Emil

Riis

CF Leicester City #18

Centre-Forward – Forward

Emil Riis

Leicester City League One

Top 31% of strikers in the world
#570 striker aged 26–29

Date of birth / Age: 24 Jun 1998 (28)
Citizenship: Denmark
Foot: Right
Height · Weight: 1.90 m / 83 kg
Main position: Centre-Forward
Contract until: 2028

Benchmarks

strikers with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#1696

striker in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#570

among strikers aged 26–29

In his league

45%

of Championship strikers rank below him

Finishing

+2.5

goals above expected · better than 77% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

27 Expected

24.5

149 shots. He scores more than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

5 Expected

5.3

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 46
Starting eleven: 38
Goals: 12
Assists: 2
Yellow cards: 1
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 3,043

Starting eleven83%

38 of 46 appearances

Minutes played3,043

66 per appearance

Goal involvement14

12 goals · 2 assists

Positions played

282 matches · since 2017/18

AMRWLWCF

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Forward	268	60	13
Left Winger	5	2	0
Right Winger	5	0	0
Attacking Midfield	4	2	0

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Championship	Leicester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	31
2025/26	Championship	Bristol City	44	37	9	2	1	0	0	2,916
2025/26	Carabao Cup	Bristol City	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	44
2025/26	FA Cup	Bristol City	1	1	3	–	0	–	0	83
2024/25	Championship	Preston North End	45	29	12	2	2	0	0	2,721
2024/25	Carabao Cup	Preston North End	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	97
2024/25	FA Cup	Preston North End	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	89
2023/24	Championship	Preston North End	21	16	6	1	0	0	0	1,287
2023/24	FA Cup	Preston North End	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	26
2022/23	Championship	Preston North End	23	18	4	0	0	0	0	1,627
2022/23	Carabao Cup	Preston North End	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	127
2021/22	Championship	Preston North End	44	38	16	3	4	0	0	3,106
2021/22	Carabao Cup	Preston North End	4	2	4	–	0	–	0	230
2021/22	FA Cup	Preston North End	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	58
2020/21	Championship	Preston North End	38	17	2	1	0	0	0	1,624
2020/21	Superliga	Randers	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	271
2020/21	FA Cup	Preston North End	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	90
2019/20	Superliga	Randers	33	29	9	4	6	0	0	2,320
2018/19	Superliga	Randers	30	13	4	0	3	0	1	1,285
2021	UEFA U21 Championship	Denmark U21	4	1	1	–	1	–	0	141
2017/18	Premier League 2	Derby County U23	10	5	2	–	0	–	0	533
2017/18	Eredivisie	VVV Venlo	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	61
2017/18	Premier League International Cup	Derby County U23	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	20
2016/17	U21 Premier League Division 1 (OLD)	Derby County U23	18	13	5	–	1	–	0	1,184
2016/17	EFL Vertu Trophy	Derby County U23	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	9

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			335	227	80	13^*	18	0^*	1	19,980

By competition	Apps	G	A
Championship	216	49	9
Superliga	66	15	4
U21 Premier League Division 1 (OLD)	18	5	–
Premier League 2	10	2	–
Carabao Cup	9	4	–
FA Cup	6	4	–
Denmark U21	4	1	–
Eredivisie	3	0	0
EFL Vertu Trophy	2	0	–
Premier League International Cup	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Sept 2026 Sept 2026 · Transfer Bristol City Leicester City Transfer
Jul 2025 Jul 2025 · Transfer Preston North End Bristol City Transfer
Oct 2020 Oct 2020 · Transfer Randers Preston North End Transfer €1.5M
Jul 2018 Jul 2018 · Free Transfer Derby County FC Under 23 Randers Free Transfer Free
Jun 2018 Jun 2018 · Back from Loan VVV Venlo Derby County U23 Back from Loan
Jan 2018 Jan 2018 · Loan Derby County U23 VVV Venlo Loan Loan
Jul 2016 Jul 2016 · Transfer Derby County FC Under 18 Acade Derby County FC Under 23 Transfer

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Leicester City 2026 1 0
Bristol City 2025 46 12
Preston North End 2020–2025 184 45
Randers 2018–2021 66 15
Derby County U23 2016–2018 31 7
VVV Venlo 2017 3 0

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