Lars Gerson

Lars Gerson
Gerson with IFK Norrköping in May 2012
Personal information
Full name Lars Christian Krogh Gerson
Date of birth (1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 (age 34)
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 62 (3)
International career‡
2009–2011 Luxembourg U21 4 (0)
2008– Luxembourg 98 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 November 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

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

Club

As of match played 28 October 2021[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 5 September 2024[3]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
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
  1. ^ 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

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

  1. ^ "26 maart 2008: Josy Barthel, Luxemburg, Luxemburg". Ronaldzwiers.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  2. ^ Lars Gerson at Soccerway
  3. ^ a b "NFT profile". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  4. ^ AS, TV 2 (17 October 2010). "- Vi er sikkert Tippeligaens minst kjente landslagsspillere".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ NTB (10 October 2014). "Nå skal Lars (24) møte Costa, Fabregas & co".


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