Lasse Vibe

FC Fyn In December 2008, Vibe signed a contract with 2. division West club FC Fyn, effective from 1 January 2009. He hit the ground running, scoring seven goals in 13 games in the second half of the 2008–09 season and he won the first silverware of his career when Fyn won the division title, which sealed promotion to the 1. division. Vibe began his first full season of first team football as a regular, but ended the 2009–10 campaign with just seven goals from 31 appearances as Fyn finished safely in mid-table. He departed the club after the season and scored 14 goals in 44 appearances during 18 months at the Odense Atletikstadion. He scored 11 goals in 29 appearances during his debut season, in which the Vikings finished in mid-table. Vibe scored six goals in 15 appearances during the first half of the 2011–12 season, He had to wait until March 2012 to make his debut and played the opening 66 minutes of a 1–0 defeat to Brøndby IF, before being substituted for Bjørn Paulsen. He came into form in mid-April and scored five goals in a six-match spell. despite having signed a new year contract in December 2012. Vibe made 49 appearances and scored 19 goals during 18 months at the Haderslev Fodboldstadion. Vibe finished the 2013 season with 22 appearances, four goals and helped Göteborg to third place in the table and qualification for the Europa League.

Vibe was in prolific goalscoring form during the 2014 season, scoring 32 goals in 38 appearances and finishing the season as the Allsvenskan's top scorer. He was nominated for the 2014 Danish Player of the Year award, but lost to Tottenham Hotspur's Christian Eriksen. Vibe scored 7 goals during Göteborg's victorious 2014–15 Svenska Cupen campaign, which included the opening goal in a 2–1 win over Örebro SK in the final on 17 May 2015. He left the club on 24 July 2015, The departure of forward Andre Gray on 21 August opened up a place in the starting lineup for Vibe, albeit as a winger. Despite being deployed out wide, he scored five goals in 11 games before injury to Marco Djuricin in November 2015 led interim coach Lee Carsley move Vibe into the team's lone striker position. After the switch, he scored just twice more prior to Christmas and then entered a long goal drought, He finally came back into form in the final five weeks of the season and went on a run of scoring seven goals in as many matches.

2016–17 season After an extended spell away on international duty, Vibe returned in time for Brentford's fifth match of the 2016–17 season versus Rotherham United. Vibe regained his starting place on his return in early November, but as in the previous season, he suffered a goal drought and failed to score again until 7 January 2017, The continuing unavailability of Hogan and then his departure at the end of the January transfer window saw Vibe keep the lone forward role and he returned to form, scoring 14 goals in 21 matches between 7 January and the end of the season.

2017–18 season The early part of Vibe's 2017–18 season was disrupted by nearly two months on the sidelines due to a foot injury suffered during a 2–0 defeat to Ipswich Town on 19 August 2017. He scored his first goals of the season with seven in an eight-match spell from November through to January and was nominated for the December PFA Championship Fans' Player of the Month award. The run of goals was Vibe's last for the club and he departed Griffin Park on 10 February 2018. During seasons with Brentford, Vibe made 97 appearances and scored 37 goals.

Changchun Yatai

On 10 February 2018, Vibe transferred to Chinese Super League club Changchun Yatai for an undisclosed fee, speculated to be £2 million. In a disastrous 2018 season, which culminated in relegation to China League One, Vibe made just 11 appearances and scored one goal.

Return to IFK Göteborg

On 3 April 2019, Vibe returned to Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg on a one-year contract, with the option for a further year. He made 21 appearances and scored six goals during a mid-table 2019 season and was voted that season's Archangel by the club's supporters. made 98 appearances and scored 52 goals. During what remained of the club's 2019–20 championship-winning season, he made 13 appearances and scored two goals.

International career

Youth Vibe was called into a Denmark U19 squad while a youth, but did not play. In July 2016, he was called up to the Denmark 2016 Summer Olympics squad as one of three overage players and was named as captain of the team shortly before the tournament. He made four appearances and scored no goals in the tournament as Denmark were knocked out by Nigeria in the quarter-finals.

Full Following good goalscoring form for SønderjyskE, Vibe he received his maiden call-up to the senior Danish national team for a friendly match against Slovakia on 8 August 2012. His debut came just over two years later, against Turkey in a friendly on 3 September 2014, in which Vibe replaced Thomas Kahlenberg in the 64th minute of the 2–1 defeat. Four days later, Vibe made his competitive debut for Denmark in a 2–1 win over Armenia in Euro 2016 qualifying. but did not play due to injury. Vibe's international career ended in 2017, by which time he had won 11 caps and scored one goal.

Personal life Vibe has twin children and his older brother Rasmus is also a footballer. Alongside football, Vibe played handball until the age of 16, before deciding to concentrate on football full-time. In 2020, while still a professional footballer, Vibe joined financial services firm Imperium Family Office as a partner and financial advisor.

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International + Appearances and goals by national team and year