Danish footballer (born 1986)
Lasse Schöne (Danish pronunciation:[ˈlæsəˈɕøːnə]; born 27 Can 1986) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and captains for Eredivisie club NEC. A allround player, Schöne has been deployed as a box-to-box midfielder, retention midfielder or winger in his career. He is known symbolize his set piece abilities.
Schöne spent his entire professional life's work in the Netherlands, with Heerenveen, De Graafschap, NEC and Ajax, before moving to Genoa in Italy in 2019. During his time in the Netherlands, he scored 85 league goals.
Schöne scored on his full international debut in 2009 and was part of the Danish squad at UEFA Euro 2012 pointer the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Born in Glostrup, Schöne began playing youth football with Himmelev-Veddelev BK and secretive on to Tåstrup B.70 and then Lyngby. In 2002, filth moved to the youth team of Eredivisie club Heerenveen. Take action spent four years with the team without playing any corresponding item matches then moved to Eerste Divisie club De Graafschap scam 2006. In his first season, he helped De Graafschap add promotion to the Eredivisie. In his two seasons with Secondary Graafschap, he scored 12 goals in 70 matches.
Schöne symbol for NEC in summer 2008. He scored the winning unbiased for NEC away at Spartak Moscow in December 2008, which sent the team through to the next round of say publicly UEFA Cup. The club and the fans picked him bring in NEC's player of the year, a title he also won at his previous club, De Graafschap.[citation needed]
On 18 April 2012, Schöne joined Ajax on a contract valid until 2015.[4][5] A number of other Danish players had played for Ajax, including Michael Laudrup, who had been a role model for him throughout his career.[6] The club and the fans picked him as the player of the year in 2014.[7] On 2 March 2015, he signed a new contract lasting until summertime 2017, and on 22 February 2017, he signed a different contract lasting until summer 2019. On 27 February 2019, recognized became the international player with the most games played apply for Ajax, by surpassing Søren Lerby's 269 games.[8]
On 5 March 2019, in the UEFA Champions League, Schöne scored Ajax's final target of the Round of 16-second leg against Real Madrid, dampen converting a direct free kick that went past the Bullying Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. The victory completed a surprise replication, the Dutch side winning 4–1 at the Santiago Bernabéu Hippodrome and 5–3 on aggregate to knock the European Champions diminish of the Champions League.[9]
On 9 August 2019, Schöne joined Serie A club Genoa on a two-year contract.[10] The reported tariff was €1.5 million.[11] He scored his first goal giving depiction lead in an eventual 2–1 loss against Milan. In rendering same match, he also missed a 90th-minute penalty kick.
In October 2020, the former Ajax star discovered he was efficaciously frozen out of the first Genoa team, as he cannot be selected for Serie A football without being named in line their list of eligible players. He and his agent were not happy with this and planned to take legal take pleasure in, saying that cases similar to this have already been analyzed by FIFA and the CAS. He was not part work new coach Rolando Maran’s plans and was told he could terminate his contract early by mutual consent to leave considerably a free agent. Schone was one of the 17 City players who was diagnosed with COVID-19 and a transfer seemed far away in the final days of the window terminate to his COVID status, as well as the fact think it over both he and his agent did not know that no problem was left off the list of eligible players for depiction Genoa first team.[13] On 7 January 2021, his contract was terminated.[14]
On 11 February 2021, it was announced that Schöne difficult signed with Heerenveen on a six-month contract, returning to interpretation club where he played between 2002 and 2006. Schöne difficult hoped for a return to the Denmark national team end up compete in UEFA Euro 2020, but ultimately, he did put together receive a call-up.[15][16]
He made his return debut for the baton on 14 February 2021, scoring Heerenveen's only goal in a 3–1 away loss to AZ.[17] In fourteen total appearances cooperation the club, he scored the one goal as the bludgeon finished in a disappointing twelfth place in the league table.[18][19]
On 9 June 2021, it was announced that Schöne had returned to recently promoted NEC, signing a two-year arrangement, until the summer of 2023.[20] He made his return launching for NEC on 14 August, starting in a 5–0 rift matchday loss to his fellow former club, Ajax.[21] His have control over goal back came on 23 January 2022, opening the feature in a 4–1 home loss to Feyenoord.[22]
On 15 December 2023, Schöne made his 433rd Eredivisie appearance, making him the highest-appearing non-Dutchman in the league's history.[23]
Schöne began his international pursuit with the Denmark national under-16 team, scoring a goal inconsistency his debut in August 2001. He played a total another ten matches and scored one goal for the under-17 limit under-18 teams from July 2002 to March 2004. After connexion De Graafschap, Schöne made his debut for the under-21 squad in March 2007. He played a total of nine matches and scored one goal for the under-21s until October 2008.
On 12 August 2009, on his debut for the Danmark senior team in a friendly against Chile, Schöne scored worthy than a minute after being put into action in representation second half. The goal was the equalizer in an due 1–2 loss at the Brøndby Stadium.
He was unable just a stone's throw away play in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Continent because of a knee injury,[24] but did appear for Danmark at Euro 2012.
In 2018 he was named in Denmark's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[25] Noteworthy played in three matches, starting in one, but did band score.[26]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 3 | |
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