Nicolai Larsen

Lyngby

Larsen played for Lyngby Boldklub from 2005, whom he moved to from the youth academy of Herlev IF. He never made a senior appearance for Lyngby, but gained several caps for Denmark national youth teams during his time at the club. While at Lyngby, Larsen went on trials abroad, among others with English club Everton. He moved away from Lyngby Boldklub in 2010.

AaB

2010–2012

On 15 June 2010, ahead of the 2010–11 season, AaB signed Larsen on a two-year contract. Then director of sports in AaB, Lynge Jakobsen stated in the club's press release that "Nicolai is young, but has the potential to become a Superliga goalkeeper, and with us he will, among other things, through daily practice with Karim Zaza and our goalkeeping coach Poul Buus have the opportunity to continue his development". Upon his arrival at AaB, he became the backup to starting goalkeeper, Karim Zaza, who played in AaB for four years, between 2007 and 2011.

Larsen made his debut for AaB as a 20-year-old when he started in an away match against Brøndby IF on 17 July 2011. His first senior appearance ended in a 2–2 draw, where he played the full 90 minutes. Larsen was considered the starting goalkeeper in the 2011–12 season, his second at AaB, after Zaza's contract with the club was not extended, despite the club being saved from relegation on the last day of play in the regular season. Addressing Larsen's debut, Kent Nielsen, AaB's head coach, stated that "we [AaB] are…

Larsen has appeared for all Denmark national youth teams throughout his career. He gained most caps for the Denmark under-19 team. Larsen made his debut when he participated in a national youth match against Portugal under-16 on 10 April 2007 in Castelo Branco, Portugal with Glen Riddersholm as coach. His debut for the under-16 team ended in a 2–2 draw. He has gained 37 caps for various national youth teams between under-16 and under-21 level, but has not yet won an appearance for the Denmark national football team. Larsen received his first call-up for the Denmark national team on 26 August 2014, where he and his teammate Rasmus Würtz were selected to play the friendly match against Turkey on 3 September 2014, played at TREFOR Park in Odense, and against Armenia in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers on 7 September 2014. In the match against Turkey, Larsen did not make an appearance as Denmark lost 2–1 on goals by Ozan Tufan and Olcay Şahan. He also did not appear in the qualifying match against Armenia, where Kasper Schmeichel was preferred as a starter the match.

As of match played 17 May 2026

Both his father and his grandfather have made appearances and scored goals for the Denmark national team. His father and grandfather are named Carsten Larsen and Benno Larsen, respectively. Benno Larsen was born on 30 September 1949. He started his professional career in B 1903 in 1969, where he played until 1971. Benno Larsen won 16 national team caps and played in his active career in clubs such as FC St. Pauli, GAIS and FC Augsburg. He participated in the famous away game in Gothenburg, where Denmark won 2–1 in 1976; a place where Denmark had not won a match since 1937. In addition to his 16 caps, he also played 21 matches for the Denmark under-21 team. Benno Larsen became coach of Helsingør IF seniors in 2012. Carsten Larsen was born on 5 September 1968. He gained three caps for Denmark under-17. He made his international debut on 29 July 1986 in a match against Iceland in Akureyri, Iceland in an inter-Nordic tournament. Carsten Larsen has been described as a responsive goalkeeper with good hands, but stopped prematurely in 1999 after a series of serious cruciate ligament injuries. In 1986, Carsten Larsen received the KB Fodbold Granen, which is awarded each year by Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB)'s board to the club's U17 or U19 player.