Kasper Dolberg

Kasper Dolberg Rasmussen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰæspɐ ˈtʌlˌpɛɐ̯ˀ]; born 6 October 1997) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for French football club Nice[2] and the Denmark national team. Dolberg made his senior debut at Silkeborg IF in May 2015. He joined Ajax in July 2015 and made his debut for the club in July 2016. He represented Denmark at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 level before making his senior international debut in November 2016.

Kasper Dolberg
Dolberg in training with Ajax in 2016
Personal information
Full name Kasper Dolberg Rasmussen
Date of birth (1997-10-06) 6 October 1997
Place of birth Silkeborg, Denmark
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Nice
Number 9
Youth career
2005–2010 GFG Voel
2010–2015 Silkeborg IF
2015–2016 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Silkeborg IF 3 (0)
2016–2019 Ajax 78 (33)
2019– Nice 37 (14)
National team‡
2013 Denmark U16 7 (1)
2013–2014 Denmark U17 8 (5)
2015 Denmark U19 8 (2)
2016–2019 Denmark U21 1 (1)
2016– Denmark 22 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2020

In May 2020 Dolberg was voted as player of the year by the fans of his club OGC Nice. While at Ajax, he was named Dutch Football Talent of the year after his first season in the Eredivisie in 2017.

Club career

Silkeborg IF

On 17 May 2015, he made his senior debut for Silkeborg IF in a Danish Superliga game against Brøndby IF, replacing Adeola Lanre Runsewe after 63 minutes in a 2–0 home defeat.[3]

Ajax

On 5 January 2015, Ajax announced that 17-year-old Dolberg would join from Silkeborg IF in the summer, signing a three-year contract valid from summer 2015 until summer 2018.[4] He had been spotted by Danish scout John Steen Olsen, the same scout who discovered players such as Zlatan Ibrahimović, Viktor Fischer, and Christian Eriksen for the Dutch capital club.[5] On 13 May 2016, Dolberg agreed to have his contract extended until 2021.[6]

On 26 July 2016, Dolberg scored his first goal in European competition on his competitive debut for Ajax, in a 1–1 Champions League qualification match against PAOK.[7] He made his Eredivisie debut for the club on 7 August 2016 in a match against Sparta Rotterdam, coming on as a substitute for Mateo Cassierra.[8] The following week he was in the starting line-up for the league match against Roda JC and he scored both of Ajax' goals in the 2–2 draw, his first goals in the Eredivisie.[9] On 29 September 2016, Dolberg scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Standard Liège in a Europa League match.[10] He scored another goal in his first 'Klassieker' against Ajax' great rival Feyenoord on 23 October 2016, securing a 1–1 draw away in Rotterdam.[11] On 20 November 2016, he scored a first-half hat-trick in an Eredivisie match against NEC.[12] This made him the youngest non-Dutch player ever to score a hattrick for Ajax.[13] On 9 March 2017, Dolberg scored the equalizer in what ended in a 2–1 loss to F.C. Copenhagen in the round of 16 of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League campaign, thus ending a club record eight-month period in which Copenhagen had not conceded any goals at their home ground at Parken Stadium since 20 August 2016.[14]

OGC Nice

Dolberg signed for Nice in Ligue 1 on 29 August 2019 for a fee of 20.5 million euros.[15] He finished his first season in France as the club's top scorer with 11 goals as Nice finished in fifth place, securing a spot in the group stage for next season's UEFA Europa League.

International career

In November 2016, Dolberg received his first call-up to the senior Denmark squad for matches against Kazakhstan and Czech Republic.[16] On 11 November 2016, he made his senior international debut, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 4–1 victory for Denmark over Kazakhstan.[17] On 10 June 2017, in a 1–3 away win against Kazakhstan in the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup, he came on as a substitute for Yussuf Poulsen after 68 minutes and scored his first international goal in the 81st minute.[18]

In May 2018 he was named in Denmark’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[19]

Personal life

On 16 September 2019, Dolberg reported to the police that his luxury watch at an estimated value of €70,000 was stolen. Following a police investigation, in which the police recovered a surveillance video showing the culprit stealing the watch, his teammate Lamine Diaby-Fadiga confessed to the crime ten days later.[20] Diaby was later sacked by the club.[21]

Career statistics

Club
As of 25 October 2020[22][23]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe[lower-alpha 3] Other Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Silkeborg IF 2014–15 Danish Superliga 3000———30
Ajax 2016–17 Eredivisie 291620—167—4723
2017–18 Eredivisie 23633—40—309
2018–19 Eredivisie 251141—90—3812
2019–20 Eredivisie 1000—101[lower-alpha 4]131
Total 783394003071111845
Nice 2019–20 Ligue 1 23113000——2611
2020–21 Ligue 1 6300—10—73
Total 2914300010003314
Career total 10946124003171115459
  1. Includes Danish Cup, KNVB Cup and Coupe de France matches
  2. Include Coupe de la Ligue matches
  3. Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches
  4. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

International
As of match played 14 October 2020[24]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Denmark 201610
201731
201860
201974
202050
Total225

International goals
As of match played 15 October 2019. Denmark score listed first, score column indicates score after each Dolberg goal.[24]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 June 2017Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan3 Kazakhstan3–13–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 10 June 2019Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark13 Georgia1–05–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
3 3–1
4 15 October 2019Aalborg Stadium, Aalborg, Denmark15 Luxembourg2–04–0Friendly
5 3–0

Honours

Club

Ajax[25]

Individual

References
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  16. "Hareide tager teenagekomet med på landsholdet" (in Danish). b.dk. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  17. "Eriksen sprudleri dansk 4–1 sejr" (in Danish). dbu.dk. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
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  19. "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - 23-man & preliminary lists & when will they be announced?". Goal. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  20. "Diaby Gadiga reconnait avoir volé-la montre de Dolberg". Eurosport. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  21. "Lamine Diaby-Fadiga sacked by Nice after stealing team-mate's watch". 1 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  22. "Kasper Dolberg » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
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  24. "Dolberg, Kasper". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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  26. "2016/17: United win it for Manchester". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 May 2017. Archived from the original on 20 November 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
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  30. "Dolberg crowned". OGCNice.com. OGC Nice. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
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