Lasse Qvist (born January 17, 1987) is a

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professional football player, who plays as a striker for GVI.

Life and career

Born in

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, Qvist started playing football in local clubs Himmelev-Veddelev BK and

KFUM Roskilde KFUM's Boldklub Roskilde is an association football club based in the town of Roskilde, Denmark, that competes in the Denmark Series, the fifth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1929, it is affiliated to DBU Zealand. The tea ...

. From his early years, Lasse Qvist was a fan of

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(FCK), and as an 8-year-old boy, he had an FCK-shirt with the number 11 and his name printed on the back. Aged 14, he switched to the bigger club

Lyngby BK Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The clu ...

and went on to play for various Danish youth national teams. He scored 18 goals in 20 matches for the Danish under-17 national team, and won the 2003 Danish ''Under-17 Player of the Year'' award. He also played at the 2003

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. After three years at Lyngby, he moved to the youth academy of

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team

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. He had a hard time getting any social contacts with his PSV team mates, as most of them lived in

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and went home straight after training.''FCK Balls'' #1, Advice A/S, Jesper Traunberg, November 2005, pp. 82-85 He moved back to Denmark in 2005, and went on to play for

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(KB), the

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of F.C. Copenhagen (FCK). In November 2006, Qvist got his first team début for FCK, when he played the last 30 minutes of the

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match against

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at Åråsen Stadium. He was brought on as substitute for Jeppe Brandrup.

Honours

*2003 Danish ''Under-17 Player of the Year'' *

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: 2006-07 ''(with Copenhagen)''

References

External links

Danish national team profileF.C. Copenhagen profile
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