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Danish footballer (born 2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Kjær Kruse (born 15 May 2002) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swedish Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Kjær Kruse | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 15 May 2002||
Place of birth | Uldum, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | IFK Göteborg | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
Sole IF | |||
Hedensted IF | |||
Horsens | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2023 | Horsens | 67 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Valenciennes | 22 | (1) |
2024– | IFK Göteborg | 9 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022 | Denmark U20 | 2 | (0) |
2023– | Denmark U21 | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:11, 6 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:06, 4 August 2024 (UTC) |
Kruse started playing football at Sole IF, where he played for 4,5-years. He later joined Hedensted IF, where he was for 1,5-years, before joining AC Horsens as a U13 player.[2] In August 2019, after a good season with the U17s, games for the reserve team and training with the first team, 17-year old Kruse signed a contract with Horsens until June 2022.[3]
Shortly after, on 4 September 2019, Kruse got his official debut for Horsens in a Danish Cup game against BK Union.[4] This was his only official first team appearance in the 2019–20 season.
In September 2020 Horsens confirmed, that 18-year old Kruse had been permanently promoted to the first team squad.[5] After two Danish Cup appearances in beginning of the 2020–21 season, Kruse got his Danish Superliga debut for Horsens on 11 April 2021 against SønderjyskE.[6] He made a total of five appearances in the Superliga, before he signed a contract extension at the end of the season, until June 2025.[7]
On 10 August 2023 it was confirmed, that Kruse had been sold to French Ligue 2 side Valenciennes FC, signing a three-year deal, with an option for one further year.[8]
On 1 August 2024, Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg confirmed that they had signed Kruse on a deal until the end of 2028.[9][10]
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