Simone Boye Sørensen

Simone Boye Sørensen (born 3 March 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hammarby IF and the Denmark national team.[2]

Simone Boye
Boye playing for Hammarby in 2022
Personal information
Full name Simone Boye Sørensen
Date of birth (1992-03-03) 3 March 1992
Place of birth Regstrup, Denmark
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Hammarby IF
Number 5
Youth career
1998–2007 Jernløse IF
2007 MV05
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 UTSA Roadrunners
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2013 BSF
2013–2017 Brøndby IF 75 (9)
2017–2018 FC Rosengård 23 (1)
2019–2021 Bayern Munich 22 (2)
2021–2022 Arsenal 5 (0)
2022– Hammarby IF 32 (4)
International career‡
2008 Denmark U17
2011– Denmark 89 (5)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Denmark
UEFA Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place2017 NetherlandsTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:15, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

She has a weakness in her eardrums which causes them to perforate easily.[3]

Club career

Raised in Regstrup, near Holbæk, Boye began playing football with Jernløse IF at age six. In 2007 she decided to move to M/V- 05 by Holbæk. Noted for her performance, she was called by the Skovlunde IF sports club where she had the opportunity to play in the Elitedivisionen, the top level of the national championship, with an all-female team.

In 2012, Boye attended the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she played college soccer for the UTSA Roadrunners. Boye later returned to her Danish club BSF after the American season.

Boye signed for Brøndby IF in the Danish Elitedivisionen in 2013 and was deployed as a central midfielder at club level. Equally comfortable defending or attacking, she represented Brøndby in the UEFA Women's Champions League. She was voted 2014 Danish Football Player of the Year.[4] She was later appointed captain of Brøndby. In June 2017, she signed for FC Rosengård in Damallsvenskan.

On 22 July 2021, it was announced that Boye had signed for English side Arsenal.[5]

On 14 July 2022, Boye joined Hammarby IF, signing a three and a half-year deal.[6]

International career

Boye made her debut for the senior Denmark national team in December 2011, a 4–0 win over Chile at the São Paulo International Tournament. She entered play as a substitute for Mariann Gajhede Knudsen on 83 minutes.

An injury sustained at the 2013 Algarve Cup kept Boye out of contention for a place in Denmark's squad for UEFA Euro 2013.[7] In November 2014, it was reported that national coach Nils Nielsen was building his team around Boye, who had shown some of the same defensive qualities as Denmark's male captain Daniel Agger.[8]

In 2017, Boye was named to Denmark's UEFA Euro 2017 squad. She decided the penalty shootout in the semi-final against Austria and sent Denmark into their first ever European Championship final.[9]

In June 2022, she was selected for the final squad at the UEFA Euro 2022 in England.[10]

Career statistics
Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Boye goal.
List of international goals scored by Simone Boye Sørensen
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 March 2014 Albufeira, Portugal  United States 3–0 5–3 2014 Algarve Cup
2 13 September 2014 Vejle, Denmark  Malta 5–0 8–0 2015 World Cup qualifier
3 15 January 2015 Belek, Turkey  New Zealand 1–0 2–3 Friendly
4 28 November 2016 Turbize, Belgium  Belgium 1–0 3–1 Friendly
5 12 June 2018 Viborg, Denmark  Hungary 3–1 5–1 2019 World Cup qualification

Honours

Brøndby IF

FC Rosengård

Bayern Munich

Hammarby IF

References
  1. "#3 Simone Boye". University of Texas at San Antonio. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  2. "Kvindelandsholdet". DBU. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  3. "Simone Boye Sørensen" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  4. "Simone Boye er Årets Kvindelige Fodboldspiller 2014" (in Danish). Spillerforeningen. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  5. Pytlik, Rick (22 July 2021). "Simone Boye Sørensen joins Arsenal from Bayern Munich". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  6. "Simone Boye Sørensen klar för Bajen - ansluter efter EM" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  7. Jadouin, Michel Henri (10 March 2014). "Simone Boye Sørensen: Går efter guldet" (in Danish). Brøndby IF. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  8. Bo Nielsen, Jonas (25 November 2014). "VIDEO Brøndby-spiller kåret til Danmarks bedste" (in Danish). DR (broadcaster). Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  9. "Danmark er klar til EM-finalen efter straffedrama - TV 2". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 3 August 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  10. DBU. "Her er holdet til EM 2022". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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