aggregate to knock the European Champions out of the Champions League. Genoa On 9 August 2019, Schöne joined Serie A club Genoa on a two-year contract. The reported fee was €1.5 million. He scored his first goal giving the lead in an eventual 2–1 loss against Milan. In the same match, he also missed a 90th-minute penalty kick. In October, 2020, the former Ajax star discovered he was effectively frozen out of the first Genoa team, as he cannot be selected for Serie A football without being named on their list of eligible players. His agent was not happy with this and plans to take legal action, saying that, cases similar to this have already been analyzed by FIFA and the CAS. He was not part of new coach Rolando Maran’s plans and was told he could terminate his contract early by mutual consent to leave as a free agent. Schone was one of the 17 Genoa players who was diagnosed with COVID-19 and a transfer seemed a far away option in the final days of the window due to his COVID status, as well as the fact that both he and his agent did not know that he was left off the list of eligible players for the first Genoa team. On 7 January 2021, his contract was terminated. Heerenveen On 11 February 2021, it was announced that Schöne had signed with SC Heerenveen on a six-month contract, returning to the club where he played between 2002 and 2006. Schöne hopes to get back into the Denmark national team to play at UEFA Euro 2020. Return to NEC On 9 June 2021, it was announced that Schöne had returned to NEC, signing a two-year contract, until the summer of 2023. International career Youth Schöne began his international career with the Denmark national under-16 team, scoring a goal on his debut in August 2001. He played a total of ten matches and scored one goal for the under-17 and under-18 teams from July 2002 to March 2004. After joining De Graafschap, Schöne made his debut for the under-21 team in March 2007. He played a total of nine matches and scored one goal for the under-21s until October 2008. Senior On 12 August 2009, on his debut for the Denmark senior team in a friendly against Chile, Schöne scored less than a minute after being put into action in the