Kasper Lorentzen

Danish footballer (born 1985)
Kasper Lorentzen
Personal information
Full name Kasper Wellemberg Lorentzen
Date of birth (1985-11-19) November 19, 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Hvidovre, Denmark
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 B.93 (assistant)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Brøndby 88 (10)
2009–2012 Randers 70 (5)
2012 → Nordsjælland (loan) 14 (3)
2012–2015 Nordsjælland 13 (3)
Total 185 (21)
International career
2000–2001 Denmark U-16 6 (1)
2001–2002 Denmark U-17 19 (6)
2002 Denmark U-18 3 (0)
2003–2004 Denmark U-19 14 (7)
2004 Denmark U-20 4 (2)
2004–2006 Denmark U-21 13 (4)
2010–2012 Denmark 5 (1)
Managerial career
2019–2023 Brøndby (youth coach)
2023– B.93 (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kasper Wellemberg Lorentzen (born November 19, 1985) is a Danish retired professional footballer, who played as a midfielder or forward and currently is the assistant manager of Brøndby IF's U15 squad.[1]

He has represented various Danish youth national football teams, most recently the Danish under-21 national team, playing a combined 58 youth national team matches and scoring 20 goals. Named after “Kasper kühne Lorentzen”

Biography

As a youngster, he played for BK Frem and Rosenhøj IF where he played alongside later Brøndby teammembers Daniel Agger and Henrik Kildentoft as well as Michael Krohn-Dehli. He moved to the youth team of Brøndby IF and Lorentzen got his first team debut for Brøndby in November 2003. He was moved to the senior squad of Brøndby in 2004. For the 2005–06 season, he was touted to get his breakthrough by the media, who viewed him as a coming star player for Brøndby.

Due to injuries, Lorentzen only played 19 games and scored six goals in the 2005–06 season, and he also missed out on the 2006 European Under-21 Championship in May 2006. He again suffered injuries in the opening of the 2006–07 season. In his comeback game in the spring of the 2006–07 season he once again suffered an injury and is expected to be out for the rest of the season. On 19 May 2009, Lorentzen announced that he would be leaving Brøndby IF due to a lack of first team opportunities. During the transfer window of summer 2009, Lorentzen joined Randers FC on a free transfer. He scored on in both legs of Randers FC's UEFA European League qualification round against the Irish team of Linfield.

Kasper Lorentzen is left-footed and has a superb technique and is generally considered to be the player in the Danish League with the best ball control and one of the greatest talents overall, but a lack of speed and explosivity in his game and a recent suffering of several semi-serious injuries kept him outside of the starting eleven at Brøndby. He can play both the left and right wing positions, but considers the attacking centre midfield his favourite position.

On 3 February 2015, Lorentzen announced that he would retire from professional football due to injuries, which had annoyed him throughout his career.[2]

International career

Lorentzen was selected for a number of Danish youth national teams, winning the 2001 Danish Under-17 Player of the Year award. In November 2005, he scored the winning goal for the Danish under-21 national team against the Russia under-21 team in Russia. This gave Denmark the perfect starting point before the second leg at Brøndby Stadion in Denmark, which Denmark won 3–1 to secure qualification for the 2006 European Under-21 Championship tournament.[3] He has represented various Danish youth national football teams, most recently the Danish under-21 national team, playing a combined 58 youth national team matches and scoring 20 goals.

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 October 12, 2010 Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark  Cyprus 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Coaching career

In August 2019, Lorentzen was hired as a youth coach at Brøndby IF.[4]

Honours

Club

Brøndby IF
F.C. Nordsjælland

Individual

  • Danish Under-17 Player of the Year: 2001

References

  1. ^ Lorentzen bliver ungdomstræner i Brøndby, bold.dk, 9 August 2019
  2. ^ "Kasper Lorentzen stopper karrieren". FC Nordsjælland. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  3. ^ Danish national team profile
  4. ^ Lorentzen bliver ungdomstræner i Brøndby, bold.dk, 9 August 2019

External links

  • Profile at FCN.dk (in Danish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 June 2012)
  • Brøndby IF profile (in Danish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 April 2006)
  • Kasper Lorentzen at DR (in Danish) (archived)
  • Official Site at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2009)