Lasse Heinze (born 3 April 1986) is a Danish professional retired

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player, who played as a

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. He is currently working for

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as goalkeeper coach.

Career

He has played four games for the Danish under-21 national team. Heinze was included in the FC Midtjylland (FCM)

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squad in 2002, and got his senior debut in the Spring 2005. In the spring 2007, Heinze contended with newly bought

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goalkeeper

Martin Raška Martin Raška (born 31 January 1977) is a Czech football goalkeeper who works as a goalkeeping coach at Danish 1st Division club Kolding IF. Honours ;Baník Ostrava *Gambrinus liga (1): 2003–04 *Czech Cup The Czech Cup (), officially kn ...

for the position of starting goalkeeper. Heinze was initially selected to tend the goal, but following fluctuating performances, FCM manager Erik Rasmussen replaced him with Rašk

Retirement

After several hip-injuries, the keeper decided to retire on 22 November 2015.

After retiring

Only three days after Heinze announced his retirement, he was hired as goalkeeper coach for the

.Heinze bliver akademitræner
FC Midtjylland, 25 November 2015

References

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