Lars Gerson

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Lars Gerson
Lars Christian Krogh Gerson.jpg
Gerson with IFK Norrköping in May 2012
Personal information
Full name Lars Christian Krogh Gerson
Date of birth (1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Central defender
Team information
Current team
 Kongsvinger
Number 10
Youth career
Kongsvinger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011 Kongsvinger 58 (7)
2012–2014 IFK Norrköping 75 (9)
2015–2017 GIF Sundsvall 73 (6)
2018–2020 IFK Norrköping 78 (8)
2021 Racing de Santander 4 (0)
2021 Brann 1 (0)
2022– Kongsvinger 45 (3)
International career‡
2009–2011 Luxembourg U21 4 (0)
2008– Luxembourg 97 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024

Lars Christian Krogh Gerson (born 5 February 1990) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for OBOS-ligaen side Kongsvinger IL.

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International career

Gerson made his debut for Luxembourg on 26 March 2008, in a 0–2 friendly loss against Wales. [1]

Gerson has also represented Luxembourg at youth level, a.o. at the under-17 European Championship of 2006.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 October 2021 [2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kongsvinger 2008 Adeccoligaen 7000—70
2009 0000—00
2010 Tippeligaen 21111—222
2011 Adeccoligaen30610—316
Total58721—608
IFK Norrköping 2012 Allsvenskan 28251—333
2013 28420—304
2014 19300—193
Total75971—829
GIF Sundsvall 2015 Allsvenskan29140—331
2016 24410—254
2017 10100—101
Total63650—686
IFK Norrköping 2018 Allsvenskan24120—261
2019 284406 [lower-alpha 1] 0384
2020 26340—303
Total78810060948
Racing de Santander 2020–21 Segunda División B 4000—40
Brann 2021 Eliteserien 1000—10
Career total279302426030932
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 26 March 2024 [3]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Luxembourg 200850
200910
201030
2011101
201271
201380
20147 [lower-alpha 1] 1
2015101
201650
201740
201860
201990
202070
202130
202250
202360
202410
Total974
  1. ↑ Included one Non Fifa match
As of 13 October 2015

Score lists Luxembourg's goal tally first. [3]

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
129 March 2011 Stadionul Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamț, RomaniaFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
1–0
1–3
 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
214 November 2012 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
1–2
1–2
 Friendly
39 September 2014Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
1–0
1–1
 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
412 October 2015Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
2–3
2–4
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Personal life

Gerson was born in Luxembourg to a Luxembourgian father and Norwegian mother. [4] His maternal grandfather is the Norwegian anchorman Lars-Jacob Krogh. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "26 maart 2008: Josy Barthel, Luxemburg, Luxemburg". Ronaldzwiers.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  2. ↑ Lars Gerson at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 "NFT profile". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  4. ↑ AS, TV 2 (17 October 2010). "- Vi er sikkert Tippeligaens minst kjente landslagsspillere".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ NTB (10 October 2014). "Nå skal Lars (24) møte Costa, Fabregas & co".


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