Lasse Schöne

Lasse Schöne

Personal information
Full name	Lasse Schöne
Date of birth	(1986-05-27) 27 May 1986
Place of birth	Glostrup, Denmark
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Ajax
Number	20
Youth career
	Lyngby
2002–2006	Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2006	Heerenveen	0	(0)
2006–2008	De Graafschap	74	(16)
2008–2012	NEC	125	(33)
2012–	Ajax	32	(7)
National team‡
2001	Denmark U-16	3	(1)
2002–2003	Denmark U-17	6	(0)
2003–2004	Denmark U-18	4	(1)
2007–2008	Denmark U-21	9	(1)
2009–	Denmark	14	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 April 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:48, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Lasse Schöne (born 27 May 1986) is a Danish professional football midfielder, who currently plays for the Eredivisie side Ajax Amsterdam. He has played twelve games and scored two goals for the Denmark national football team.

Club career

Born in Glostrup, Schöne started playing youth football with Himmelev-Veddelev BK and moved on to B70 and then Lyngby BK. In 2002, he moved to the youth team of Dutch Eredivisie team SC Heerenveen. He spent four years with the team without playing any league games, and moved to Eerste Divisie team De Graafschap in 2006. In his first season, he helped De Graafschap win promotion for the Eredivisie. In his two seasons with De Graafschap, he scored 12 goals in 70 games for the club.

Schöne signed on with NEC Nijmegen 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 "Player of the year" in NEC, a title he also won at his last club Graafschap.

On the 18th of April 2012, Schöne signed on with AFC Ajax. The contract is valid until 2015. Schöne is the 21st Danish player to play for Ajax, and one of his predecessors has been a role model for him through his career. "Now I will be playing for the same club as Michael Laudrup did. I modelled myself on him."

Statistics

Season	Club	Competition	Competition		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
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		Eerste divisie	34	7	2	3	-		-		36	10
2008–09	N.E.C.	Eredivisie	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	AFC Ajax	Eredivisie	32	7	4	1	7	0	1	0	44	8
Career total			203	40	16	13	11	1	3	1	234	54

Edited until 5 May 2013

International career

Schöne began his international career with the Denmark under-16 national team, scoring a goal in his debut in August 2001. He played a total 10 games and scored one goal for the Danish under-17 and under-18 national teams from July 2002 to March 2004. After he joined De Graafschap, Schöne was once more a part of the Danish youth squads, as he made his debut for the Denmark under-21 national team in March 2007. He played a total nine games and scored one goal for the under-21s until October 2008.

On 12 August 2009 Schöne made a stunning 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.

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

Honours

Club

Ajax

• Eredivisie (1): 2012–13

External links

• National team profile
• Voetbal International profile
• De Graafschap profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Youssef El-Akchaoui	N.E.C. Man of the Year 2008–2009	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Jhon van Beukering	N.E.C. Topscorer 6 Goals 2008–2009	Succeeded by Incumbent