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. against Livorno, 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

Gabriele Perico Gabriele Perico (born 11 March 1984) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a right back for Virtus Bergamo in the Serie D. He is a former Italy U20 international. Club career Perico started his career at hometown club Atal ...

on loan with option to co-own the players (announced originally as co-ownership deals only). As part of the deal,

Andrea Cocco Andrea Salvatore Cocco (born 8 April 1986) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for club Trapani. Club career Cagliari Cocco made his Serie A debut on 21 December 2005 for Cagliari in a 1–0 defeat away to Parma F.C. On 31 January 2 ...

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

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had been ...

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 Simone Calvano 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

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

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
at FIGC.it {{DEFAULTSORT:Laner, Simon 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Merano Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Italian expatriate men's footballers Hellas Verona FC players Carrarese Calcio 1908 players UC AlbinoLeffe players Pro Sesto 1913 players SSD Sanremese Calcio players Cagliari Calcio players Novara FC players AC Carpi players FC Chiasso players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Swiss Challenge League players Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol