Lucas Andersen
Lucas Andersen (born 13 September 1994 Aalborg ) is a Danish football player at the position of a midfielder who can also come to offensive positions are used. Between 2011 and 2012 he was the pro squad of his home club, the Aalborg BK, where he became the youngest player in the club's history that has ever been used by the club in the highest Danish league. He is also behind Kenneth Zohore from FC Copenhagen, which debuted in March 2010, the second youngest player ever to be used in the Danish Superliga. Zohore was on his debut still almost 140 days younger than Andersen. Since 31 August 2012 Andersen is at Ajax Amsterdam under contract.
Career
Career start in Aalborg
His career as a football player began Andersen in his hometown at the resident training and amateur club Aalborg Freja. From 1912 founded and now playing in the lower divisions of the Danish football club, he finally moved to the local wholesale club Aalborg BK, where he went through all the youth leagues and was brought during this time also in the Danish youth selections. While Andersen was still represented in 2011 in the young and predominantly took at this time for the U-19 team of the club and noticed there by his constantly good performances, the most aggressively acting midfielder by former professional and today's football coach Kent Nielsen into the professional team has been with game operation brought in the Danish Superliga. The former player and occurring as sports director at AaB since 1996 Lynge Jakobsen did not speak to the midfielder, which can be used both on the wings, as well as an attacking midfielder and playmaker, his talent from, and also noted that Andersen the best player since Jesper was Grønkjær, who had managed the way out of the junior ranks of the AaB in professional football. His debut in professional football gave Andersen on March 5, 2011, when he came for Aalborg in league play against Silkeborg IF in the 89th minute for Mathias Wichmann on the lawn. With its use, he was the youngest player Aalborg since 1922 and the second youngest Super League debutant since Kenneth Zohore (FC Copenhagen), which debuted almost exactly a year ago in the top division of the country. In addition, he was the youngest debutant since Thomas Gaardsøe Aalborg in 1997. Though he still stood in the squad after the U-19 team of the club, he was then nearly used in each of the following round at the pros and came up also already to long periods of use. By the end of the season he brought it here to a total of eleven professional league appearances, of which he completed each as a substitute. During his breakthrough in professional team his running contract with Aalborg BK was extended for another two years until 2013. With the team he finished third in the final standings of the 2010/11 season the tenth place in the table; it is only just managed to avoid relegation.
Switching to Ajax
On August 31, 2012 Andersen switch to Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam became public. Lynge Jakobsen, sports director of Aalborg BK, announced that in the past some clubs had expressed an interest in Andersen, but you did not want to sell this. Only when Ajax Amsterdam, where you saw good athletic development opportunities for Andersen, made a satisfactory offer, you agreed to a change. On December 8, 2012 Andersen made his debut in the Eredivisie. 2-0 home win over AFC Ajax FC Groningen he came on in the 79 minutes for Danny Hoesen.
Inserts in the Danish youth selections
His career in the Danish National selections Andersen began even during his time in the young field of AaB, where he first time in 2009 ran aground for the Denmark U-16. For the U-16 team, he played a total of seven games and scored in a test match against the Irish U-16 team also hit. In early August 2010, he was first used for the inter- Nordic Tournament in the U-17 national team of his native country. After the successful qualification for the U-17 Championship 2011, where he played five games, he came at the finals tournament in three of four games in Denmark for use and retired with the team until the semi-final against the young German. By reaching the semifinals EM Danish U-17 team for the U -17 World Cup in Mexico was qualified. Also there was Andersen in the squad coached by Frank Thomas, however, came when Vorrundenaus only two partial operations in the defeats against Brazil ( 0-3 ) and Ivory Coast ( 2:4 ). For Denmark U -17 Andersen played a total of 21 games, scoring two goals. After appointments in the U -18 and U-19 of the Danish Association Andersen made his debut in September 2012 for Denmark U- 21st Before a home crowd in Aalborg he came off the bench in the European Championship qualifier against Serbia just before the end of Kasper Kusk. Three days later his second U-21 use on the same site. 3-0 victory in the European Championship qualifier against Northern Ireland Andersen midway through the second half for Andreas Laudrup was taken to the game
Achievements
- Syrenka Cup winner: 2010 with the Danish U-17 national team