Nicoline Haugård Caspersen[1] (born 15 August 1997) is a former Danish professional footballer who played as a forward, most recently for English Women's Super League club Everton and the Denmark women's national team. Having made her debut for the senior national team at the age of 19, she was awarded the Danish Football Association's prize for Talent of the Year 2016.[2]
 Sørensen with Brøndby in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Nicoline Haugård Caspersen | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 August 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Måløv, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Everton | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Måløv BK | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
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| 2013–2014 | FC Rosengård | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Brøndby | 57 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Linköpings FC | 22 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Brøndby | 42 | (29) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Everton | 49 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Denmark U16 | 9 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Denmark U17 | 18 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Denmark U19 | 31 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Denmark U23 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2023 | Denmark | 54 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 September 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 April 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editIn August 2013, Sørensen joined Swedish club FC Rosengård. She was awarded a professional contract ahead of the 2014 season[3] 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.[4] In July 2017, it was announced that Sørensen would be making her return to Damallsvenskan to play for the reigning champions, Linköpings FC.[5]
In July 2020, she left Brøndby to move to England, signing a two-year contract with Everton F.C. in the Women's Super League.[6]
Despite having signed another one year contract extension in the summer of 2023, Everton announced on 19 November 2023 that Sørensen would retire from football the following month, aged 26, to "pursue other interests".[7] Her final game was a home 4-1 defeat to Manchester City on 19 December 2023, the Blues' final game before the WSL winter break.[8]
International career
editAfter 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.[9] In 2017, she was named to the Danish UEFA Women's Euro 2017 squad.
Personal life
editShe is currently enrolled as a remote student at the Technical University of Denmark, completing a degree in innovation engineering.[10] She speaks four languages: Danish, Swedish, English, and Norwegian.[11]
International goals
edit| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 29 August 2019 | Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark |  Malta |
7–0 | 8–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 2. | 8 October 2019 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia |  Georgia |
2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 3. | 8 April 2021 | Tallaght Stadium, Dublin, Ireland |  Republic of Ireland |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Honours
editClub
editWinner
References
edit- ^ https://dk.linkedin.com/posts/nicoline-haug%C3%A5rd-caspersen-53907ba1_tidligere-landsholdsspiller-bliver-ekspert-activity-7181664080397492224-qfKy
- ^ "Nicoline Sørensen Årets Talent 2016" (in Danish). bold.dk. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "16-årige Nicoline Sørensen skriver kontrakt med svensk topklub" (in Danish). Fodbold for Piger. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "Nicoline Sørensen: Derfor skifter jeg fra FC Rosengård til Brøndby" (in Danish). Fodbold for Piger. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "Nicoline Sørensen förstärker Linköpings FC" (in Swedish). Linköpings FC. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Nicoline Sorensen: Everton Women sign Denmark forward on two-year deal". BBC News. 14 July 2020.
- ^ Sherlock, Harry (19 November 2023). "Everton's Nicoline Sorensen to retire from football at 26 as club issues shock statement revealing Denmark forward's desire to 'pursue other interests'". goal.com. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Everton Women 1-4 Manchester City: Blues sign off 2023 with heavy defeat". SB Nation - Royal Mersey Blue. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "IWD Q&A: Everton FC and Denmark's Nicoline Sørensen". The Engineer. 21 March 2021.
- ^ Taylor, Louise (5 May 2021). "Everton's Nicoline Sørensen: 'Everyone says my studies sound exciting'". The Guardian.
- ^ Thrane, Kasper Aleksander (15 November 2017). "Linköping-dansker efter scoring: Det perfekte punktum" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Engmann, Jesper (30 October 2017). "Dansk landsholdsspiller: "Jeg fatter det ikke, det er jo sygt"" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
External links
edit- Nicoline Sørensen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Nicoline Sørensen at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Nicoline Sørensen at Soccerway