Tobias Lauritsen (born 30 August 1997) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B side Sampdoria.
Career 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. One year later, Lauritsen progressed to the regional giants Odds BK where Jablinski had already gone.
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. 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. Sustaining an injury in his debut game, 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. 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.
On 18 July 2026, Lauritsen moved to Sampdoria in Italy on a three-season deal.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsHerkules2013Norwegian Third Division4021–61Urædd2013Norwegian Third Division9400–942014Norwegian Third Division11120–131Total20520–225Odd2014Eliteserien0000–002015Eliteserien0011–112016Eliteserien0000–00Total0011–11Pors Grenland2016Norwegian Second Division3100–312017Norwegian Third Division263221–2833Total293321–3134Odd2018Eliteserien18147–2282019Eliteserien21066–2762020Eliteserien20300–2032021Eliteserien29831–3292022Eliteserien15620–176Total103181514–11832Sparta Rotterdam2022–23Eredivisie3412220036142023–24Eredivisie3112101133132024–25Eredivisie3210100033102025–26Eredivisie341232—3714Total13147741113952Career total287103291911317123
Honours Individual Eredivisie Team of the Month: November 2022, August 2023
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