Anders Dreyer
Danish footballer (born 1998)
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Anders Laustrup Dreyer (Danish pronunciation: [ˈtʁɑjɐ]; born 2 May 1998) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Major League Soccer club San Diego FC and the Denmark national team.
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Dreyer with Rubin Kazan in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anders Laustrup Dreyer[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Bramming, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | San Diego FC | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ribe BK | |||
| Bramming BK | |||
| Esbjerg fB | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Esbjerg fB | 41 | (20) |
| 2018–2020 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | → St Mirren (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → SC Heerenveen (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Midtjylland | 53 | (15) |
| 2021–2022 | Rubin Kazan | 14 | (8) |
| 2022 | → Midtjylland (loan) | 10 | (5) |
| 2022–2023 | Midtjylland | 16 | (8) |
| 2023–2025 | Anderlecht | 69 | (26) |
| 2025– | San Diego FC | 52 | (26) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Denmark U17 | 6 | (3) |
| 2016 | Denmark U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017 | Denmark U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Denmark U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Denmark U21 | 21 | (2) |
| 2021– | Denmark | 9 | (3) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 03:51, 2 August 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026 | |||
Dreyer previously played for Esbjerg fB, Brighton & Hove Albion, St Mirren, SC Heerenveen, Midtjylland, Rubin Kazan, and Anderlecht.
Club career
Esbjerg fB
On 20 September 2016, Esbjerg fB confirmed that they had extended Dreyer's contract by one year until 2018.[3] But he continued playing for their U19 squad.[citation needed]
Dreyer got his debut on 2 April 2017 in a 0–0 draw against Randers FC in the Danish Superliga[4] coming on in the 72nd minute to replace Awer Mabil. He scored his first goal for Esbjerg on 22 April 2017 against AC Horsens.[5]
He was promoted to the first team squad for the 2017–18 season in the Danish 1st Division.[citation needed] In this season he finished as the league topscorer with 18 goals, helping Esbjerg win promotion to the Superliga.[citation needed] On 27 May 2018, Dreyer scored his first hat-trick of his career in the second leg of their promotion playoff games against Silkeborg IF.[citation needed] His 3 goals secured a 3–1 aggregate lead to take Esbjerg back into the Superliga. Dreyer ended the season as the topscorer 2017–18 Danish 1st Division, scoring 18 goals.[citation needed]
Brighton & Hove Albion
On 7 August 2018, Dreyer was sold to Brighton & Hove Albion.[6] Dreyer started on the U23 team, and got his debut in the first game of the season against Liverpool U23 on 8 October 2018.[7] In January 2019, Dreyer joined St Mirren on loan until the end of the season.[8] After picking up an knee injury at the end of April, Dreyer returned to Brighton & Hove Albion and missed the end of the season. Dreyer scored one goal in his eleven appearances for the club.[9]
On 23 August 2019, SC Heerenveen announced, that they had signed Dreyer on loan for the 2019–20 season.[10] He made his debut 8 days later coming on as a substitute in a 1–1 home draw against Fortuna Sittard.[11]
FC Midtjylland
On 6 January 2020, FC Midtjylland announced that Dreyer had returned to Denmark and signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with the club.[12] His strong start – two goals and one assist in his first two appearances for the club – led to him being named as the Danish Superliga Player of the Month for February 2020.[13]
Rubin Kazan
On 28 August 2021, Dreyer signed a five-year contract with Russian club Rubin Kazan.[14] On his debut on 13 September 2021 he scored a hat-trick against Ural Yekaterinburg.[15] He became the first player in the history of the league to score three goals in their first game in the league.[16]
On 11 March 2022, Dreyer's contract with Rubin was suspended until 30 June 2022 according to special FIFA regulations related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The regulations allow foreign players in Russia to suspend their contracts until the end of the 2021–22 season and sign with a club outside of Russia until that date.[17][18]
Return to Midtjylland
On 16 March 2022, Dreyer returned to FC Midtjylland on a loan until 30 June 2022.[19] On 6 July 2022, he transferred to Midtjylland on a permanent basis and signed a four-year contract.[20]
Anderlecht
On 15 January 2023, Dreyer signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Anderlecht in Belgium.[21]
San Diego FC
On 22 January 2025, it was confirmed that Dreyer had been sold to American MLS club San Diego FC on a three-year deal.[22] The club already had two of Dreyer's compatriots, namely Jeppe Tverskov and Marcus Ingvartsen. Dreyer made his debut for San Diego in the club's first-ever game, and subsequently scored the club's first-ever goal as part of a brace in a 2–0 win over reigning champions LA Galaxy on 23 February.[23]
International career
In November 2020, he was called up to Kasper Hjulmand's senior squad for the friendly against Sweden due to several cancellations from, among others, the Danish national team players playing in England, due to the COVID-19 restrictions, as well as a case of COVID-19 in the squad, which had put several national team players in quarantine.[24]
He made his debut on 12 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against the Faroe Islands.[25]
On 30 May 2024, Dreyer was named in the list of 26 Danish players selected by Kasper Hjulmand to take part in UEFA Euro 2024.[26][27]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 9 August 2026[28]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Esbjerg fB | 2016–17 | Danish Superliga | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[b] | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | Danish 1. Division | 31 | 18 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 3 | 34 | 21 | ||
| 2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Total | 41 | 20 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 3 | 48 | 23 | |||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2018–19 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| St Mirren (loan) | 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| Heerenveen (loan) | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Midtjylland | 2019–20 | Danish Superliga | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 4 | ||
| 2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 10[c] | 3 | — | 45 | 11 | ||
| 2021–22[d] | Danish Superliga | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3[c] | 0 | — | 22 | 10 | ||
| Total | 63 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 3 | — | 83 | 25 | |||
| Rubin Kazan | 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 8 | ||
| Midtjylland | 2022–23 | Danish Superliga | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10[e] | 2 | — | 27 | 10 | |
| Anderlecht | 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6[f] | 1 | — | 20 | 5 | |
| 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 37 | 19 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 39 | 21 | |||
| 2024–25 | Belgian Pro League | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7[g] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | |
| Total | 69 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 2 | — | 87 | 31 | |||
| San Diego FC | 2025 | MLS | 34 | 19 | — | — | 7[h] | 4 | 41 | 23 | ||
| 2026 | MLS | 18 | 7 | — | 4[i] | 1 | 2[j] | 0 | 24 | 8 | ||
| Total | 52 | 26 | — | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 65 | 31 | |||
| Career total | 274 | 110 | 16 | 4 | 39 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 348 | 130 | ||
- Includes Danish Cup, Scottish Cup, KNVB Cup, Belgian Cup
- Appearances in Danish Superliga play-offs
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Part of this season spent on loan from Rubin Kazan
- Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Two appearances in Leagues Cup, five appearances and four goals in MLS Cup playoffs
- Appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup
- Appearances in Leagues Cup
International
- As of match played 31 March 2026[28]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 3 | |
- Denmark score listed first, score column indicates score after each Dreyer goal.[28]
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 June 2025 | Odense Stadium, Odense, Denmark | 5 |  Lithuania | 5–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 9 October 2025 | ZTE Arena, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary | 7 |  Belarus | 5–0 | 6–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 6–0 |
Honours
Esbjerg fB
- Danish 1st Division play-offs: 2018
FC Midtjylland
Individual
- Danish Superliga Player of the Month: February 2020[13]
- Anderlecht Player of the Season: 2023–24[29]
- MLS All-Star: 2025[30], 2026
- MLS Player of the Month: June 2025,[31] August 2025[32]
- MLS Newcomer of the Year: 2025[33]
- MLS Best XI: 2025[34]
