Lars Cramer

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Lars Cramer

| image = Lars Cramer (Asker Fotball) - Norway national under-21 football team (01).jpg

| image_size = 200

| caption = Cramer before a match for Norway U21

| fullname = Lars Gramstad Cramer

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|5|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Drammen, Norway

| height = {{height|m=1.87}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = –2006

| youthclubs1 = Glassverket

| years1 = 2007–2012

| clubs1 = Strømsgodset

| caps1 = 2

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2010

| clubs2 = → Asker (loan)

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2011

| clubs3 = → Asker (loan)

| caps3 = 17

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2013–2015

| clubs4 = Kalmar

| caps4 = 49

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2016

| clubs5 = Aalesund

| caps5 = 2

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2017

| clubs6 = Brann

| caps6 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2010

| nationalteam1 = Norway U19

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2011

| nationalteam2 = Norway U21

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2012–2015

| nationalteam3 = Norway U23

| nationalcaps3 = 5

| nationalgoals3 = 0

}}

Lars Cramer (born 25 May 1991) is a retired Norwegian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Cramer spent the 2010 season with Asker on loan.{{cite web |url=http://fotballmagasinet.no/index.php?mode=news&id=21058 |language=no|title=Asker låner keeper fra Godset |work=fotballmagasinet.no |date=8 April 2010 |accessdate=23 November 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223082356/http://fotballmagasinet.no/index.php?mode=news&id=21058 |archive-date=23 February 2013 |url-status=dead }} He was also loaned out to Asker in the 2011 season and played 17 matches for the club in the First Division.{{cite web |url=http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=player&personId=205129 |language=no|title=Lars Cramer |work=altomfotball.no |publisher=TV 2 |accessdate=23 November 2012}} Strømsgodset used their option to recall Cramer in August 2011, and he made his debut in Eliteserien against Odd Grenland on 2 October 2011, when Adam Larsen Kwarasey was benched by head coach Ronny Deila.{{cite news |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/09/30/sport/fotball/tippeligaen/stromsgodset/ronny_deila/18388772/ |language=no|title=Deila benker Kwarasey etter forsentkomming |work=Dagbladet |first=Jørgen B. |last=Hoff |date=30 September 2011 |accessdate=23 November 2012}}

Cramer has represented Norway at youth level, and played two matches for the under-19 team in 2010, one match for the under-21 team in 2011 and one match for the Norway national under-23 football team|under-23 team in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=2304924 |language=no|title=Lars Cramer's profil |work=fotball.no |publisher=Football Association of Norway |accessdate=23 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130222181344/http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=2304924 |archivedate=22 February 2013 }}

Cramer retired from professional football when his contract with Aalesund ran out after the 2016-season, to focus on a medical degree at the University of Bergen.[http://www.aafk.no/nyheter/viking-keeper-til-aafk Viking-keeper til AaFK]‚ aafk.no, 29 December 2016 On September 6, 2017, however, he signed a short-term contract with SK Brann as they were in dire need of goalkeepers for the remainder of the 2017 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.bt.no/100Sport/fotball/Dette-er-Branns-nye-keeper-241527b.html |language=no|title=Dette er Branns nye keeper |work=Bergens Tidende |accessdate=6 September 2017}}