Pierre-Michel Lasogga will play football again in Germany in the future. The 31-year-old joins FC Schalke 04, for whom he is set to play for the U23s in the Regionalliga West next season.
For Lasogga it is a return to his old place of work: The attacker played for Schalke 04 in his youth and should now play a leading role in the second team of the miners. When moving to the Royal Blues regional league team, Lasogga was also interested in the perspective. “I’m starting a new sporting and private chapter here in the Knappenschmiede and in the Regionalliga West. By returning to my home country and moving to Gelsenkirchen, I also want to set the course for life after football,” said Lasogga.
Hertha, HSV, Qatar
The striker appeared in a total of 128 Bundesliga games for Hertha BSC and Hamburger SV from 2011 to 2019, scoring 34 goals. In 2019 he moved to Qatar for three years. Lasogga had been without a club since the summer of 2022 and had recently kept fit with VfB Lübeck, which had been promoted to the third division.