| Lukas Lerager | |
| Fullname: | Lukas Reiff Lerager[1] |
| Birth Date: | 12 July 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Gladsaxe, Denmark |
| Height: | 1.86 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Copenhagen |
| Clubnumber: | 12 |
| Years1: | 2010–2013 |
| Clubs1: | AB |
| Caps1: | 50 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2013–2016 |
| Clubs2: | Viborg |
| Caps2: | 67 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs3: | Zulte Waregem |
| Caps3: | 39 |
| Goals3: | 6 |
| Years4: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs4: | Bordeaux |
| Caps4: | 55 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Years5: | 2019 |
| Clubs5: | → Genoa (loan) |
| Caps5: | 14 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs6: | Genoa |
| Caps6: | 37 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs7: | → Copenhagen (loan) |
| Caps7: | 46 |
| Goals7: | 10 |
| Years8: | 2022– |
| Clubs8: | Copenhagen |
| Caps8: | 58 |
| Goals8: | 8 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2011 |
| Nationalteam1: | Denmark U18 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2011–2012 |
| Nationalteam2: | Denmark U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2012 |
| Nationalteam3: | Denmark U20 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam4: | Denmark U21 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2017–2019 |
| Nationalteam5: | Denmark |
| Nationalcaps5: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 11 August 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 08:24, 15 October 2019 (UTC) |
Lukas Reiff Lerager (born 12 July 1993) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club Copenhagen.
Lerager played club football for AB, Viborg and Zulte Waregem.
He joined French club Bordeaux in June 2017, signing a four-year contract.[2] [3]
On 29 January 2019, Lerager signed to Italian Serie A club Genoa on loan with an option to buy.[4] The deal was later turned permanent.[5]
He moved on loan to F.C. Copenhagen on 1 February 2021.[6] The transfer was made permanent on 21 May 2022.[7] On 12 December 2023, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Galatasaray, which qualified his club to the Champions League knockout stages.[8]
After representing them at youth level,[9] Lerager made his debut for the Denmark senior national team in 2017.
In June 2018, he was named in Denmark's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| AB | 2010–11 | Danish 1st Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 3 | |||
| Viborg | 2013–14 | Danish Superliga | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Danish 1st Division | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16 | Danish Superliga | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 33 | 1 | |||
| Total | 67 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 2 | |||
| Zulte Waregem | 2016–17 | Belgian First Division A | 39 | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | 44 | 6 | ||
| Bordeaux | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 3 | |
| 2018–19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| Total | 55 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 68 | 3 | |||
| Genoa (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Genoa | 2019–20 | Serie A | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 37 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | |||
| Copenhagen (loan) | 2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | |
| 2021–22 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 43 | 9 | |||
| Total | 46 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 60 | 13 | |||
| Copenhagen | 2022–23 | Danish Superliga | 30 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 44 | 7 | |
| 2023–24 | Danish Superliga | 25 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 40 | 7 | ||
| 2024–25 | Danish Superliga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 58 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 91 | 14 | |||
| Career total | 364 | 33 | 25 | 4 | 47 | 7 | 436 | 44 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 2017 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 10 | 1 | ||
Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lerager goal.
Viborg
Zulte Waregem
Copenhagen