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Anders Dreyer
Dreyer with Rubin Kazan in 2021
Personal information
Full name Anders Laustrup Dreyer[1]
Date of birth (1998-05-02) 2 May 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Bramming, Denmark
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Anderlecht
Number 36
Youth career
Ribe BK
Bramming BK
Esbjerg fB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Esbjerg fB 41 (20)
2018–2020 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
2019 → St Mirren (loan) 10 (1)
2019–2020 → SC Heerenveen (loan) 11 (1)
2020–2021 Midtjylland 53 (15)
2021–2022 Rubin Kazan 14 (8)
2022 → Midtjylland (loan) 10 (5)
2022–2023 Midtjylland 16 (8)
2023– Anderlecht 61 (24)
International career‡
2014–2015 Denmark U17 6 (3)
2016 Denmark U18 4 (0)
2017 Denmark U19 1 (0)
2017 Denmark U20 2 (0)
2018–2021 Denmark U21 21 (2)
2021– Denmark 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:00, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Anders Laustrup Dreyer (Danish pronunciation: [ˈtʁɑjɐ]; born 2 May 1998) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Belgian Pro League club R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Denmark national team.

A right winger, Dreyer previously played for Esbjerg fB, Brighton & Hove Albion, St Mirren, SC Heerenveen, Midtjylland and Rubin Kazan.

Club career

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Esbjerg fB

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On 20 September 2016, Esbjerg fB confirmed that they had extended Dreyer's contract by one year until 2018.[3] But he continued playing for their U19 squad.[citation needed]

Dreyer got his debut on 2 April 2017 in a 0–0 draw against Randers FC in the Danish Superliga[4] coming on in the 72nd minute to replace Awer Mabil. He scored his first goal for Esbjerg on 22 April 2017 against AC Horsens.[5]

He was promoted to the first team squad for the 2017–18 season in the Danish 1st Division.[citation needed] In this season he finished as the league topscorer with 18 goals, helping Esbjerg win promotion to the Superliga.[citation needed] On 27 May 2018, Dreyer scored his first hat-trick of his career in the second leg of their promotion playoff games against Silkeborg IF.[citation needed] His 3 goals secured a 3–1 aggregate lead to take Esbjerg back into the Superliga. Dreyer ended the season as the topscorer 2017–18 Danish 1st Division, scoring 18 goals.[citation needed]

Brighton & Hove Albion

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On 7 August 2018, Dreyer was sold to Brighton & Hove Albion.[6] Dreyer started on the U23 team, and got his debut in the first game of the season against Liverpool U23 on 8 October 2018.[7] In January 2019, Dreyer joined St Mirren on loan until the end of the season.[8] After picking up an knee injury at the end of April, Dreyer returned to Brighton & Hove Albion and missed the end of the season. Dreyer scored one goal in his eleven appearances for the club.[9]

On 23 August 2019, SC Heerenveen announced, that they had signed Dreyer on loan for the 2019–20 season.[10] He made his debut 8 days later coming on as a substitute in a 1–1 home draw against Fortuna Sittard.[11]

FC Midtjylland

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On 6 January 2020, FC Midtjylland announced that Dreyer had returned to Denmark and signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with the club.[12] His strong start – two goals and one assist in his first two appearances for the club – led to him being named as the Danish Superliga Player of the Month for February 2020.[13]

Rubin Kazan

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On 28 August 2021, he signed a five-year contract with Russian club FC Rubin Kazan.[14] On his debut on 13 September 2021 he scored a hat-trick against FC Ural Yekaterinburg.[15] He became the first player in the history of the league to score three goals in their first game in the league.[16]

On 11 March 2022, Dreyer's contract with Rubin was suspended until 30 June 2022 according to special FIFA regulations related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The regulations allow foreign players in Russia to suspend their contracts until the end of the 2021–22 season and sign with a club outside of Russia until that date.[17][18]

Return to Midtjylland

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On 16 March 2022, Dreyer returned to FC Midtjylland on a loan until 30 June 2022.[19] On 6 July 2022, he transferred to Midtjylland on a permanent basis and signed a four-year contract.[20]

Anderlecht

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On 15 January 2023, Dreyer signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Anderlecht in Belgium.[21]

International career

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In November 2020, he was called up to Kasper Hjulmand's senior squad for the friendly against Sweden due to several cancellations from, among others, the Danish national team players playing in England, due to the COVID-19 restrictions, as well as a case of COVID-19 in the squad, which had put several national team players in quarantine.[22]

He made his debut on 12 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against the Faroe Islands.[23]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 31 October 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Esbjerg fB 2016–17 Danish Superliga 6 1 0 0 — 4[b] 0 10 1
2017–18 Danish 1. Division 31 18 1 0 — 2[b] 3 34 21
2018–19 Danish Superliga 4 1 0 0 — — 4 1
Total 41 20 1 0 — 6 3 48 23
Brighton & Hove Albion 2018–19 Premier League 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2019–20 Premier League 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
St Mirren (loan) 2018–19 Scottish Premiership 10 1 1 0 — — 11 1
Heerenveen (loan) 2019–20 Eredivisie 11 1 2 0 — — 13 1
Midtjylland 2019–20 Danish Superliga 16 4 0 0 — — 16 4
2020–21 Danish Superliga 31 8 4 0 10[c] 3 — 45 11
2021–22[d] Danish Superliga 16 8 3 2 3[c] 0 — 22 10
Total 63 20 7 2 13 3 — 83 25
Rubin Kazan 2021–22 Russian Premier League 14 8 0 0 — — 14 8
Midtjylland 2022–23 Danish Superliga 16 8 1 0 10[e] 2 — 27 10
Anderlecht 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 14 4 0 0 6[f] 1 — 20 5
2023–24 Belgian Pro League 37 19 2 2 — — 39 21
2024–25 Belgian Pro League 10 1 1 1 4[g] 1 0 0 15 3
Total 61 24 3 3 10 2 — 74 29
Career total 216 82 14 4 33 7 6 3 270 97
  1. ^ Includes Danish Cup, Scottish Cup, KNVB Cup, Belgian Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in Danish Superliga play-offs
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Part of this season spent on loan from Rubin Kazan
  5. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  7. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

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Esbjerg fB

FC Midtjylland

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Premier League clubs publish retained lists". Premier League. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b Anders Dreyer at Soccerway
  3. ^ "EfB indgår nye aftaler med fremtidens spillere". efb.dk. 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "ESBJERG VS. RANDERS 0 - 0". soccerway.com. 2 April 2017.
  5. ^ "HORSENS VS. ESBJERG 0 - 1". soccerway.com. 22 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Så er det på plads: Anders Dreyer skifter til Brighton". jv.dk. 7 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Anders Dreyer biography". brightonandhovealbion.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Anders Dreyer: St Mirren sign Brighton & Hove Albion winger on loan". BBC Sport. 26 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Josef Sural: St Mirren's Vaclav Hladky will play before attending funeral". BBC Sport. 2 May 2019.
  10. ^ "sc Heerenveen verwelkomt Anders Dreyer". sc-heerenveen.nl. SC Heerenveen. 25 August 2019.
  11. ^ "sc Heerenveen - Fortuna Sittard - sc Heerenveen". SC Heerenveen. 31 August 2019. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  12. ^ "ANDERS DREYER SKIFTER TIL FC MIDTJYLLAND". FC Midtjylland. 6 January 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  13. ^ a b Blond, Mikael (28 February 2020). "FCM-indkøb er månedens Superliga-spiller". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  14. ^ "АНДЕРС ДРЕЙЕР – В "РУБИНЕ"" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 28 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Rubin v Ural game report". Russian Premier League. 13 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Matchday 7 Review: Debut goals galore, Nizhny Novgorod almost make history, Agalarov and Glushakov talisman achievements". Russian Premier League. 14 September 2021.
  17. ^ ""РУБИН" ПРИОСТАНОВИЛ КОНТРАКТЫ С ДРЕЙЕРОМ И ХАКШАБАНОВИЧЕМ" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 11 March 2022.
  18. ^ "FIFA adopts temporary employment and registration rules to address several issues in relation to war in Ukraine". FIFA. 7 March 2022.
  19. ^ "ANDERS DREYER VENDER HJEM TIL FC MIDTJYLLAND PÅ KORT AFTALE" (Press release) (in Danish). Midtjylland. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  20. ^ "FC MIDTJYLLAND KØBER ANDERS DREYER" (in Danish). Midtjylland. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  21. ^ "ANDERS DREYER JOINS RSCA". R.S.C. Anderlecht. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  22. ^ "The Latest: Denmark drops 7 UK-based players for Sweden game". taiwannews.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  23. ^ "Denmark v Faroe Islands game report". FIFA. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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