Matilde Lundorf Skovsen

Matilde Lundorf Skovsen (born 19 January 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Danish club HB Køge and the Denmark national team.

Matilde Lundorf
Personal information
Full name Matilde Lundorf Skovsen
Date of birth (1999-01-19) 19 January 1999
Place of birth Nottingham, England[1]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 HB Køge
Number 22
Youth career
IK Skovbakken
2015–2016 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 VSK Aarhus 48 (1)
2019–2020 Brighton & Hove Albion 8 (0)
2020–2023 Juventus 40 (1)
2023– HB Køge 4 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 Denmark U17 12 (0)
2016–2018 Denmark U19 25 (0)
2018 Denmark U23 2 (0)
2022– Denmark 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 September 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 November 2020

Club career

In 2015–16, Lundorf Skovsen spent a season playing with the youth team of Paris Saint-Germain Féminine.[2][3] She then returned home to Denmark, where she played for VSK Aarhus in the Elite division, from 2016 to the summer of 2019. In July 2019 she signed a one-year professional contract with Brighton & Hove Albion of the English FA Women's Super League.[4]

On 7 July 2020, Lundorf joined Juventus.[5]

International career

Lundorf Skovsen appeared 25 times for the Denmark national under-19 team, including at the 2018 edition of the UEFA Under-19 Championship in Switzerland, as well as 12 international matches for the under-17 national team. She made her debut in November 2018 on Denmark's under-23 national team, where she was substituted in the 58th minute for Emilie Henriksen.[6]

In 2022 she was called up to the senior national team of Denmark.

Honours

Juventus

References
  1. "Matilde Lundorf Skovsen" (in French). Footofeminin.fr. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  2. Trolle, Steen (5 July 2016). "Matilde er fransk U19-mester: Helt vild oplevelse" (in Danish). Fodbold For Piger. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  3. Winther Pedersen, Daniel (20 November 2016). "Matilde fra Hadsten flyttede til Paris og til en af verdens største fodboldklubber" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. "Matilde Skovsen: Brighton Women sign Denmark Under-23 defender". BBC Sport. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. "MATILDE LUNDORF IS BIANCONERA!". Juventus.com. 7 July 2020.
  6. DBU. "Landsholdsdatabasen". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.


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