Lars Gerson

Lars Gerson
	Gerson with IFK Norrköping in May 2012
Personal information
Full name	Lars Christian Krogh Gerson
Date of birth	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
2008–2011	Kongsvinger
2012–2014	IFK Norrköping
2015–2017	GIF Sundsvall
2018–2020	IFK Norrköping
2021	Racing de Santander
2021	Brann
2022–	Kongsvinger
International career‡
2009–2011	Luxembourg U21
2008–	Luxembourg
	*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
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kongsvinger	2008	Adeccoligaen	7	0	0	0	—		7	0
	2009	Adeccoligaen	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

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

^ 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

^ "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

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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[3] Appearances in UEFA Europa League

[Pro-5] Included one Non Fifa match

[26_maart_2008:_Josy_Barthel,_Luxemburg,_Luxemburg.-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

[NFT_profile-4] "NFT profile". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

[6] AS, TV 2 (17 October 2010). "- Vi er sikkert Tippeligaens minst kjente landslagsspillere".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[7] NTB (10 October 2014). "Nå skal Lars (24) møte Costa, Fabregas & co".

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