Tobias Lauritsen
{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1997)}}
{{about|a Norwegian footballer|the Danish footballer|Tobias Lauritsen (footballer, born 2004)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tobias Lauritsen
| image = GAE - Sparta Rotterdam - 53276846272 (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| fullname = Tobias Lauritsen
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|8|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Norway
| height =
| position = Striker
| currentclub = Sparta Rotterdam
| clubnumber = 9
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Herkules
| years1 = 2013
| clubs1 = Herkules
| caps1 = 4
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2013–2014
| clubs2 = Urædd
| caps2 = 20
| goals2 = 11
| years3 = 2014–2016
| clubs3 = Odd
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2016–2017
| clubs4 = Pors
| caps4 = 29
| goals4 = 33
| years5 = 2018–2022
| clubs5 = Odd
| caps5 = 103
| goals5 = 18
| years6 = 2022–
| clubs6 = Sparta Rotterdam
| caps6 = 97
| goals6 = 35
| club-update = 10 June 2025
| caption = Lauritsen playing for Sparta Rotterdam in 2023
}}
Tobias Lauritsen (born 30 August 1997) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a striker for Eredivisie side Sparta Rotterdam.
Career
=Club=
Lauritsen started his career in Herkules and got his first-team debut in 2013. Midway in the season Herkules had to pull its team from league play, making the entire player roster available for transfer. Lauritsen went to Urædd FK together with Kevin Jablinski among others.{{cite news|title=Drømmer om Odd|work=Telemarksavisa|date=2 April 2013|language=Norwegian}}{{cite news|title=Klubber forsøker å hente Herkules-spillere|work=Telemarksavisa|date=16 May 2013|language=Norwegian}}{{cite news|title=Ny Herkulesspiller til Urædd?|work=Porsgrunns Dagblad|date=15 August 2013|language=Norwegian}} One year later, Lauritsen progressed to the regional giants Odds BK where Jablinski had already gone.{{cite news|title=Forer Odd med talenter|work=Porsgrunns Dagblad|date=6 August 2014|language=Norwegian}}
Lauritsen made his Odd debut in the 2015 Norwegian Football Cup first round, coming off the bench and scoring in a 13–0 thrashing of Skotfoss.{{cite news|title=Fotball-NM: Skotfoss - Odd 0-13|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=22 April 2015|language=Norwegian}} He then mainly saw playing time for Odds BK 2, the B team, in the 2015 2. divisjon, playing one more first-team game, the first leg of the 2016 Norwegian Football Cup.
In the summer of 2016 Odd picked up the talent Stefan Mladenovic from another neighboring club Pors, and Pors wanted Lauritsen and other players in a player exchange deal. The deal did not go through, but in September 2016 Lauritsen joined Pors anyway.{{cite news|title=Pors skal ha penger og spillere|work=Varden|date=20 June 2016|language=Norwegian}}{{cite news|title=Lauritsen klar|work=Porsgrunns Dagblad|date=10 September 2016|language=Norwegian}} Sustaining an injury in his debut game,{{cite news|title=- Veldig synd for Tobias|work=Porsgrunns Dagblad|date=20 September 2016|language=Norwegian}} Lauritsen could not prevent relegation from the 2016 2. divisjon, but in the 2017 3. divisjon he scored 32 goals in 26 league games. As a result he was bought by his old club Odd.{{cite news|title=63 av 84 mål borte fra Pors siden i fjor|work=Porsgrunns Dagblad|date=12 January 2018|language=Norwegian}}{{cite news|title=Lauritsen tilbake i Odd|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=18 January 2018|language=Norwegian}} He finally made his Eliteserien debut, as a substitute in the league opener against Haugesund, and in the first round of the 2018 Norwegian Football Cup he bagged four goals.
On 21 June 2022, Lauritsen signed a three-year contract with Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam that came into effect at the end of July 2022.{{cite web|publisher=Sparta Rotterdam|url=https://www.sparta-rotterdam.nl/noren-lauritsen-en-kitolano-naar-sparta/|title=NOREN LAURITSEN EN KITOLANO NAAR SPARTA|date=23 June 2022|access-date=24 June 2022|language=nl}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 18 May 2025}}{{cite web|title=Tobias Lauritsen|url=http://www.nifs.no/personprofil.php?person_id=105748|website=nifs.no|publisher=Norsk Internesjonal Fotballstatistikk|accessdate=3 May 2018|language=Norwegian}}
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Norwegian Football Cup, KNVB Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Herkules
|2013 |4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 6 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="3" |Urædd
|2013 |Norwegian Third Division |9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 9 | 4 | ||
| 2014
|Norwegian Third Division |11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 13 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 22 | 5 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Odd
|2014 |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015
|Eliteserien |0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2016
|Eliteserien |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Pors Grenland
|2016 |3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2017
|Norwegian Third Division |26 | 32 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 28 | 33 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!29 | 33 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 31 | 34 | ||
| rowspan="6"|Odd
|2018 |Eliteserien |18 | 1 | 4 | 7 | colspan="2"|– | 22 | 8 | ||
| 2019
|Eliteserien |21 | 0 | 6 | 6 | colspan="2"|– | 27 | 6 | ||
| 2020
|Eliteserien |20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 20 | 3 | ||
| 2021
|Eliteserien |29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 32 | 9 | ||
| 2022
|Eliteserien |15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 17 | 6 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!103 | 18 | 15 | 14 | colspan="2"|– | 118 | 32 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Sparta Rotterdam
|34 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 14 | |
| 2023–24
|Eredivisie |31 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in Eredivisie European play-offs}} | 1 | 33 | 13 | |
| 2024–25
|Eredivisie |32 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 10 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!97 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 102 | 38 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!253 | 91 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 280 | 109 |
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Honours
Individual
- Eredivisie Team of the Month: November 2022,{{Cite web |date=30 November 2022 |title=Taylor Booth named as Eredivisie Player of the Month for November |url=https://eredivisie.eu/news/taylor-booth-named-as-eredivisie-player-of-the-month-for-november/ |access-date=30 November 2022 |website=Eredivisie |language=en}} August 2023{{Cite web |date=3 September 2023 |title=Nine clubs provide players for Eredivisie Team of the Month |url=https://eredivisie.eu/news/nine-clubs-provide-players-for-eredivisie-team-of-the-month/ |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=Eredivisie |language=}}
References
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{{Sparta Rotterdam squad}}
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Category:Footballers from Skien
Category:Norwegian men's footballers
Category:Sparta Rotterdam players
Category:Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands