Rene Eriksen Petersen
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-06-11) 11 June 2001
Place of birth Greenland
Position(s) Centre-forward
Team information
Current team
 KÍ
Youth career
2018–2020 Nykøbing
2020–2022 B.1901
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022 N-48
2023– KÍ 7 (0)
2023– → KÍ II (loan) 1 (1)
International career‡
2022– Greenland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:00, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:00, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Rene Eriksen Petersen (born 11 June 2001) is a Greenlandic footballer who plays as a forward for Faroe Islands Premier League club Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag, and the Greenland national team.

Club career

As a youth, Petersen was in the academy of Nykøbing in Denmark.[1] In 2019 B-67 Vice-president Finn Meinel identified him as the best young talent in Greenland.[2] In 2022, he was named to the Greenlandic Football Championship Team of the Year while playing for N-48. He scored in the final to help the club win the championship.[3][4]

From 31 January to 17 February 2023 Petersen and fellow-Greenlander Bastian Rosing went on trial with Faroese club KÍ Klaksvík through a partnership between the club and B-67.[5][6] The players had the opportunity to join the first team in the Faroe Islands Premier League or the reserve team in the 1. deild.[7] During the trial, he scored for the reserve team in a training match and spent time with the first team while Rosing was forced out through a knee injury.[8] In March 2023 it was officially announced that Petersen had signed an initial deal with the reserve squad.[9][10]

International career

Petersen was named to Greenland's squad for the 2021 Island Games to be held in Guernsey.[11] However, the games were eventually cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]

In August 2021, Greenland head coach Morten Rutkjær named Petersen to the 24-man squad that would train and compete against several Danish clubs in Denmark the following month.[13] The camp was the first of its kind after the Greenland Football Association began the process of joining CONCACAF.[14] Petersen was then part of the roster for Greenland's first match against an official national team after beginning the process of joining CONCACAF, a friendly match against Kosovo under-21 played in Turkey in September 2022.[15]

He was named to the squad again for the 2023 Island Games to be played in July of that year.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "ØUB - NYKØBING FC". DBU. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "On a échangé avec Finn Meinel, vice-président du B-67 au Groenland" (in French). nordiskfootball.fr. 13 January 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Stokkermans, Karel. "Greenland 2022". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Nagdlunguak' vinder GM-titlen efter vildt drama" (in Danish). sermitsiaq.ag. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Presta, Agnar. "Tveir spælarar úr Grønlandi til royndarvenjing í KÍ" (in Faroese). roysni.fo. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Nielsen, Jonas. "Tveir evnaríkir leikarar úr Grønlandi royndarvenja við KÍ" (in Faroese). Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  7. ↑ Kristensen, Kassaaluk. "To B-67 spillere prøver kræfter i Færøerne" (in Danish). sermitsiaq.ag. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  8. ↑ Presta, Agnar. "KÍ gjørt sáttmála við grønlendskan spælara" (in Faroese). roysni.fo. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  9. ↑ Ósá, Jákup. "Rene Eriksen Petersen til KÍ" (in Faroese). nordlysid.fo. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  10. ↑ Kristensen, Kassaaluk. "Landsholdsspiller skriver kontrakt og rykker til Færøerne" (in Danish). sermitsiaq.ag. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  11. ↑ Molgaard, Noah. "Toqqaaneq: Aajuku isikkamik arsaannermi nunanut allanut unammisartutut toqqarallakkat" (in Kalaallisut). knr.gl. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "2021 Island Games cancelled". Energy FM. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  13. ↑ Brøns, Malik. "Her er fodboldslandsholdstruppen" (in Danish). Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "Første samling for »nyt grønlands landshold: Vildbjerg er garant for kvalitet" (in Danish). Herning Folkeblad. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  15. ↑ Hansen, Nukappiaaluk. "Fodbold: Landstræner har udtaget 20 spillere til træningslejr" (in Danish). Sermitsiaq. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  16. ↑ Molgaard, Noah. "Her er fodboldlandsholdet til Island Games" (in Danish). knr.gl. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
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