Rasmus Wurtz

Rasmus Ostergaard Wurtz (born 18 September 1983) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He won the 2008–09 Danish Superliga with F.C. Copenhagen. He played 12 matches for the Denmark national team from 2005 to 2007, as well as 52 matches for various youth national teams. Wurtz was named 2001 Danish Under-19 Player of the Year. He retired after the 2018–19 season. With 452 matches played he is the most capped player in the history of the Danish Superliga.

Club Career

Born in Skive, Wurtz played his youth years at hometown club Skive IK. He made his senior debut for the club in the secondary Danish 1st Division league. In November 2001, he signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Aalborg Boldspilklub (AaB) in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship. Wurtz was subsequently loaned out to Skive for six months, where he finished the 2001–02 season. He joined AaB in July 2002, and instantly became a mainstay in the first team starting line-up. In his debut season in the 2002–03 Danish Superliga season, he missed only one match, as he played 32 of 33 league games. In his first three seasons at AaB, Wurtz only missed four of 99 Superliga games.

On 6 July 2007, Wurtz moved to league rivals F.C. Copenhagen, signing a five-year-long contract with the defending Danish champions. The transfer fee was reported to be around 3 to 4 million Danish kroner (€500,000). In his first time at Copenhagen, Wurtz suffered injuries and the lack of playing time caused his form to dip. In February 2009, he was loaned out to Superliga relegation battlers Vejle Boldklub. He played 15 Superliga games and scored one goal for Vejle, but could not prevent the club from being relegated. As he had played one game for Copenhagen earlier in the season, Wurtz had the bitter-sweet experience of both relegation and winning the championship during the 2008–09 Danish Superliga season.

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