.dk. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  17. "Thelander lang uitgeschakeld door enkelbreuk". De Gelderlander. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  18. "Thelander tilbage i AaB". AaB Sport. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  19. "R. Thelander". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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