{{short description|Danish footballer (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Lucas Andersen | image = | caption = | fullname = Lucas Qvistorff Andersen | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|9|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Aalborg, Denmark | height = 1.85 m | position = Attacking midfielder, winger | currentclub = Pathum United | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Aalborg Freja | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = AaB | years1 = 2011–2012 | clubs1 = AaB | caps1 = 40 | goals1 = 3 | years2 = 2012–2016 | clubs2 = Ajax | caps2 = 37 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2013–2016 | clubs3 = Jong Ajax | caps3 = 23 | goals3 = 7 | years4 = 2015–2016 | clubs4 = → Willem II (loan) | caps4 = 34 | goals4 = 9 | years5 = 2016–2019 | clubs5 = Grasshoppers | caps5 = 69 | goals5 = 10 | years6 = 2018–2019 | clubs6 = → AaB (loan) | caps6 = 23 | goals6 = 10 | years7 = 2019–2024 | clubs7 = AaB | caps7 = 97 | goals7 = 14 | years8 = 2024–2025 | clubs8 = Queens Park Rangers | caps8 = 43 | goals8 = 3 | years9 = 2026- | clubs9 = Pathum United | caps9 = 0 | goals9 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2009–2010 | nationalteam1 = Denmark U16 | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2010–2011 | nationalteam2 = Denmark U17 | nationalcaps2 = 21 | nationalgoals2 = 2 | nationalyears3 = 2011 | nationalteam3 = Denmark U18 | nationalcaps3 = 1 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 2011–2012 | nationalteam4 = Denmark U19 | nationalcaps4 = 14 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | nationalyears5 = 2012–2017 | nationalteam5 = Denmark U21 | nationalcaps5 = 29 | nationalgoals5 = 6 | nationalyears6 = 2014–2020 | nationalteam6 = Denmark | nationalcaps6 = 7 | nationalgoals6 = 0 | club-update = 6 April 2025 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 18 November 2020 }}
'''Lucas Qvistorff Andersen''' (born 13 September 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Thai League 1 outfit Pathum United.
==Club career==
===AaB=== Andersen started playing youth football with Aalborg Freja, before moving to Aalborg BK (AaB) at the age of 10.<ref name="alb31august12">[http://fodbold.aabsport.dk/nyheder/2012/08/aab-saelger-lucas-andersen-til-ajax.aspx AaB sælger Lucas Andersen til Ajax - AaB A/S<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In September 2008, Andersen went on a one week trial at Liverpool at the age of only 14, without getting offered a contract.<ref>[http://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/AaB-talenter-til-proevetraening-i-Liverpool/ AaB-talenter til prøvetræning i Liverpool], bold.dk, 21 September 2008</ref> He penned his first professional contract with AaB in September 2009.<ref>[http://tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/generelle/aab-skriver-med-stortalent AaB skriver med stortalent | Tipsbladet<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Andersen made his debut for AaB on 5 March 2011 at the age of 16 years and 174 days, making him the youngest player ever to play for AaB in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship<ref>[http://www.aabsport.dk/B02F4995-D1D5-46F6-A65B-4C8D024B2652.W5Doc?id=3C18C091-2566-4540-8742-A1BAD66F4ABA AaB A/S<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719120518/http://www.aabsport.dk/B02F4995-D1D5-46F6-A65B-4C8D024B2652.W5Doc?id=3C18C091-2566-4540-8742-A1BAD66F4ABA |date=19 July 2011 }}</ref> and the second youngest player ever to play in the Danish Superliga. One month later, he extended his contract until 2013.<ref>[http://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/AaB-forlaenger-med-teenagekomet/ AaB forlænger med teenagekomet]‚ bold.dk, 7 April 2011</ref> He slowly became a regular part of, as he played 22 league matches for AaB in the 2011/12 season. He broke his toe in November 2011 and was out for the rest of the fall.<ref>[http://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/Lucas-A-ude-med-braekket-taa/ Lucas A. ude med brækket tå]‚ bold.dk, 22 November 2011</ref> According to a Danish source, Andersen was followed by Liverpool and Ajax in the January 2012 market.<ref>[http://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/Avis-Ajax-og-Liverpool-jagter-Lucas-A/ Avis: Ajax og Liverpool jagter Lucas A.], bold.dk, 12 January 2012</ref> This was later confirmed by his agent.
Andersen was usually employed as a right winger, but was capable of playing on the left, as well as an attacking midfielder/playmaker behind the forwards. He was touted as the most promising player to come through the AaB youth ranks since Jesper Grønkjær, by AaB director of football Lynge Jakobsen<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://onside.dk/nyheder/superligaen/lynge-lucas-storst-siden-gronkjaer |title=Lynge: Lucas størst siden Grønkjær - Superligaen - danske og udenlandske fodboldnyheder fra Onside.dk<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=25 April 2011 |archive-date=18 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318221233/http://onside.dk/nyheder/superligaen/lynge-lucas-storst-siden-gronkjaer |url-status=dead }}</ref> A number of foreign clubs wanted to sign him by 2012, but Lynge Jakobsen did not want to sell Andersen at too young an age.<ref name="alb31august12"/>
===Ajax=== On 31 August 2012, Andersen signed with Ajax for an undisclosed fee, with a view to join the squad of Jong Ajax at first. AaB's good relationship with Ajax, having sold Jesper Grønkjær to Ajax as well, was emphasized by Lynge Jakobsen as a reason for the deal materializing.<ref name="alb31august12"/> Andersen made his debut 8 December, coming on as a substitute against FC Groningen.
===Grasshopper=== On 4 July 2016, Ajax announced that Andersen had been sold to Grasshopper Club Zürich.<ref>[http://www.ajax.nl/streams/ajax-actueel/andersen-naar-grasshopper-club-zurich.htm Andersen naar Grasshopper Club Zürich] (Dutch). Ajax. 4 July 2016.</ref>
===Return to AaB=== After a less successful 2017–18 season at Grasshoppers with limited playing time, Andersen was loaned out to his former club, AaB, for the 2018–19 season.<ref>[https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/aab-henter-lucas-andersen-hjem/ AaB henter Lucas Andersen hjem], bold.dk, 30 August 2018</ref> Andersen had strong performances for the club which made AaB buy him out of his contract with Grasshoppers, making the deal permanent from 1 July 2019.<ref>[https://aabsport.dk/nyheder/2019/marts/aab-sikrer-sig-lucas-andersen-paa-femaarig-aftale/ AaB sikrer sig Lucas Andersen på femårig aftale], aabsport.dk, 10 March 2019</ref> Andersen signed a five-year contract. Andersen was named the new captain of AaB after long time veteran Rasmus Würtz ended his playing career.<ref>[https://beta.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/lucas-andersen-er-ny-aab-anfoerer], bold.dk 29 Juni 2019</ref>
===Queens Park Rangers=== On 2 February 2024 AaB confirmed that they had terminated Andersen's contract by mutual agreement.<ref>[https://aabsport.dk/nyheder/2024/februar/afskedstid-for-aab-og-lucas-andersen/ Afskedstid for AaB og Lucas Andersen], aabsport.dk, 2 February 2024</ref> Three days later, he signed for Championship club Queens Park Rangers, reuniting with former boss Martí Cifuentes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68205410|title=Lucas Andersen: QPR sign Denmark midfielder on free transfer|publisher=BBC|date=5 February 2024|accessdate=6 February 2024}}</ref>
On 23 June 2025, Queens Park Rangers announced that Andersen would depart the club upon the expiration of his contract at the end of the month.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/2025/june/23/lucas-andersen-departs/|title=Lucas Andersen departs|website=www.qpr.co.uk|date=23 June 2025|accessdate=23 June 2025}}</ref>
==International career== He was a part of the Denmark under-17 squad at the 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship and the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
On 8 January 2012, he was called up for the Denmark League XI national football team for their matches in the 2011 King's Cup. With his age of only 17 years and 4 months, he is the youngest player ever to have been a part of the Danish League XI squad.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dbu.dk/Nyheder/2012/Januar/lucas_andersen_med_ligalandsholdet.aspx |title=Lucas Andersen med Ligalandsholdet |author=Lars Berendt|date=8 January 2012|publisher=Dansk Boldspil Union|accessdate=9 January 2012|language=Danish|trans-title=Lucas Andersen join the League XI}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{Updated|match played on 28 February 2018}}<ref>{{Soccerway |id=155069 |accessdate=3 March 2018}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club!!rowspan="2"|Season!!colspan="3"|League!!colspan="2"|Cup!!colspan="2"|Other!!colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|AaB||2010–11||rowspan="3"|Danish Superliga |11||0||0||0||0||0||11||0 |- |2011–12 |22||1||0||0||0||0||22||1 |- |2012–13 |7||2||0||0||0||0||7||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !40!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!40!!3 |- |rowspan="4"|Ajax||2012–13||rowspan="3"|Eredivisie |1||0||2||1||0||0||3||1 |- |2013–14 |9||0||0||0||5{{efn|Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, One appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield|}}||0||14||0 |- |2014–15 |27||2||2||1||8{{efn|Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, One appearance in UEFA Europa League, One appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield}}||1||37||4 |- !colspan="2"|Total !37!!2!!4!!2!!13!!1!!54!!5 |- |rowspan="4"|Jong Ajax||2013–14||rowspan="3"|Eerste Divisie |18||6||colspan="4"|—||18||6 |- |2014–15 |2||1||colspan="4"|—||2||1 |- |2015–16 |3||0||colspan="4"|—||3||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !23!!7!!colspan="4"|—!!23!!7 |- |Willem II (loan)||2015–16 || Eredivisie |30||6||3||1||4{{Efn|Appearances in Promotion/relegation play-offs}}||3||37||10 |- |rowspan="3"|Grasshopper||2016–17||rowspan="2"|Swiss Super League |33||6||2||0||6{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}||1||41||7 |- |2017–18 |20||4||3||0||0||0||23||4 |- !colspan="2"|Total !53!!10!!5!!0!!6!!1!!64!!11 |- |rowspan="7"|AaB||2018–19||rowspan="5"|Danish Superliga |23||10||4||0||0||0||27||10 |- |2019–20 |27||10||3||1||0||0||37||11 |- |2020–21 |18||1||1||0||0||0||19||1 |- |2021-22 |7||0||0||0||0||0||7||0 |- |2022-23 |31||0||6||1||0||0||37||1 |- ||2023–24||Danish 1st Division |14||2||1||0||0||0||16||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !120!!23!!17!!2!!0!!0!!137!!25 |- |Queens Park Rangers||2023–24||EFL Championship |15||1||0||0||0||0||15||1 |- !colspan="3"|Career totals !318!!28!!12!!3!!23!!5!!370!!62 |} {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} <div>{{col-begin}} {{col-end}} </div>
==Honours== ===Club=== '''Ajax'''<ref name = "honours">{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/lucas-andersen/155069/|title=Lucas Andersen - Career Honours |publisher=Soccerway}}</ref> * Eredivisie: 2012–13, 2013–14 * Johan Cruijff Shield: 2013
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.vi.nl/spelers/carriere/lucas-andersen.htm Lucas Andersen at ''Voetbal International''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525205751/http://www.vi.nl/spelers/carriere/lucas-andersen.htm |date=25 May 2014 }} {{in lang|nl}} * [http://www.danskfodbold.com/spiller.php?ligaid=2001&spillerid=11436 Official Danish Superliga player statistics] at danskfodbold.com {{in lang|da}} * [http://player.7msport.com/103601/index.shtml Stats on 7msport]
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