Rasmus Thelander
Rasmus Thelander (born 9 July 1991) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Aalborg BK. Club career AB Thelander began his career as a senior footballer in 2010 for Akademisk Boldklub (AB) in Danish 1st Division, the second-tier league in Danish football. AaB In the summer of 2012, Thelander signed a two-year contract with the Danish Superliga club AaB. Thelander played his first season in AaB primarily as a substitute. In the 2013–14 season he made his Superliga breakthrough, as defender Lasse Nielsen left for the Dutch team NEC Nijmegen, thus leaving a spot open in the centre of defense. Afterwards, Thelander would play each league game through the rest of the season and help his club win the first Danish double. Thelander scored two goals in the 4–2 victory over Copenhagen in the Danish cup final and won the Danish Cup Fighter of the Year (årets pokalfighter). Panathinaikos Thelander signed a deal with the Greek team Panathinaikos on 2 July 2015. According to several Greek press sources he was offered a four-year contract having been recommended to Panathinaikos by René Henriksen, a former player with the club. Thelander had been courted in the previous season