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Alexander Scholz
Personal information
Full name Alexander Scholz[1]
Date of birth (1992-10-24) 24 October 1992 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 FC Tokyo
Number 24
Youth career
Hedensted
Vejle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Vejle 17 (0)
2012 Stjarnan 21 (5)
2012–2015 Lokeren 70 (1)
2015–2018 Standard Liège 75 (1)
2018 Club Brugge 6 (0)
2018–2021 Midtjylland 92 (12)
2021–2024 Urawa Red Diamonds 94 (14)
2024–2025 Al-Wakrah 20 (0)
2025– FC Tokyo 26 (3)
International career
2010–2011 Denmark U19 4 (0)
2014–2015 Denmark U21 14 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:32, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Alexander Scholz (born 24 October 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for J1 League club FC Tokyo.

Early life

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Scholz' parents are German.[2] He was raised in the Vejle area in Denmark.[2][3][4]

Club career

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Scholz started his career with Hedensted IF, before being scouted by Vejle Boldklub.[5] He later moved to Stjarnan in Iceland. In 2012, Belgian team Lokeren started scouting him following a tip from their former player Arnar Grétarsson, who had seen Scholz play in Iceland. Based on these scouting reports, Lokeren signed Scholz in December 2012, giving him a contract until 2015.[6] Just a few days later on 19 January 2013, he made his debut in the Belgian top league in a 2–6 won away match against OH Leuven.[7] He scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win for Lokeren in the final of the 2014 Belgian Cup Final.[8]

Scholz signed a five-year contract with FC Midtjylland in August 2018.[9] On 1 December 2020, Scholz scored a goal for FC Midtjylland in a UEFA Champions League group stage match against Atalanta; the final score was 1–1.[10]

On 31 May 2021, it was announced that Scholz had signed a contract with J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds.[11] There, he would join his compatriot Kasper Junker, who had signed with the Japanese club a month prior.[12] He left the club at the end of June 2024.[13] Prior to his departure, both he and Hiroki Sakai were given a farewell sendoff following the club's matches against Júbilo Iwata on 30 June 2024.[14]

International career

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In November 2020, he was called up to Kasper Hjulmand's senior squad for the friendly against Sweden due to several cancellations from, among others, the Danish national team players playing in England, due to the COVID-19 restrictions, as well as a case of COVID-19 in the squad, which had put several national team players in quarantine.[15]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 8 April 2026[16][17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vejle 2009–10 Danish 1st Division 1000———00
2010–11 Danish 1st Division 16000———00
Total 17000———170
Stjarnan 2012 Úrvalsdeild karla 21552———267
Lokeren 2012–13 Belgian Pro League 11000———110
2013–14 Belgian Pro League 38171———452
2014–15 Belgian Pro League 21030—8[c]0—320
Total 701101—80—882
Standard Liège 2014–15 Belgian Pro League 16000———160
2015–16 Belgian Pro League 15050—10—210
2016–17 Belgian First Division A 33110—6[c]01[d]0411
2017–18 Belgian First Division A 11020———130
Total 75180—7010911
Club Brugge 2017–18 Belgian First Division A 5010———60
2018–19 Belgian First Division A 1000———10
Total 6010———70
Midtjylland 2018–19 Danish Superliga 27340—2[c]0—333
2019–20 Danish Superliga 34200—2[c]0—362
2020–21 Danish Superliga 31740—10[e]3—4510
Total 921280—143—11415
Urawa Reds 2021 J1 League 15040400000230
2022 J1 League 32620408[f]21[g]0478
2023 J1 League 34720626[f]23[h]15112
2024 J1 League 13100100000141
Total 9414801521444113521
Al-Wakrah SC 2024–25 QSL 20010606[i]01[j]0340
FC Tokyo 2025 J1 League 16240–––202
2026 J1 (100) 10100–––101
Total 26340000000303
Career total 421364532124976151249

Honours

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Lokeren

Standard Liège

Club Brugge

Midtjylland

Urawa Red Diamonds

Individual

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023™: List of Players: Urawa Reds" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2023. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 Stanbury, Sebastian (13 May 2014). "Alexander Scholz og friheden". TIPSBLADET (in Danish). Tipsbladet ApS. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Frederiksen, Martin Hjorth (17 July 2014). "Lad os tale lidt om fodbold" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Christiansen, Casper Helweg (22 June 2015). "PORTRÆT Til EM med Hemingway og Sartre under armen". DR (DR Sport) (in Danish). DR SPORT/DR. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Poulsen, Tommy (3 June 2015). "Fodboldtalent fra Hedensted skal til EM". hsfo.dk (in Danish).
  6. ↑ "De Deen Alexander SCHOLZ (24/10/1992) is al de eerste nieuwe aanwinst" (in Dutch). Sporting Lokeren. Retrieved 12 December 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ "Lokeren juicht na doelpuntenkermis bij OHL" (in Dutch). Sporza. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Lokeren wint de Cofidis Cup na bizarre goal" (in Dutch). Sporza. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "FCM henter dansk forsvarsspiller hjem fra Belgien". DR (in Danish). 10 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Atalanta vs. FC Midtjylland". ESPN. 1 December 2020. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021.
  11. ↑ Risom, Jens (31 May 2021). "Alexander Scholz drager på japansk eventyr". FC Midtjylland (in Danish).
  12. ↑ "FC Midtjylland sælger Scholz til japansk klub". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). 31 May 2021.
  13. ↑ Alexander Scholz forlader japansk fodbold, bold.dk, 30 June 2024
  14. ↑ "磐田戦後 酒井宏樹、アレクサンダー ショルツあいさつ". Urawa Red Diamonds (in Japanese). 30 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 June 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  15. ↑ "The Latest: Denmark drops 7 UK-based players for Sweden game". taiwannews.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  16. ↑ Alexander Scholz at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  17. ↑ "Alexander Scholz Players All-Time Record". Soccer D.B. Japan. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  18. ↑ "Urawa Reds edge Al Hilal for historic third title". AFC. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  19. ↑ Orlowitz, Dan (6 May 2023). "Urawa beats Al Hilal to capture third Asian Champions League title". The Japan Times. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  20. ↑ "Alexander Scholz kåret til årets Superliga-spiller". FC Midtjylland (in Danish). 17 March 2021. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  21. ↑ "2023年Jリーグベスト11は神戸と浦和が最多タイ4名！ 大迫勇也や西川周作ら". GOAL (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
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