External links
- Lucas Lykkegaard national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Lucas Lykkegaard at Soccerway
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 April 2002 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | University of Rhode Island | 15 | (1) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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.
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]
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]
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]
| Club | Season | League | Danish Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nordsjælland | 2020–21 | Superliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Superliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Superliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hillerød (loan) | 2022–23 | 1st Division | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Career total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
