Lasse Schöne

Lasse Schöne (Danish pronunciation: [ˈlæsə ˈɕøːnə]; born 27 May 1986) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for the Denmark national team, and most recently at club level for Genoa. He is known for his free kick taking and shooting abilities.

Lasse Schöne
Schöne training with Denmark in 2014
Personal information
Full name Lasse Schöne[1][2][3]
Date of birth (1986-05-27) 27 May 1986[2]
Place of birth Glostrup, Denmark
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ajax Amsterdam
Youth career
Himmelev-Veddelev
Tåstrup B.70
0000–2002 Lyngby
2002–2005 Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Heerenveen 0 (0)
2006–2008 De Graafschap 70 (12)
2008–2012 NEC 107 (24)
2012–2019 Ajax 201 (49)
2019–2021 Genoa 32 (2)
National team‡
2001 Denmark U16 3 (1)
2002–2003 Denmark U17 6 (0)
2003–2004 Denmark U18 4 (1)
2007–2008 Denmark U21 9 (1)
2009– Denmark 50 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:44, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2019

Schöne spent his entire professional career 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 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

De Graafschap

Born in Glostrup, Schöne began playing youth football with Himmelev-Veddelev BK and moved on to Tåstrup B.70 and then Lyngby. In 2002, he moved to the youth team of Eredivisie club Heerenveen. He spent four years with the team without playing any league matches then moved to Eerste Divisie club De Graafschap in 2006. In his first season, he helped De Graafschap win promotion to the Eredivisie. In his two seasons with De Graafschap, he scored 12 goals in 70 matches.

N.E.C.

Schöne signed for NEC in summer 2008. He scored the winning goal for NEC away at Spartak Moscow in December 2008, which sent the team through to the next round of the UEFA Cup. The club and the fans picked him as NEC's player of the year, a title he also won at his previous club, De Graafschap.

Ajax

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 summer 2017, and on 22 February 2017, he signed a new contract lasting until summer 2019. On 27 February 2019, he became the international player with the most games played for Ajax, by surpassing Søren Lerby's 269 games.[8]

On 5 March 2019, in the UEFA Champions League, Schöne scored Ajax's final goal of the Round of 16-second leg against Real Madrid, by converting a direct free kick that went past the Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. The victory completed a surprise comeback, the Dutch side winning 4–1 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and 5–3 on aggregate to knock the European Champions out of the Champions League.[9]

Genoa

On 9 August 2019, Schöne joined Italian Serie A club Genoa C.F.C. on a two-year contract.[10] The reported fee was €1.5 million.[11] He scored his first goal giving the lead in an eventual 2–1 loss against Milan. In the same match, he also missed a 90th-minute penalty kick.

In October, 2020, the former Ajax star discovered he was effectively frozen out of the first Genoa team, as he cannot be selected for Serie A football without being named on their list of eligible players. His agent was not happy with this and plans to take legal action, saying that, cases similar to this have already been analyzed by FIFA and the CAS.[12] He was not part of new coach Rolando Maran’s plans and was told he could terminate his contract early by mutual consent to leave as a free agent. Schone was one of the 17 Genoa players who was diagnosed with COVID-19 and a transfer seemed a far away option in the final days of the window due to his COVID status, as well as the fact that both him and his agent did not know that he was left off the list of eligible players for the first Genoa team.[13][14] On 7 January 2021, his contract was terminated.[15]

International career

Youth

Schöne began his international career with the Denmark national under-16 team, scoring a goal on his debut in August 2001. He played a total of ten matches and scored one goal for the under-17 and under-18 teams from July 2002 to March 2004. After joining De Graafschap, Schöne made his debut for the under-21 team in March 2007. He played a total nine matches and scored one goal for the under-21s until October 2008.

Senior

On 12 August 2009, on his debut for the Denmark senior team in a friendly against Chile, Schöne scored less than a minute after being put into action in the second half. The goal was the equaliser in an eventual 1–2 loss at the Brøndby Stadium.

He was unable to play in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa because of a knee injury.[16]

In 2018 he was named in Denmark's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[17] He played in three matches, starting in one, but did not score.[18]

Personal life

On 30 September 2020, Schöne tested positive for COVID-19 amid its pandemic in Italy.[19]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 2 August 2020
Schöne lining up for Ajax in March 2015
Club Season League Cup1 Continental2 Other3 Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Heerenveen 2005–06 Eredivisie 0000000000
De Graafschap 2006–07 Eerste Divisie 36521––386
2007–08 Eredivisie 34723––3610
Total 70124400007416
NEC 2008–09 Eredivisie 3464471–4511
2009–10 5000––50
2010–11 34711––358
2011–12 341142–214014
Total 1072497712112533
Ajax 2012–13 Eredivisie 326417010447
2013–14 2995362104114
2014–15 2980083103811
2015–16 244207100335
2016–17 2772114100439
2017–18 30102041003611
2018–19 3054017200517
2019–20 0000001010
Total 2014919563104028764
Jong Ajax2013–14Eerste Divisie10–––10
Genoa 2019–20 Serie A 32221––343
Career total 411873417701161521116

1 Includes KNVB Cup and Coppa Italia matches.

2 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.

3 Includes Johan Cruyff Shield matches.

[20]

International
Schöne playing for Denmark in 2012
As of 18 November 2019[21]
Denmark national team
YearAppsGoals
200911
201010
201161
201250
201330
201441
201520
201650
201750
2018110
201970
Total503

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 August 2009Brøndby Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark Chile
1–1
1–2
Friendly
2.4 June 2011Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland
0–1
0–2
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group H
3.22 May 2014Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen, Hungary Hungary
2–2
2–2
Friendly

Honours

Club

De Graafschap[22]

Ajax[22]

Individual

References
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  2. "Lasse Schöne paspoort" (in Dutch). Barcelona . Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  3. Kraul, Andreas. "Fodboldmagasinet – DR (status update)" (in Danish). Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  4. "Official: Ajax announce Schone capture". Goal.com. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  5. "Ajax snap up Schone". SkySports. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  6. "Denmark midfielder Schøne to shine at Ajax by Berend Scholten". UEFA.com. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  7. "Lasse Schöne årets spiller i Ajax". Bold.dk (in Danish). 3 May 2014.
  8. "Lasse Schöne nieuwe recordhouder Ajax; mijlpaal voor Matthijs de Ligt". Voetbalzone (in Dutch). 27 February 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  9. "Dusan Tadic inspires Ajax to stunning defeat of champions Real Madrid". The Guardian. 5 March 2019.
  10. "Official: Schone signs for Genoa". Football Italia. 9 August 2019.
  11. FSA Editor. "Ajax lose Lasse Schone to Genoa". Fox Sports Asia. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  12. "Official: Schone agent: 'Legal action against Genoa'". Football Italia. 10 October 2020.
  13. "Official: Genoa freeze Schone out". Football Italia. 7 October 2020.
  14. "Official: Schone agent: 'Legal action against Genoa'". Football Italia. 10 October 2020.
  15. "Schone terminates contract with Genoa". Football Italia. 7 January 2021.
  16. "Lasse Schone". 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. FIFA. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  17. "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal.com. 4 June 2018.
  18. "#20 Lasse Schone". Fox Sports Soccer. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  19. "Nota della società" (Press release) (in Italian). Genoa. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  20. "Lasse Schöne – Voetbal International profile". Voetbal International.
  21. "Lasse Schöne". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  22. "Lasse Schöne - Career Honours". Soccerway.
  23. "2016/17: United win it for Manchester". UEFA. 30 May 2017.
  24. "Schöne: 'De goal van mijn carrière'". Ajax. 5 March 2020.
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