Nikolai Laursen

Nikolai Rohde Laursen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈne̝koˌlɑjˀ ˈʁoːðə ˈlɑwˀɐsn̩]; born 19 February 1998) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Heracles Almelo. He will join Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo on 1 July 2021.

Club Career

Early career

Laursen is a youth exponent from Brondby. He made his Danish Superliga debut on 26 April 2015 at age 17 against Vestsjalland replacing Alexander Szymanowski after 84 minutes in a 4–0 home win. He scored the fourth and last goal of the game, five minutes after coming on the pitch. On 17 May, he played his second first-team game against Silkeborg. On 7 June, he played his third and final game of the 2014–15 season, against Esbjerg fB.

PSV

On 15 June 2015, Laursen signed a three-year contract with Dutch club PSV who paid a fee of around €1 million. In 2015–16 pre-season, he practiced with the first team, after which he joined Jong PSV, the reserve team. He suffered an ankle injury almost right away, which sidelined him for several months. Laursen extended his contract with PSV in February 2016 until mid-2020. He tore a cruciate ligament in a league match away against Telstar on 28 October 2016, which made him miss the entirety of the season. Laursen made his comeback on 21 August 2017, at home against De Graafschap (2–2). He made more than thirty appearances for Jong PSV during the 2017–18 season, in which he scored ten times. He was awarded the Bronze Bull in May 2018 for being the most talented player in the fourth period of the Eerste Divisie season.

Laursen was sent on a one-year loan to Brondby on 27 June 2018 with an option to buy. After a mixed season with the club, Brondby chose not to trigger the option, and he returned to PSV.

Emmen

Laursen signed a three-year contract with Emmen in July 2019. The club had avoided relegation from the Eredivisie the season before, and he immediately grew into a starter, making his debut on 8 August in t

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