Lasse Schöne

Lasse Schöne

Schöne training with Denmark in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Lasse Schöne[1][2][3]
Date of birth	27 May 1986[2]
Place of birth	Glostrup, Denmark
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Ajax
Number	20
Youth career
	Lyngby
2002–2006	Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2008	De Graafschap	74	(16)
2008–2012	NEC	125	(32)
2012–	Ajax	121	(29)
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	26	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2015

Lasse Schöne (born 27 May 1986) is a Danish professional footballer. He plays for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Denmark national team as a midfielder or winger.

He has spent his entire professional career in the Netherlands, with De Graafschap, NEC and Ajax, scoring over 60 league goals.

Schöne scored on his full international debut in 2009 and was part of the Danish squad at UEFA Euro 2012.

Club career

Born in Glostrup, Schöne started playing youth football with Himmelev-Veddelev BK and moved on to B70 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 games, and 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 games for the club.

Schöne signed on with NEC in the summer of 2008. He scored the winning goal for NEC away at Spartak Moscow in December 2008, which sent the team through to 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 Graafschap.

On 18 April 2012, Schöne signed on with Ajax until 2015.^[4][5] Schöne joined the ranks of a number of Danish players to play 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. On March 2, 2015 he signed a new contract until summer 2017.

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 games and scored one goal for the under-17 and under-18 teams from July 2002 to March 2004. After he joined De Graafschap, Schöne made his debut for the under-21 team in March 2007. He played a total nine games and scored one goal for the under-21s until October 2008.

Senior

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

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 November 2016

Schöne lining up for Ajax in March 2015

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Netherlands			League		KNVB Cup		Europe^1		Other^2		Total
2005–06	SC Heerenveen	Eredivisie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006–07	De Graafschap	Eerste Divisie	36	5	2	1	-		-		38	6
2007–08		Eredivisie	34	7	2	3	-		-		36	10
2008–09	NEC		34	6	4	4	7	1	-		45	11
2009–10			5	0	0	0	-		-		5	0
2010–11			34	7	1	1	-		-		35	8
2011–12			34	11	4	2	-		2	1	40	14
2012–13	Ajax		32	6	4	1	7	0	1	0	44	7
2013–14			29	9	5	3	6	2	1	0	41	14
2014–15			29	8	0	0	6	3	1	0	36	11
2015–16			24	4	2	0	7	1	0	0	33	5
2016–17			8	2	1	1	6	1	0	0	15	4
Career total			299	65	25	16	39	8	5	1	368	90

¹ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.

² Includes Johan Cruijff Shield matches.

^[7]

Reserves performance

Club performance			League		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Netherlands			League		Total
2014–15	Jong Ajax	Eerste Divisie	1	0	1	0
Total	Netherlands		1	0	1	0
Career total			1	0	1	0

International

Schöne playing for Denmark in 2012

Denmark national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2009	1	1
2010	1	0
2011	6	1
2012	5	0
2013	3	0
2014	4	1
2015	2	0
2016	4	0
Total	26	3

As of 29 March 2015^[8]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 August 2009	Brøndby Stadion, København, Denmark	Chile	1–1	1–2	Friendly match
2.	4 June 2011	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	Iceland	0–1	0–2	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group H
3.	22 May 2014	Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen, Hungary	Hungary	2–2	2–2	Friendly match

Honours

Club

De Graafschap

• Eerste Divisie (1): 2006–07

Ajax

• Eredivisie (2): 2012–13, 2013–14
• Johan Cruijff Shield (1): 2013
• Eusébio Cup (1): 2014

Individual

• N.E.C. Player of the Year: 2008–09
• AFC Ajax Player of the Year: 2014

References

1. "Landsholdsdatabase – spillerinformation: Lasse Schöne". dbu.dk. Danish FA. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
2. "Lasse Schöne paspoort" (in Dutch). AFC Ajax. 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 – Voetbal International profile". Voetbal International.
8. "Lasse Schöne". National Football Teams. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

External links

• National team profile
• Voetbal International profile (Dutch)
• De Graafschap profile