Simon Laner (born 28 January 1984) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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Career

He made his Serie B debut in a 1–0 defeat for

Hellas Verona F.C. Hellas Verona Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Hellas Verona (), is an Italian professional football club based in Verona, Veneto, that currently plays in Serie A. The team won the Serie A championship in the 1984–85 season. I ...

against

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, on 14 September 2002.

AlbinoLeffe

In summer 2008 Laner joined AlbinoLeffe in a 3-year contract for €200,000 transfer fee. On 9 August 2010 Laner joined Serie A team

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along with

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on loan with option to co-own the players (announced originally as co-ownership deals only). As part of the deal, Andrea Cocco moved to opposite direction. (Perico and Laner costed Cagliari €750,000 and Cocco costed AlbinoLeffe €50,000. In June 2011 Laner returned to AlbinoLeffe after Cagliari not excised the buy option.

Return to Verona

On 22 July 2012 Laner was re-signed by

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team Verona on a loan deal for the 2012–13 season, for €30,000 loan fee.U.C. AlbinoLeffe S.r.l. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013 (in Italian) He finished second in the league thus gaining promotion to the

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. The club also excised the option to sign half of his registration rights for €250,000 in a 3-year contract. On 31 January 2014, Laner was loaned out to Serie B side

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. In June 2014 Verona acquired Laner, Cocco and sold

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back to AlbinoLeffe for €500 each. The season 2014–15 saw Laner joined

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on loan, winning yet another promotion to the

after finishing in first place. On 25 August 2015 Laner was loaned to Swiss Italian team

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. On 29 August 2016 Laner was signed by

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in another loan.

Serie D

On 8 September 2018 Laner joined

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club Adrense. With a career-high of 7 goals he played a central part for the newly promoted club to avoid relegation.

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Simon Laner National Team Stats
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