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Denmark · 1970s–80s

Søren Lerby

Legend CM
Rating
88
#7
Editorial rank of 33 for Denmark
The people's rank, live from duel votes

On 13 November 1985 he started a World Cup qualifier for Denmark in Dublin, came off at half-time, flew by private jet to Düsseldorf and finished the evening playing a cup tie for Bayern Munich in Bochum. The European Cup came in 1988 with PSV Eindhoven, and his left foot brought league titles in both the Netherlands and Germany plus top-scorer honours in the 1979-80 European Cup with ten goals for Ajax.

Career record

1975–1975Fremad Amager
1975–1983AFC Ajax
1983–1986FC Bayern Munich
1986–1987AS Monaco
1987–1990PSV Eindhoven
1991–1992FC Bayern Munich

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Around Lerby in the almanac

One rank above: Christian Eriksen at #6.

One rank below: Jon Dahl Tomasson at #8.

Denmark's editorial top five: Michael Laudrup · Peter Schmeichel · Allan Simonsen · Preben Elkjær · Brian Laudrup.