Lukas Lerager

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Lukas Lerager
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Lerager with Bordeaux in 2018
Personal information
Full name Lukas Reiff Lerager [1]
Date of birth (1993-07-12) 12 July 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Gladsaxe, Denmark
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Copenhagen
Number 12
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2013 AB 50 (3)
2013–2016 Viborg 67 (1)
2016–2017 Zulte Waregem 39 (6)
2017–2019 Bordeaux 55 (3)
2019 → Genoa (loan) 14 (1)
2019–2021 Genoa 37 (1)
2021–2022 → Copenhagen (loan) 46 (10)
2022– Copenhagen 50 (8)
International career‡
2011 Denmark U18 3 (0)
2011–2012 Denmark U19 6 (0)
2012 Denmark U20 6 (0)
2013 Denmark U21 1 (0)
2017–2019 Denmark 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:24, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Lukas Reiff Lerager (born 12 July 1993) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish club Copenhagen.

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Club career

Lerager played club football for AB, Viborg and Zulte Waregem. [2]

He joined French club Bordeaux in June 2017, signing a four-year contract. [3] [4]

On 29 January 2019, Lerager signed to Italian Serie A club Genoa on loan with an option to buy. [5] The deal was later turned permanent. [6]

He moved on loan to F.C. Copenhagen on 1 February 2021. [7] The transfer was made permanent on 21 May 2022. [8] On 12 December 2023, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Galatasaray, which qualified his club to the Champions League knockout stages. [9]

International career

After representing them at youth level, [10] Lerager made his debut for the Denmark senior national team in 2017. [2]

In June 2018 he was named in Denmark's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 April 2024 [12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AB 2010–11 Danish 1st Division 4000—40
2011–12 18200—182
2012–13 26100—261
Total4830000483
Viborg 2013–14 Danish Superliga 19000—190
2014–15 Danish 1st Division17110—181
2015–16 Danish Superliga31021—331
Total6713100702
Zulte Waregem 2016–17 Belgian First Division A 39650—446
Bordeaux 2017–18 Ligue 1 373201 [lower-alpha 2] 0403
2018–19 180109 [lower-alpha 2] 0280
Total55330100683
Genoa (loan) 2018–19 Serie A 14100—141
Genoa 2019–20 Serie A21110—221
2020–21 16031—191
Total3714100412
Copenhagen (loan) 2020–21 Danish Superliga1740000174
2021–22 2961013 [lower-alpha 3] 3439
Total4610101336013
Copenhagen 2022–23 Danish Superliga306608 [lower-alpha 4] 1447
2023–24 2023212 [lower-alpha 4] 3357
Total508922047914
Career total3563325443742444

International

As of match played 15 October 2019 [2]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Denmark 201720
201861
201920
Total101
Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lerager goal.
List of international goals scored by Lukas Lerager [2]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 October 2018 MCH Arena, Herning, DenmarkFlag of Austria.svg  Austria 1–02–0 Friendly

Honours

Viborg

Zulte Waregem

Copenhagen

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Lukas Lerager". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Lukas Lerager får fire år i Bordeaux" [Lukas Lerager gets four years in Bordeaux] (in Danish). Bold. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Lukas Lerager à Bordeaux, c'est officiel" [Lukas Lerager in Bordeaux is official] (in French). L'Equipe. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Genoa, dal Bordeaux arriva Lerager" (in Italian). Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  6. ↑ Medie: Genoa køber Lukas Lerager, tipsbladet.dk, 24 April 2019
  7. ↑ "F.C. København henter Lukas Lerager". F.C. København.
  8. ↑ "Lukas Lerager købt fri af Genoa CFC". F.C. København.
  9. ↑ "Copenhagen beats Galatasaray 1-0 to reach Champions League last 16. Lerager scores and is sent off". The Washington Post. 12 December 2023.
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  11. ↑ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
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