Tobias Lauritsen

Tobias Lauritsen (born 30 August 1997) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a striker for Eliteserien side Odd.

Tobias Lauritsen

Personal information
Full name	Tobias Lauritsen
Date of birth	(1997-08-30) 30 August 1997
Place of birth	Norway
Playing position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Odd
Number	20
Youth career
	Herkules
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013	Herkules	4	(0)
2013–2014	Urædd	20	(11)
2014–2016	Odd	0	(0)
2016–2017	Pors	29	(33)
2018–	Odd	47	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 July 2020

Career

Club

Lauritsen started his career in Herkules and got his first-team debut in 2013. Midway in the season Herkules had to pull its team from league play, making the entire player roster available for transfer. Lauritsen went to Urædd FK together with Kevin Jablinski among others.[1][2][3] One year later, Lauritsen progressed to the regional giants Odds BK where Jablinski had already gone.[4]

Lauritsen made his Odd debut in the 2015 Norwegian Football Cup first round, coming off the bench and scoring in a 13–0 thrashing of Skotfoss.[5] He then mainly saw playing time for Odds BK 2, the B team, in the 2015 2. divisjon, playing one more first-team game, the first leg of the 2016 Norwegian Football Cup.

In the summer of 2016 Odd picked up the talent Stefan Mladenovic from another neighboring club Pors, and Pors wanted Lauritsen and other players in a player exchange deal. The deal did not go through, but in September 2016 Lauritsen joined Pors anyway.[6][7] Sustaining an injury in his debut game,[8] Lauritsen could not prevent relegation from the 2016 2. divisjon, but in the 2017 3. divisjon he scored 32 goals in 26 league games. As a result he was bought by his old club Odd.[9][10] He finally made his Eliteserien debut, as a substitute in the league opener against Haugesund, and in the first round of the 2018 Norwegian Football Cup he bagged four goals.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 July 2020[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Herkules	2013	3. divisjon	4	0	2	1	–		6	1
Urædd	2013	3. divisjon	9	4	0	0	–		9	4
	2014		11	1	2	0	–		13	1
	Total		20	5	2	0	-	-	22	5
Odd	2014	Eliteserien	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2015		0	0	1	1	–		1	1
	2016		0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total		0	0	1	1	-	-	1	1
Pors Grenland	2016	2. divisjon	3	1	0	0	–		3	1
	2017	3. divisjon	26	32	2	1	–		28	33
	Total		29	33	2	1	-	-	31	34
Odd	2018	Eliteserien	18	1	4	7	–		22	8
	2019		21	0	6	6	–		27	6
	2020		8	2	0	0	–		8	2
	Total		47	3	10	13	-	-	57	16
Career total			100	41	17	16	-	-	117	57

References

1. "Drømmer om Odd". Telemarksavisa (in Norwegian). 2 April 2013.
2. "Klubber forsøker å hente Herkules-spillere". Telemarksavisa (in Norwegian). 16 May 2013.
3. "Ny Herkulesspiller til Urædd?". Porsgrunns Dagblad (in Norwegian). 15 August 2013.
4. "Forer Odd med talenter". Porsgrunns Dagblad (in Norwegian). 6 August 2014.
5. "Fotball-NM: Skotfoss - Odd 0-13" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 22 April 2015.
6. "Pors skal ha penger og spillere". Varden (in Norwegian). 20 June 2016.
7. "Lauritsen klar". Porsgrunns Dagblad (in Norwegian). 10 September 2016.
8. "- Veldig synd for Tobias". Porsgrunns Dagblad (in Norwegian). 20 September 2016.
9. "63 av 84 mål borte fra Pors siden i fjor". Porsgrunns Dagblad (in Norwegian). 12 January 2018.
10. "Lauritsen tilbake i Odd" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 18 January 2018.
11. "Tobias Lauritsen". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Norsk Internesjonal Fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 3 May 2018.