Nicoline Sørensen

Nicoline Haugård Sørensen (born 15 August 1997) is a Danish football player who plays as a forward for Everton in the English FA Women's Super League and the Danish national team. She debuted for the national team at the age of 19 in 2016. Sørensen was awarded the Danish Football Association's prize for Talent of the Year 2016.[1]

Nicoline Sørensen
Nicoline Sørensen in October 2016
Personal information
Full name Nicoline Haugård Sørensen
Date of birth (1997-08-15) 15 August 1997
Place of birth Måløv, Denmark
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Everton
Number 14
Youth career
Måløv BK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
BSF
2013–2014 FC Rosengård 10 (0)
2015–2017 Brøndby 57 (19)
2017–2018 Linköpings FC 22 (3)
2018–2020 Brøndby 42 (29)
2020– Everton 10 (1)
National team‡
2012–13 Denmark U16 9 (3)
2012–13 Denmark U17 18 (4)
2014–16 Denmark U19 31 (11)
2016 Denmark U23 1 (0)
2016– Denmark 38 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 January 2021

Club career

In August 2013, Sørensen joined Swedish club FC Rosengård. She was awarded a professional contract ahead of the 2014 season[2] and went on to make ten Damallsvenskan appearances in the club's title-winning campaign. In February 2015, Sørensen returned to Denmark to play for Brøndby IF for more playing time and to catch up with her studies.[3] In July 2017, it was announced that Sørensen would be making her return to Damallsvenskan to play for the reigning champions, Linköpings FC.[4]

International career

After showing impressive form with Brøndby, Sørensen was called up to be part of the senior Danish national team for the 2016 Yongchuan International Tournament of China in October 2016. She was a replacement for the injured Nadia Nadim.[5] In 2017, she was named to the Danish UEFA Women's Euro 2017 squad.

Honour

Club
Brøndby IF
FC Rosengård

Winner

Linköpings FC

References
  1. "Nicoline Sørensen Årets Talent 2016" (in Danish). bold.dk. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  2. "16-årige Nicoline Sørensen skriver kontrakt med svensk topklub" (in Danish). Fodbold for Piger. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  3. "Nicoline Sørensen: Derfor skifter jeg fra FC Rosengård til Brøndby" (in Danish). Fodbold for Piger. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  4. "Nicoline Sørensen förstärker Linköpings FC" (in Swedish). Linköpings FC. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  5. Nørgaard, Malte (12 October 2016). "PORTRÆT Brøndby-komet inden Champions League: Jeg drømmer om at blive en af Europas bedste" (in Danish). DR (broadcaster). Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  6. Thrane, Kasper Aleksander (15 November 2017). "Linköping-dansker efter scoring: Det perfekte punktum" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  7. Engmann, Jesper (30 October 2017). "Dansk landsholdsspiller: »Jeg fatter det ikke, det er jo sygt«" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
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