Ronnie Schwartz

He made his debut for the club on 28 February in a 2–1 away loss to FC Copenhagen, coming on as a substitute in the 64th minute for Mick van Buren.

In his following game for the club, he scored his first goal to secure a 1–0 home win over his former club Randers FC, after also making his first start.

He made 12 league appearances for Esbjerg, in which he managed to score 4 goals, including a brace against Hobro IK on 23 April.

Ronnie Schwartz Nielsen (born 29 August 1989) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker.

He has made a total of 27 appearances for various Danish national youth teams, scoring four goals.

Coming through the youth ranks of AaB, Schwartz signed his first professional contract with the club in January 2006, being described as the future goalscorer for the club.

Two years and two first team league appearances later, he signed a new contract that was set to expire in the summer of 2011.

Despite being marked as a talent, for the remainder of his AaB time, he never managed to establish himself as a regular in the starting eleven.

When his contract expired, he decided to leave AaB and join Randers in the Danish 1st Division, who had just been relegated the previous season, signing a three-year contract.

Following a good season in the 1st Division, Randers and Schwartz were yet again promoted to the Danish Superliga, finished only behind Esbjerg fB.

At the end of the 2012–13 Danish Superliga, Randers achieved qualification for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

On 1 August 2013, he thus played his first match in European club competitions, being used as a starter in the 1–2 home defeat to Russian club Rubin Kazan.

During his stint at Randers, Schwartz was lovingly referred to by fans as Plaffeministeren ("The Minister of Shooting") for his many shots on target from long distance and tight angles.

The term Plaffeministeren has since been used about other players, and even in other sports to refer to someone, who scores many goals; often on hard strikes.

In his first top flight season for Randers, Schwartz became the top goal scorer with a total of 14 league goals, finishing 5th overall in the league top scorer table.

Thus Schwartz ended up playing an integral part of the Randers side that finished 3rd in the league and 2nd in the Danish Cup.

On 11 June 2014, Guingamp announced that they had bought Schwartz from Randers FC.

He was their third Danish signing in the summer of 2014, after Lars Jacobsen and Jonas Lössl.

He made his debut for the club in the 2014 Trophée des Champions, losing 2–0 to Paris Saint-Germain.

On 9 August, he played his first match in Ligue 1, replacing Claudio Beauvue in the 0–2 defeat against Saint-Étienne.

On 18 October, he scored his first league goal, in the 1–2 victory away against Lille.

He remained in the Guingamp first team for only one season, alternating appearances with the reserve side.

On 27 July 2015, Schwartz signed a one-season loan deal with Brøndby IF.

He made his debut on 30 July in a UEFA Europa League qualifier against Omonia Nicosia as a second half substitute, in a match finishing 0–0.

In his first derby against Copenhagen on 27 September, he immediately made an impact in the fourth minute by injuring opposing defender Tom Høgli.

After six months at the club, he left halfway through his loan deal after failing to gain a place in the starting lineup of Brøndby.

Esbjerg finished 11th in the league table in the 2015–16 season, securing another season in the Superliga by a wide margin.

His good efforts were rewarded with a new contract, that was set to expire in the summer of 2016.

On 29 January 2016, after terminating his loan deal with Brøndby, Schwartz joined Danish club Esbjerg on a six month loan deal.

He left the club after his loan ended in June 2016, as a permanent transfer was deemed "unrealistic" due to financial limitations by Esbjerg fB staff member Niels Erik Søndergaard.

On 12 August 2016, Guingamp announced that they had terminated Schwartz's contract.

On 24 August 2016, free agent Schwartz signed with Belgian club Waasland-Beveren.

He reportedly agreed to a two-year contract.

On 27 August, he made his debut as a half-time substitution for Floriano Vanzo in the Belgian First Division A, in the 2–1 loss away against Oostende.

On 15 October, he scored his first goal, the 1–0 matchwinner over Eupen.

He remained in the team until January 2018, playing a total of 14 games in all competitions, with one goal to his name.

Schwartz was officially announced as a new player of Sarpsborg 08 FF on 22 January 2018, signing a two-year contract with the Norwegian club.

He made his Eliteserien debut on 11 March, replacing compatriot Mikkel Agger in a 1–0 win over Rosenborg.

On 17 March, he scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw at Lillestrøm.

He scored a hat-trick on 2 May as Sarpsborg advanced in the Norwegian Football Cup by beating Ørn Horten 6–0.