Rikke Sevecke

Rikke Læntver Sevecke (born 15 June 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Portland Thorns in the NWSL. In 2016, she won her first cap for the senior Denmark national team.

Rikke Sevecke
Rikke Sevecke in October 2016
Personal information
Full name Rikke Læntver Sevecke
Date of birth (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996
Place of birth Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1999–2011 B 1921
2011–2013 BSF
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Northwestern Ohio 24 (8)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 BSF
2015–2019 Brøndby 37 (7)
2019–2020 FC Fleury 91 16 (0)
2020–2023 Everton 52 (2)
2023 Portland Thorns 0 (0)
International career‡
2012–2013 Denmark U17 10 (0)
2013–2015 Denmark U19 25 (2)
2016– Denmark 44 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 February 2023

Club career

Nykøbing Falster-born Sevecke began playing football as a three-year-old. She moved away from home to join Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold when she was 16 years old.[1] After establishing herself as one of the best young defenders in the Elitedivisionen, she became Per Nielsen's first signing for Brøndby IF in January 2015.[2]

In January 2018 Sevecke returned to Brøndby after a six-month spell playing college soccer for the University of Northwestern Ohio.[3]

International career

Sevecke appeared 25 times for the Denmark women's national under-19 football team, including at the 2013 and 2015 editions of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. She made her senior international debut for Denmark at the 2016 Algarve Cup, in a 4–1 defeat by Iceland.

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 August 2019Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark Malta3–08–02022 UEFA Women's Euro Cup qualification
2.17 September 2020Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina3–04–0
3.10 June 2021CASA Arena Horsens, Horsens, Denmark Australia2–03–2Friendly
4.16 September 2021Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark Malta6–07–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5.21 February 2023Stade Francis Le Basser, Laval, France Uruguay2–23–22023 Tournoi de France

Awards

Individual
  • WHAC Newcomer of the Year: 2017[4]
  • NAIA First Team All-American: 2017 [5]

References
  1. "Fodboldspiller Rikke Læntver Sevecke har Girlpower" (in Danish). Kvindesport.dk. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. "Sevecke is Nielsen's first Brøndby signing". UEFA. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. "Rikke Sevecke vender tilbage til Brøndby" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  4. "2017 Women's Soccer Awards". www.whac.net. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  5. NAIA Archive


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