Alexander Scholz
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Scholz | ||
Date of birth | 24 October 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Urawa Red Diamonds | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
Hedensted | |||
Vejle Boldklub | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2012 | Vejle Boldklub | 17 | (0) |
2012 | Stjarnan | 21 | (5) |
2012–2015 | Lokeren | 70 | (1) |
2015–2018 | Standard Liège | 75 | (1) |
2018 | Club Brugge | 6 | (0) |
2018–2021 | Midtjylland | 92 | (12) |
2021– | Urawa Red Diamonds | 0 | (0) |
National team | |||
2010–2011 | Denmark U19 | 4 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Denmark U21 | 14 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2021 |
Alexander Scholz (born 24 October 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a center-back for J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds.
Early life[]
Scholz' parents are German.[1] He was raised in the Vejle area in Denmark.[1][2][3]
Club career[]
Scholz started his career with Hedensted IF, before being scouted by Vejle Boldklub.[4] He later moved to Stjarnan in Iceland. In 2012, Belgian team Lokeren started scouting him following a tip from their former player Arnar Grétarsson, who had seen Scholz play in Iceland. Based on these scouting reports, Lokeren signed Scholz in December 2012, giving him a contract until 2015.[5] Just a few days later on 19 January 2013, he made his debut in the Belgian top league in a 2–6 won away match against OH Leuven.[6] He scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win for Lokeren in the final of the 2014 Belgian Cup Final.[7]
Scholz signed a five-year contract with FC Midtjylland in August 2018.[8] On 1 December 2020, Scholz scored a goal for FC Midtjylland in a UEFA Champions League group stage match against Atalanta; the final score was 1–1.[9]
On 31 May 2021, it was announced that Scholz had signed a contract with J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds.[10] There, he would join his compatriot Kasper Junker, who had signed with the Japanese club a month prior.[11]
International career[]
In November 2020, he was called up to Kasper Hjulmand's senior squad for the friendly against Sweden due to several cancellations from, among others, the Danish national team players playing in England, due to the COVID-19 restrictions, as well as a case of COVID-19 in the squad, which had put several national team players in quarantine.[12]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of match played 1 December 2020[13]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe[a] | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vejle | 2009–10 | Danish 1st Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010–11 | Danish 1st Division | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
Stjarnan | 2012 | Úrvalsdeild karla | 21 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 |
Lokeren | 2012–13 | Belgian Pro League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
2013–14 | Belgian Pro League | 38 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2 | |
2014–15 | Belgian Pro League | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
Total | 70 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 2 | ||
Standard Liège | 2014–15 | Belgian Pro League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
2015–16 | Belgian Pro League | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
2016–17 | Belgian First Division A | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 41 | 1 | |
2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
Total | 75 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 1 | ||
Club Brugge | 2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2018–19 | Belgian First Division A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Midtjylland | 2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
2019–20 | Danish Superliga | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 31 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 10 | |
Total | 92 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 15 | ||
Career total | 259 | 12 | 28 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 316 | 17 |
- ^ Includes appearances in the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Champions League
- ^ One appearance in the Belgian Super Cup
Honours[]
Lokeren
Standard Liège
- Belgian Cup: 2015–16
Club Brugge
Midtjylland
Urawa Red Diamonds
References[]
- ^ a b Stanbury, Sebastian (13 May 2014). "Alexander Scholz og friheden". TIPSBLADET (in Danish). Tipsbladet ApS. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ Frederiksen, Martin Hjorth (17 July 2014). "Lad os tale lidt om fodbold" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ Christiansen, Casper Helweg (22 June 2015). "PORTRÆT Til EM med Hemingway og Sartre under armen". DR (DR Sport) (in Danish). DR SPORT/DR. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ Poulsen, Tommy (3 June 2015). "Fodboldtalent fra Hedensted skal til EM". hsfo.dk (in Danish).
- ^ "De Deen Alexander SCHOLZ (24/10/1992) is al de eerste nieuwe aanwinst" (in Dutch). Sporting Lokeren. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ "Lokeren juicht na doelpuntenkermis bij OHL" (in Dutch). Sporza. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ "Lokeren wint de Cofidis Cup na bizarre goal" (in Dutch). Sporza. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ "FCM henter dansk forsvarsspiller hjem fra Belgien". DR (in Danish). 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Atalanta vs. FC Midtjylland". ESPN. 1 December 2020.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Risom, Jens (31 May 2021). "Alexander Scholz drager på japansk eventyr". FC Midtjylland (in Danish).
- ^ "FC Midtjylland sælger Scholz til japansk klub". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). 31 May 2021.
- ^ "The Latest: Denmark drops 7 UK-based players for Sweden game". taiwannews.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ Alexander Scholz at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
External links[]
- Alexander Scholz at Footballdatabase
- Alexander Scholz at Soccerway
- (in Danish) Alexander Scholz at DBU
- (in Danish) Alexander Scholz af FCM
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Danish footballers
- Danish people of German descent
- Hedensted IF players
- Vejle Boldklub players
- Stjarnan players
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
- Standard Liège players
- Club Brugge KV players
- FC Midtjylland players
- Urawa Red Diamonds players
- Denmark youth international footballers
- Denmark under-21 international footballers
- Belgian First Division A players
- Danish Superliga players
- Danish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Iceland
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland
- Expatriate footballers in Japan
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Association football defenders