Rikke Sevecke

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Rikke Sevecke
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Rikke Sevecke in October 2016
Personal information
Full name Rikke Læntver Sevecke
Date of birth (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
Everton
Number 4
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– Everton 30 (1)
National team
2012–2013 Denmark U17 10 (0)
2013–2015 Denmark U19 25 (2)
2016– Denmark 31 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 September 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 September 2021

Rikke Læntver Sevecke (born 15 June 1996) is a Danish football defender who plays for Everton in the FA WSL. In 2016, she won her first cap for the senior Denmark national team.

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. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 September 2021 Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark  Malta 6–0 7–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

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

External links[]

Sporting positions
Preceded by WHAC Newcomer of the Year
2017
Succeeded by


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