Lerbyu, Søren

Club career

Søren Lerby began his football career in the youthful composition of the club " B 1903 ". Then he played for the youth teams of the Tastrup IK and Fremad Amager clubs. In 1975, Lerby, at the age of 17, moved to the Dutch Ajax Amsterdam , along with another player Fremad Amager, 19-year-old midfielder Frank Arnesen . He debuted for Ajax on April 11, 1976 in a match against the Go Ahead Eagles club. In total, Ajax spent seven seasons, playing 206 matches in the Netherlands Championship and scoring 66 goals, winning five Netherlands champions, as well as two Netherlands cups . In all tournaments for Ajax, Lerby scored 92 goals in 269 matches.

In 1983 he moved to the German "Bavaria" Munich . He made his debut in the Bundesliga on August 13 in a match against Leverkusen “Bayer” (2: 1) played the entire match. Lerby scored his first goal in the German Championship on October 1, 1983 in a match against Borussia Mönchengladbach (4: 0). In his first season for Bayern in the German Championship, Lerby scored only three goals in 30 matches. May 31, 1984 won the German Cup . In the final match "Bavaria" met monhengladbahskoy "Borussia" in regular time was a draw 1: 1, in the shoot penalty Lerby first at the "Bavaria" played penalty and was able to beat the goalkeeper "Borussia" Ulrich Itch , in the end, "Bayern Won with a score of 7: 6.

In the 1984/1985 season , Lerby scored 11 goals in 28 league games, which helped Bavaria to become the champion. Lerbyu became the third scorer in the “Bavaria” in the season, and the first was Lothar Matthaus , who scored 16 goals in 33 games. The following season, Bavaria again became the champion, and also won the German Cup. In just three seasons, Lerby played 89 matches for Bayern in the German Championships and scored 22 goals. In 1986, he added to the staff of the French “ Monaco ”, in the same year, the club was headed by former Ajax coach Stefan Kovacs . In the French Championship, Lerby scored 6 goals in 28 matches. Having played one season in France, he returned to the Netherlands and became a PSV Eindhoven player. For two seasons, he won two championships and two cups of the Netherlands, as well as the 1988 Champions Cup . In the final, the Portuguese Benfica was beaten in a penalty shootout with a score of 6: 5, one of the penalty spot scored Lerby. In 1989 he completed his playing career at the age of 31 years.

Career in the national team

In the national team of Denmark, he made his debut on May 24, 1978 in a match against Ireland (3: 3), played the entire match and scored one goal. In 1984, Lerby, with the national team, went to the European Championships in France . He made his debut at the tournament on June 16, 1984 in a match against the national team of Yugoslavia (5: 0). Having beaten Belgium with the score 3-2 in the next match, the Danes withdrew from the group to the semifinals, where in the match against Spain on June 24 Lerby scored a goal in the 7th minute of the match, but in the second half equalized the score in the 67th minute . The winner was revealed by a series after match penalties, Lerby scored the fourth, the fifth did not realize Preben Elker , passing the Spaniards to the final.

Participated in 1986 at the World Championships in Mexico , where his team was able to reach the 1/8 final. In 1988, Lerby played two matches at the European Championships in Germany , but his team failed to leave the group, losing all three matches. Total for the national team Lerby spent 67 matches and scored 10 goals.

Coaching career

After completing his playing career, he held a senior position in his former club B 1903, but the team was disbanded. From October 9, 1991 to March 10, 1992, he held the position of head coach of Bayern Munich. Then Lerbyu finished with a coaching career and became a football agent.

Achievements

• Champion of the Netherlands : 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989
• Netherlands Cup Winner: 1979, 1983, 1988, 1989
• Champion of Germany : 1985, 1986
• Germany Cup Winner: 1984, 1986
• Champions League Cup Winner: 1988

Personal life

He was married to a Dutch singer and actress Willike Alberti from 1986 to 1996, and from this marriage, he has a son, Kai. Then Lerbyu married the second time - to Arlette van der Meulen, there is also a son. Currently ^{[ specify ]} lives in the Netherlands in the town of Laren .

• Statistics on the site "Fussballdaten.de"
• Statistics of matches for the national team of Denmark on the website "DBU.dk"