Lucas Lykkegaard

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Lucas Lykkegaard
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-04-05) 5 April 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Farum, Denmark
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 University of Rhode Island
Number 15
Youth career
2006–2020 Nordsjælland
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– University of Rhode Island 15 (1)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 Nordsjælland 3 (0)
2022 → Hillerød (loan) 3 (0)
2023 HIK 15 (0)
2024 Værløse
International career
2017–2018 Denmark U16 6 (0)
2020 Denmark U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:38, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Lucas Lykkegaard (born 5 April 2002) is a Danish professional footballer who plays college soccer as a right-back for University of Rhode Island.

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Club career

Lykkegaard was born and raised in Farum to a Danish father and Chilean mother and is a product of FC Nordsjælland, where he started when he was four years old. [2] [3] In his first season as U17 player, Lykkegaard was injured with an anterior cruciate ligament injury and was out for about a year and a half.

After 14 years at the club, Lykkegaard was promoted to the first-team squad, where he made his professional debut in the Danish Superliga against FC Copenhagen on 13 December 2020. [2] Lykkegaard started on the bench, before replacing Daniel Svensson in the 78th minute. [4] Lykkegaard also played in the following league game against FC Midtjylland. Those two games were his only appearances in the 2020–21 season. On 21 July 2022, Lykkegaard signed a new deal with Nordsjælland until June 2025 and was loaned out to newly promoted Danish 1st Division club Hillerød. [5] He returned to Nordsjælland in November 2022, having made four appearances for Hillerød. [6]

By mutual agreement, Lykkegaard and Nordsjælland decided in early August 2023 to end the collaboration and he left the club. [7]

HIK

On 4 August 2023, Lykkegaard joined Danish 2nd Division club HIK. [8] In early January, it was announced that Lykkegaard had left HIK and that he would stop playing football for a while due to education. [9]

Later career

Despite announcing that he would take a break from football, Lykkegaard started up again later that month - in January 2024 - but at a lower level when he signed with Værløse Boldklub. [10]

In August 2024, Lykkegaard traveled to the United States to study psychology at the University of Rhode Island and play football for the university. [11] [12] After a season that saw him make 15 appearances, 11 of which were starts, and score one goal, Lykkegaard was rewarded by the 2024 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer All-Conference Team at the end of the season when he was named to the All-Rookie Team. [13]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 August 2022 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Danish Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nordsjælland 2020–21 Superliga 2000—20
2021–22 Superliga1000—10
2022–23 Superliga0000—00
Total30000030
Hillerød (loan) 2022–23 1st Division 3010—40
Career total60100070

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    References

    1. 1 2 Lucas Lykkegaard at WorldFootball.net
    2. 1 2 "Efter 14 år i klubben - debut mod FCK". sn.dk - Sjællandske Nyheder (in Danish). 14 December 2020.
    3. ↑ "Fra akademi til Superliga: Lucas Lykkegaard". FC Nordsjælland (in Danish). 27 July 2021.
    4. ↑ "Nordsjælland vs. FC Copenhagen - 13 December 2020 - Soccerway". nr.soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
    5. ↑ "Lucas Lykkegaard udlejes til Hillerød Fodbold". FC Nordsjælland (in Danish). 21 July 2022. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022.
    6. ↑ Jensen, Anders (30 November 2022). "Lønstrup og co. vinker farvel til assistent og to spillere". bold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
    7. ↑ FCN og Lucas Lykkegaard ophæver kontrakten, fcn.dk, 4 August 2023
    8. ↑ FCN ophæver med forsvarsspiller, bold.dk, 4 August 2023
    9. ↑ HIK siger farvel til tre spillere før forårssæsonen, bold.dk, 6 January 2024
    10. ↑ Markant forstærkning til Værløse Boldklub, altomfuresoe.dk, 27 January 2024
    11. ↑ Lykkegaard er taget til USA – Værløse vandt alligevel, altomfuresoe.dk, 18 August 2024
    12. ↑ Rhody Nation: Please help us in welcoming..., instagram.com, 9 July 2024
    13. ↑ Lykkegaard Earns All-Rookie Nod; Etxagarai Named to All-Academic Team, gorhody.com, 13 November 2024
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