Rikke Sevecke
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File:Rikke Læntver Sevecke (cropped).jpg Rikke Sevecke in October 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rikke Læntver Sevecke | ||
| Date of birth | 15 June 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Nykøbing Falster, Denmark | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position | 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) |
| 2016–2023 | Denmark | 54 | (5) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 March 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 January 2024 | |||
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Rikke Læntver Sevecke (born 15 June 1996) is a Danish former professional football player who last played as a defender for the Portland Thorns in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). In 2016, she won her first cap for the senior Denmark national team. In January 2024 she ended her career due to a heart disease.[1][2]
Club career
[edit | edit source]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.[3] 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.[4]
In January 2018 Sevecke returned to Brøndby after a six-month spell playing college soccer for the University of Northwestern Ohio.[5] She would ultimately win three Danish league titles (2014–2015, 2016–2017, 2018–2019) and three Danish Cups (2014–2015, 2016–2017, 2017–2018) for the club.[6]
Sevecke played for FC Fleury 91 in France in the 2019-2020 season, before signing with Everton in the Women's Super League in summer 2020.[7] She appeared in 52 games (45 starts) for Everton across three WSL seasons, mostly at centerback, while notching two goals and one assist. In May 2023, the club announced she would leave at the end of her contract.[8]
In September 2023, Sevecke joined Portland Thorns FC in the NWSL for the remainder of the 2023 season, with a club option for the 2024 season.[9] She did not feature in any of the club's four remaining games that season. On November 20, 2023, Portland announced that Sevecke would not be returning for the 2024 season.[10]
International career
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 29 August 2019 | Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark | File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta | 3–0 | 8–0 | 2022 UEFA Women's Euro Cup qualification |
| 2. | 17 September 2020 | Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina | File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
| 3. | 10 June 2021 | CASA Arena Horsens, Horsens, Denmark | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 2–0 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 4. | 16 September 2021 | Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark | File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta | 6–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 5. | 21 February 2023 | Stade Francis Le Basser, Laval, France | File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2023 Tournoi de France |
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Awards
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Rikke Sevecke national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Rikke Sevecke at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Profile at University of Northwestern Ohio
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Nykøbing Falster
- Danish women's footballers
- Women's association football defenders
- Brøndby IF (women) players
- Danish Women's League players
- University of Northwestern Ohio alumni
- College women's soccer players in Ohio
- Denmark women's international footballers
- Danish expatriate women's footballers
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold (women) players
- Women's Super League players
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in France
- Première Ligue players
- Expatriate women's footballers in France
- Everton F.C. (women) players
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- FC Fleury 91 (women) players
- UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 21st-century Danish sportswomen
- Danish women's football biography stubs