Lars Gerson
 Gerson with IFK Norrköping in May 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lars Christian Krogh Gerson | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kongsvinger | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kongsvinger | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | Kongsvinger | 58 | (7) |
| 2012–2014 | IFK Norrköping | 75 | (9) |
| 2015–2017 | GIF Sundsvall | 73 | (6) |
| 2018–2020 | IFK Norrköping | 78 | (8) |
| 2021 | Racing de Santander | 4 | (0) |
| 2021 | Brann | 1 | (0) |
| 2022– | Kongsvinger | 53 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2011 | Luxembourg U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2008– | Luxembourg | 98 | (4) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2024 | |||
Lars Christian Krogh Gerson (born 5 February 1990) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for OBOS-ligaen side Kongsvinger IL.
International career
[edit]Gerson made his debut for Luxembourg on 26 March 2008, in a 0–2 friendly loss against Wales.[1]
Gerson has also represented Luxembourg at youth level, a.o. at the under-17 European Championship of 2006.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 28 October 2021[2]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kongsvinger | 2008 | Adeccoligaen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2010 | Tippeligaen | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 22 | 2 | ||
| 2011 | Adeccoligaen | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 6 | ||
| Total | 58 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | 60 | 8 | |||
| IFK Norrköping | 2012 | Allsvenskan | 28 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 33 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 30 | 4 | |||
| 2014 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 3 | |||
| Total | 75 | 9 | 7 | 1 | — | 82 | 9 | |||
| GIF Sundsvall | 2015 | Allsvenskan | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 4 | |||
| 2017 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |||
| Total | 63 | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | 68 | 6 | |||
| IFK Norrköping | 2018 | Allsvenskan | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 38 | 4 | ||
| 2020 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 30 | 3 | |||
| Total | 78 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 94 | 8 | ||
| Racing de Santander | 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Brann | 2021 | Eliteserien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 279 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 309 | 32 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
[edit]- As of match played 5 September 2024[3]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luxembourg | 2008 | 5 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 7[a] | 1 | |
| 2015 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 98 | 4 | |
- ^ Included one Non Fifa match
- As of 13 October 2015
Score lists Luxembourg's goal tally first.[3]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 March 2011 | Stadionul Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamț, Romania |  Romania |
1–0 |
1–3 |
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
| 2 | 14 November 2012 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |  Scotland |
1–2 |
1–2 |
Friendly |
| 3 | 9 September 2014 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |  Belarus |
1–0 |
1–1 |
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
| 4 | 12 October 2015 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |  Slovakia |
2–3 |
2–4 |
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
Personal life
[edit]Gerson was born in Luxembourg to a Luxembourgian father and Norwegian mother.[4] His maternal grandfather is the Norwegian anchorman Lars-Jacob Krogh.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "26 maart 2008: Josy Barthel, Luxemburg, Luxemburg". Ronaldzwiers.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
- ^ Lars Gerson at Soccerway
- ^ a b "NFT profile". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ AS, TV 2 (17 October 2010). "- Vi er sikkert Tippeligaens minst kjente landslagsspillere".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ NTB (10 October 2014). "Nå skal Lars (24) møte Costa, Fabregas & co".
External links
[edit]- Lars Gerson at the Kongsvinger IL website at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 May 2008) (in Norwegian)
- Lars Gerson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Lars Gerson at Soccerway
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