During the next seasons, Risgård fell further away from the team and was eventually loaned out to local rivals FC Nordjylland. When he returned to AaB, he remained a substitute but due to many injuries, Risgård got a new chance as central defender in the end of the 2005–06 season, where he played well for half a year before being moved once again in the fall of 2007. This time Aalborg BK coach Erik Hamrén moved him to a position as a defensive midfielder, where he proved himself an important first team player. Due to a series of impressive performances as a defensive midfielder in both the Danish Superliga and the UEFA Cup Danish national coach Morten Olsen brought him into the Danish national league squad.