Søren Lerby
Lerby, photographed in 1978
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Søren Lerby | ||
| Date of birth | 1 February 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| B 1903 | |||
| Taastrup IK | |||
| –1975 | Fremad Amager | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975 | Fremad Amager | 13 | (3) |
| 1975–1983 | Ajax | 206 | (66) |
| 1983–1986 | Bayern Munich | 89 | (22) |
| 1986–1987 | Monaco | 27 | (3) |
| 1987–1990 | PSV | 81 | (16) |
| Total | 416 | (110) | |
| National team | |||
| 1973–1975 | Denmark U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 1974–1976 | Denmark U19 | 14 | (2) |
| 1976–1977 | Denmark U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 1978–1989 | Denmark | 67 | (10) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1991–1992 | Bayern Munich | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Søren Lerby (born 1 February 1958) is a Danish former football player, manager, and licensed agent. As a player, he spent most of his career in Dutch football, winning five Eredivisie championships with Ajax Amsterdam and two with PSV Eindhoven. With the latter club, he also won the 1988 European Cup. Moreover, he won two Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich, and played one season for AS Monaco in France. He played 67 matches for the Denmark national football team from 1978 to 1989, and represented Denmark at the 1986 FIFA World Cup and two European Championship tournaments. Currently,he is the agent of SSC Napoli winger Dries Mertens.
A left-footed midfielder, Lerby was a player who was always committed and a leader of the team. His commitment is attested to by the fact he chose to play two competitive matches in two different countries on a single day on 13 November 1985. First in the afternoon a World Cup qualifier with Denmark in Republic of Ireland, later in the evening a DFB-Pokal match with Bayern Munich against VfL Bochum.
Lerby always played with his "socks down" – short socks or long socks rolled down but always without shin pads. This was quite uncommon of the day and would be against the rules today.
Lerby was born in Copenhagen, the son of former Danish under-21 football international Kaj Lerby. Lerby played his youth football with local clubs B 1903, Taastrup IK and Fremad Amager. He got his senior debut with Fremad Amager, as he 13 games and scored three goals in the top-flight 1975 1st Division season. He and Fremad Amager teammate Frank Arnesen moved abroad to become professional footballers in November 1975.
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