Johanna Rasmussen

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Johanna Rasmussen
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Rasmussen in June 2013
Personal information
Full name Johanna Maria Baltensperger Rasmussen [1]
Date of birth (1983-07-02) 2 July 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–2002 B1921
2002–2008 Fortuna Hjørring
2008–2009 Umeå IK 42 (17)
2010 Atlanta Beat 19 (4)
2011 magicJack 8 (1)
2011–2017 Kristianstads 116 (28)
2017–2018 Linkopings 16 (4)
International career
2000–2002 Denmark U-19 22 (10)
2004 Denmark U-21 3 (0)
2002–2018 Denmark 153 (41)
Managerial career
2021– Denmark (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Johanna Maria Baltensperger Rasmussen (born 2 July 1983) is a Danish football manager and former professional footballer who played for the Denmark women's national football team. Rasmussen has served as the assistant manager for Denmark since 2021. [2]

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Ramussen last played for Linköpings FC in the Damallsvenskan. She was nominated for the Denmark Women's Player of the Year award in 2008. [3] She played as a forward and wore the number 13 shirt for Denmark.

Club career

In February 2002 Rasmussen was reported to be joining Texas Tech University on a soccer scholarship. [4] Instead she moved to Fortuna Hjørring in summer 2002.

Rasmussen represented Fortuna Hjørring in both legs of the 2003 UEFA Women's Cup Final, a 1–7 aggregate defeat to Umeå IK of Sweden. After 125 appearances for Fortuna, Rasmussen signed a contract with Umeå IK ahead of the Swedish 2008 season. [5]

In 2010 Rasmussen followed Umeå teammates Ramona Bachmann and Mami Yamaguchi to the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league, playing the 2010 season with Atlanta Beat who finished last. She began the following campaign with magicJack, but after scoring once in eight appearances negotiated a release from her contract to return to Europe.

She signed with Kristianstads DFF in August 2011. [6] Rasmussen moved to league champions Linköpings FC ahead of the 2017 season, but suffered a serious knee injury shortly afterwards. [7]

International career

With Denmark in 2014 Israel-Denmark 20140619 045 edit.JPG
With Denmark in 2014

Rasmussen made her senior international debut in October 2002, in a 2–0 defeat to Germany in Ulm. She went on to play at UEFA Women's Euro 2005 in North West England, the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China and UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland. [8] Rasmussen won her 100th cap for Denmark in March 2013. [9]

She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013. [10] In Denmark's opening group match against hosts Sweden Rasmussen featured in an eventful 1–1 draw. [11]

Managerial career

Rasmussen was hired part-time as assistant coach for the Denmark women's national football team under head coach Lars Søndergaard in 2021. [2] In 2022, the Danish Football Association made the position full-time for the first time in the history of the Danish women's national team. [12] [13] She renewed her contract in September 2023 and became the assistant manager to Andrée Jeglertz when he succeeded Søndergaard the same year. [14]

Rasmussen completed her pro licence in August 2025, only the fifth woman in Danish football history to do so. She renewed her contract with the national team in October 2025, extending her position until summer 2027. [15] On 23 October 2025, Rasmussen became the temporary caretaker manager for the national team due to the sudden unavailability of the manager. [16] On 24 October, Rasmussen coached her first game as manager, leading the team to a 6–1 victory over Finland in Tampere, becoming the first ever female coach for a Danish national football team. [17]

Personal life

Rasmussen was a childhood chess champion. [18]

Career statistics

Incomplete

International

YearDateLocationOpponentGoals [a] ResultCompetition
20046 November Lincoln Financial Field, USAFlag of the United States.svg  United States 13–1 Friendly
20055 June Bloomfield Road, EnglandFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 11–1 2005 Euros
10 November La Ciudad del Fútbol, SpainFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 12–2 2007 World Cup qualification
200627 April Viborg Stadium, DenmarkFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 15–0 2007 World Cup qualification
2 November Suwon World Cup Stadium, South KoreaFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 12–1 2006 Peace Queen Cup
  1. ↑ Goals always noted with Denmark's result first, whether home or away, win or loss.

References

  1. ↑ "Estos son los dorsales de las jugadoras de las selecciones del Grupo A" [These are the player numbers of the Group A teams]. Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish). 4 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Landsholdskæmpe bliver assistent - TV 2". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 13 January 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Nominerede: Årets spiller - kvinder - TV 2". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 16 October 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Rasmussen Joins 2002 Soccer Signees". Texas Tech University. 14 February 2002. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Saffer, Paul (29 September 2009). "Rasmussen up for Umeå campaign". UEFA . Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Johanna Rasmussen klar för Kristianstad" (in Swedish). Expressen. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  7. ↑ Berlin, Sofie (16 February 2017). "LFC's nyförvärv Johanna Rasmussen skadad" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television . Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Johanna Rasmussen". UEFA . Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  9. ↑ Saffer, Paul (9 July 2013). "Rasmussen: Denmark ready to perform". UEFA . Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  10. ↑ Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". UEFA . Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  11. ↑ Dutt, Sujay (11 July 2013). "Petersen's 'crazy' day for Denmark". UEFA . Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "DBU ansætter kvindelandsholdets assistent på fuldtid". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). 5 April 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  13. ↑ Andersen, Emil (5 April 2022). "DBU opruster kvindelandsholdet med to fuldtidsansættelser". Campo (in Danish). Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  14. ↑ "Assisterende landstræner for kvindelandsholdet forlænger kontrakt - Altinget". www.altinget.dk. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  15. ↑ Andersen, Emil (16 October 2025). "Landsholdsassistent forlænger". Campo (in Danish). Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  16. ↑ "Landstræner er ikke med holdet i Finland - TV 2". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 23 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  17. ↑ Mølby, Morten (24 October 2025). "Danmark knuser Finland i magtdemonstration". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  18. ↑ Hentze Nielsen, Nathalie (14 July 2013). "Dagens EM-portræt: Skakspilleren, der blev topscorer" (in Danish). Footy.dk. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.


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