Robin Rasch

Robin Rasch
Personal information
Full name Robin Gravli Rasch
Date of birth (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994
Place of birth Lørenskog, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 KFUM
Number 7
Youth career
Ski
–2012 Follo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Follo 79 (4)
2016– KFUM 219 (37)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 April 2026

Robin Rasch (born 10 January 1994) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder for KFUM.

Career

Born in Lørenskog,[1] he hails from Ski and started his youth career in Ski IL. He then progressed to the umbrella team in the region, Follo FK, where he made his senior debut in the 2012 2. divisjon. He helped win promotion to the 2013 1. divisjon, and in 2016 he moved to KFUM on the same level.[2] KFUM were relegated in 2016, but re-promoted in 2018.

Rasch became a long-serving team captain, eventually leading KFUM to promotion to the 2024 Eliteserien, a level on which the club had never contested. He was the last squad member remaining from the previous promotion in 2018, and it had become a talking point that Rasch would not be picked up by other clubs, never reaching the Eliteserien unless he did so with KFUM.[3][4] Rasch made his Eliteserien debut in April 2024 against Hamkam.[5]

Rasch is known as an able free kick taker.[6] Rasch's role in central midfield is that of a play-builder. He has stated inspiration from chess, Fantasy Premier League and play-by-play analysis such as Wyscout in his modelling of his play.[7] He has also competed on national level in the age-specific categories of golf, and spends time on both racket games and card games.[8][9] He beat Viktor Hovland on the Junior Tour in his teens, and has also beat Erling Haaland in a match where Follo faced Haaland's Bryne.[10]

During his career Rasch has faced various injury breaks, partially owing to being diagnosed with both ulcerous colitis (which leads to inflammations) and ankylosing spondylitis.[8] He missed major parts of the 2025 Eliteserien season.

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ Robin Rasch at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Robin Rasch at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ "Har lengst fartstid i Kåffa-stallen – treneren er glad ingen har plukket ham opp". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 9 September 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  4. ^ "KFUM-helt tok til tårene: – Folk har sagt han ikke er god nok". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 6 November 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  5. ^ "Endelig fikk Robin (30) fra Ski drømmen oppfylt: – Jeg er ikke overrasket". Østlandets Blad (in Norwegian). 8 January 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  6. ^ "Robin Rasch er OBOS-ligaens frispark-konge". Tipsbladet (in Norwegian). 10 June 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  7. ^ "Rasch: – Fotball er som sjakk". 451.no (in Norwegian). 28 June 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  8. ^ a b "KFUM-kapteinen slet med skader, betennelser og blødninger – ny medisin endret hverdagen hans". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 8 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  9. ^ "Utfordrer eliten med brukket tå". Østlandets Blad (in Norwegian). 4 June 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  10. ^ "Robin (31) har noe på sin CV som ingen vil klare å kopiere". Østlandets Blad (in Norwegian). 10 September 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  11. ^ Byfuglien, Halvor (3 September 2022). "Prisdryss til Kåffa" (in Norwegian). KFUM Oslo. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  12. ^ Torjusen, Thomas (7 July 2023). "Se hvem som ble månedens spillere og trener i juni her" (in Norwegian). OBOS-ligaen. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
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