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. 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.[1]
![]() Nicoline Sørensen in October 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Nicoline Haugård Sørensen | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1997-08-15) 15 August 1997 (age 25) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Måløv, Denmark | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||
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 | 25 | (2) | |||||||||||||
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 | 39 | (8) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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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 |
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]
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.[5]
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.[6] In 2017, she was named to the Danish UEFA Women's Euro 2017 squad.
She is currently enrolled as a remote student at the Technical University of Denmark, completing a degree in innovation engineering.[7] She speaks four languages: Danish, Swedish, English, and Norwegian.[8]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 29 August 2019 | Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark | ![]() | 7–0 | 8–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
2. | 8 October 2019 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
3. | 8 April 2021 | Tallaght Stadium, Dublin, Ireland | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Winner
Everton F.C. (women) – current squad | |
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Denmark squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2017 runners-up | ||
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