 Rønnow withEintracht Frankfurt in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frederik Riis Rønnow[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-08-04)4 August 1992 (age 33) | ||
| Place of birth | Horsens, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Union Berlin | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Stensballe IK | |||
| AC Horsens | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 | AC Horsens | 69 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | →Esbjerg fB (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | Brøndby | 119 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 21 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | →Schalke 04 (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2021– | Union Berlin | 119 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010 | Denmark U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Denmark U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2012 | Denmark U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | Denmark U21 | 14 | (0) |
| 2016–2024 | Denmark | 10 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 November 2024 | |||
Frederik Riis Rønnow (Danish pronunciation:[ˈfʁeðˀʁekˈʁiˀsˈʁɶnʌw,ˈfʁæðˀʁæk-]; born 4 August 1992) is a Danish professionalfootballer who plays as agoalkeeper forBundesliga clubUnion Berlin, and previously for theDenmark national team.
Rønnow started his career as a youth player atHorsens club Stensballe IK before joiningAC Horsens at the age of 16. He made his first team debut on 7 September 2011 in aDanish Cup match againstHolstebro, a game Horsens won 5–0.[2]
Already being the first choice goalkeeper for theDanish U21 team, and having been awarded the HorsensPlayer of the Year Award for the 2012–13 season,[3] Rønnow's agent, former Danish internationalJohn Sivebæk, expressed his reluctance for his client to be playing in theDanish 1st Division following Horsens' relegation from theDanish Superliga.[4] As a consequence, on 5 July 2013, Rønnow moved to Superliga clubEsbjerg fB on a season-long loan following the departure ofLukáš Hrádecký.[5]
In July 2015, Rønnow signed a four-year contract withBrøndby IF.[6] He made two appearances in theUEFA Europa League, in which Brøndby were knocked out byPAOK.[7] In the league, he played 33 game as the team finished in fourth place.
In the2016–17 season, Rønnow played seven games in the Europa League qualifiers in which he was sent off once, as Brøndby were eliminated byPanathinaikos.[8] He also played three times in the Danish Cup tournament and appeared in 34 total matches in regular season as well as the championship round.[9]
In his final season with Brøndby, the2017–18 season, the team finished second in the league and won the cup by beatingSilkeborg IF 3–1 under head coachAlexander Zorniger.[10][11]
In April 2018 it was announced that Rønnow would joinEintracht Frankfurt in July 2018, again mirroring the movements of Hrádecký.[12] He made his debut in theGerman Super Cup on 12 August 2018.[13] He was brought in to be the starting goalkeeper and appeared in Eintracht's first three competitive games. Due to insecure performances, Eintracht loanedKevin Trapp fromParis Saint-Germain shortly before the end of the summer transfer window, and Rønnow lost his starting spot.[14][15] During his first season he made a total of two appearances in the league and in Europa League, in which Frankfurt reached the semi-finals.[16] Trapp signed a permanent deal after the 2018–19 season, but suffered an injury and was sidelined for large parts of the first half of the 2019–20 season.[17] Rønnow replaced him in goal and was able to convince with strong performances.[18]
On 30 September 2020, he joinedSchalke 04 on a year-long loan.[19] He initially replacedRalf Fährmann as the starting goalkeeper, making seven Bundesliga appearances. Then, he fell out with an injury; Schalke's managersManuel Baum,Huub Stevens,Christian Gross andDimitrios Grammozis relied on the services of Fährmann again after his recovery, which meant that Rønnow only came to four more appearances by the end of the season after Fährmann was sidelined with an injury.[20] With Schalke, he suffered relegation to the2. Bundesliga at the end of the season and he then subsequently returned to Frankfurt.[21][22]
On 20 July 2021, Rønnow joinedUnion Berlin on a three-year contract,[23] and would initially start his stint with the club as a backup to starterAndreas Luthe.[24] He made his debut on 27 October in aDFB-Pokal match againstWaldhof Mannheim, which ended in a 3–1 win.[25]
After playing for several Danish youth teams, he was called up to represent the seniorDenmark national team on 9 March 2016 by new head coachÅge Hareide, for friendly matches againstIceland andScotland.[26]
In June 2018 he was named in Denmark's squad for the2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[27]
In June 2021, he was included in the national team's bid for2020 UEFA Euro, where the team reached the semi-finals, but did not play in a single match.[28]
Rønnow retired from international football on 5 November 2024, making the announcement on his personal Instagram.[29][30]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Horsens | 2010–11 | Danish Superliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Danish Superliga | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | Danish Superliga | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Danish 1st Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Total | 56 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 69 | 0 | |||
| Esbjerg (loan) | 2013–14 | Danish Superliga | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | |
| Brøndby | 2015–16 | Danish Superliga | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | Danish Superliga | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7[a] | 0 | — | 44 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Danish Superliga | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||
| Total | 99 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 119 | 0 | |||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Schalke 04 (loan) | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Union Berlin | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10[a] | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[d] | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| Total | 119 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 0 | — | 149 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 314 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 395 | 0 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | |
Brøndby
