Anders Rasmussen

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For the Danish footballer born in 1981, see Anders Rasmussen (football midfielder).

For the Prime Minister of Denmark, see Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

Anders Rasmussen
Personal information
Date of birth	June 1, 1976 (1976-06-01) (age 32)
Place of birth	Denmark
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	FC Midtjylland
Number	1
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-1999 1999-2001 2001-present 2007	Aarhus GF AC Horsens FC Midtjylland → Viborg FF (loan)	0 (0) 48 (0) 3 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 January 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Anders Rasmussen (born June 1, 1976) is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Midtjylland in the Danish Superliga. He has good reaction skills, but is insecure in the air.

Rasmussen started his career in the Danish club Aarhus Gymnastik Forening (AGF) in 1997, playing in the secondary Danish 1st Division. He stayed two years with AGF, but did not get on the pitch for the club. He moved on to league rivals AC Horsens in 1999. In 2001, Rasmussen was brought to FC Midtjylland (FCM) in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship. He was initially a reserve for Danish international goalkeeper Peter Skov-Jensen. Rasmussen did not get a chance for an extended run in the team, before FCM sold Peter Skov-Jensen in January 2005.

After the sale, Rasmussen became the first choice goalkeeper, and helped FCM win bronze medals in the 2004-05 Superliga season. For the 2005-06 season, Rasmussen was in contention with Swedish goalkeeper Ola Tidman, and Rasmussen eventually won a place in the starting line-up. In the first half of the 2006-07 season, Rasmussen played 13 of FCM's first 18 games. In January 2007, FCM bought Czech goalkeeper Martin Raška, to be the new first choice keeper. Rasmussen wanted to secure a move away from FCM, and tried to get a contract with the Norwegian club Fredrikstad FK. He did not succeed, and returned to FCM, where he found himself surpassed by Martin Raška and the ten years younger Lasse Heinze.

[edit] External links

• Career statistics at Danmarks Radio

v • d • e FC Midtjylland – current squad 1 A. Rasmussen • 2 Troest • 3 Afriyie • 5 Klimpl • 6 Juelsgård • 7 Madsen • 9 Florescu • 10 Thygesen • 11 Furuseth • 13 Lawal • 15 Poulsen • 16 Raška • 17 Ragus • 19 Jessen • 20 C. Olsen • 21 D. Olsen • 22 Gnanou • 23 Kristensen • 24 Fagerberg • 25 Heinze • 27 Salami • 28 Flinta • 29 Reid • 30 Babatunde • 34 Sivebæk • 39 Nworuh • 41 Runsewe • 42 Akilu • 49 Lössl • -- Califf • -- Marčić • Manager: Thomasberg

Persondata
NAME	Rasmussen, Anders
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Danish footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 1, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH	Denmark
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH