{{short description|Danish footballer (born 1977)}} {{about||the Danish theologian and bishop|Thomas Reinholdt Rasmussen|the member of the Seattle City Council|Tom Rasmussen}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Thomas Rasmussen | image = Rasmussen Thomas BIF 11-12 WP.JPG | caption = Rasmussen playing for Brøndby IF in 2011 | fullname = Thomas Schultz Rasmussen | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|4|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Frederiksberg, Denmark | height = 1.83 m | position = Left wingback | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 1983–1984 | youthclubs1 = Boldklubben Dalgas | youthyears2 = 1984–1995 | youthclubs2 = KB | years1 = 1995–1996 | clubs1 = Glostrup FK | caps1 = 15 | goals1 = 14 | years2 = 1996–1999 | clubs2 = Sint-Truiden | caps2 = 34 | goals2 = 5 | years3 = 1999–2000 | clubs3 = Skjold Birkerød | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 7 | years4 = 2000–2003 | clubs4 = Farum | caps4 = 94 | goals4 = 12 | years5 = 2003 | clubs5 = FC Nordsjælland | caps5 = 8 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2003–2005 | clubs6 = Hansa Rostock | caps6 = 62 | goals6 = 7 | years7 = 2005–2011 | clubs7 = Brøndby IF | caps7 = 139 | goals7 = 13 | years8 = 2012–2013 | clubs8 = Lyngby BK | caps8 = 35 | goals8 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1996–1997 | nationalteam1 = Denmark U19 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | nationalyears2 = 2003–2008 | nationalteam2 = Denmark | nationalcaps2 = 8 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2013 | managerclubs1 = Taastrup FC (women)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Thomas-Rasmussen-bliver-kvindetraener | title = Thomas Rasmussen bliver kvindetræner | language = Danish | publisher = bold.dk | accessdate = 5 July 2013}}</ref> }} '''Thomas Schultz Rasmussen''' (born 16 April 1977) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a left wingback. He played eight games for the Denmark national team, both as wingback and attacking midfielder.
==Career== Born in Frederiksberg in Copenhagen,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.haslund.info/danmark/as/schtho02.asp | title = A-landsholdspillere – Thomas Rasmussen | language = Danish | publisher = haslund.info | accessdate = 20 January 2013 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120208025228/http://www.haslund.info/danmark/as/schtho02.asp | archivedate = 8 February 2012 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Rasmussen started his career in minor Danish club Glostrup IF 32. He debuted on the Danish under-19 national team in July 1996, and moved abroad to play for K. Sint-Truidense V.V. in Belgium. He returned to Denmark to play for an amateur club in Birkerød. When he got married in 1998, Rasmussen took his wife's last name, naming himself Thomas Schultz. {{citation needed|date=November 2014}}
In 2000, Schultz made his debut for Farum B.K. in the Danish 1st Division. He helped Farum win promotion for the top-flight Danish Superliga in 2002. During the 2002–03 Danish Superliga season, Schultz played 31 of 33 league games, scoring five league goals. He made his debut for the Danish national team in April 2003. In the summer 2003, Schultz moved to Germany, to play for Hansa Rostock in the top-flight Bundesliga. At Rostock, he joined fellow Dane Kim Madsen. In August 2003, Schultz changed his name back to Rasmussen, at the initiative of Hansa Rostock. He had never legally changed his last name, and Rostock wanted him to use the name on his birth certificate; Thomas Rasmussen.<ref>{{cite news | title = Schultz bliver til Rasmussen | work = Ekstra Bladet | date = 1 August 2003 | first = Allan | last = Pedersen | language = Danish}}</ref>
In his first season at Rostock, Rasmussen played 28 of 34 league games and scored three goals, helping Rostock finish in ninth place. He was called up for the Danish national team once more, and played his second national team game in April 2004. In the 2004–05 Bundesliga season, Rasmussen played 31 league games and scored four goals, but Rostock finished in 17th place, and was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. Having played two 2. Bundesliga games for Rostock, Rasmussen returned to Denmark in August 2005, to play for defending Danish Superliga champions Brøndby IF. {{citation needed|date=November 2014}}
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==External links== * {{DBU player|4440}} * {{Fussballdaten|schultzthomas|Thomas Rasmussen}} * {{NFT|8342}}
{{Brøndby IF Player of the Year}}
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