Rutkjær played professional football at B93 and represented the team in the Danish Superliga.
[3] He left this job half a year later, when he was appointed new manager of B93.
On 29 December 2016 it was announced that he would be new assistant manager to Danny Jung at Boldklubben Frem from January 2017.
In August 2020 he was named new manager of the Greenland national football team.
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