Jacob Toppel Schoop (born 23 December 1988) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for

FC Helsingør FC Helsingør is a Danish football club from Helsingør. The club plays in the Danish 1st Division, having been promoted after winning the Danish 2nd Division in the 2019-2020 season. The club has finished the last two seasons in the top 4 of th ...

in the

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Club career

Schoop began his career with lower league

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sides Tarup-Paarup and B1909, before switching to

FC Fyn FC Fyn was a Danish football club from Odense on Funen. The club was founded in 2006 and its first appearance was in the 2006–07 season. FC Fyn played their home matches at Odense Atletikstadion, which is the current home ground of B 1909 and ...

in January 2008 after having a strong debut season for the B1909 first team in the

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. As a youth, Schoop had been offered a three-year contract with a team in the

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, but had turned it down in order to finish his education in Denmark. In the summer of 2011, Schoop moved to

Odense Boldklub Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga ...

(OB) from

. He made nine appearances in the spring of 2012. On 14 April 2015, Schoop signed for

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ic side

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. In July 2016, Schoop moved to

Vejle Boldklub Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six t ...

. Before the 2017–18 season, coach Adolfo Sormani named Schoop the captain of

. On 27 January 2022, Schoop made a surprising move to

club

, where he signed a deal until June 2023.FC HELSINGØR HENTER VEJLE KAPTAJN JACOB SCHOOP
fchelsingor.dk, 27 January 2022

References

External links

Official Danish league stats
at danskfodbold.com * 1988 births Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Danish men's footballers Tarup-Paarup IF players FC Fyn players Odense Boldklub players Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur players Vejle Boldklub players FC Helsingør players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Danish 2nd Division players Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate footballers in Iceland Danish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Association football midfielders Footballers from Odense {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub