Rikke Sevecke

Rikke Sevecke
Sevecke with Brøndby in 2016
Personal information
Full name Rikke Læntver Sevecke
Date of birth (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 30)
Place of birth Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
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
2015–2017 Brøndby
2018–2019 Brøndby
2019–2020 Fleury 91 16 (0)
2020–2023 Everton 52 (2)
2023 Portland Thorns 0 (0)
International career
2012 Denmark U16 6 (0)
2012–2013 Denmark U17 10 (0)
2013–2015 Denmark U19 25 (2)
2015–2018 Denmark U23 2 (0)
2016–2023 Denmark 54 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rikke Læntver Sevecke (born 15 June 1996) is a Danish football coach and former professional player who played as a defender for the Denmark national team. Her career spanned multiple European clubs, including Danish A-Liga sides BSF and Brøndby, Première Ligue club Fleury 91, Women's Super League club Everton, and NWSL side Portland Thorns. She currently works for A-Liga club HB Køge. Sevecke earned 54 caps and scored 5 goals for the Denmark national team. In January 2024 she retired from her active playing career after being diagnosed with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.

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. 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.

In January 2018 Sevecke returned to Brøndby after a six-month spell playing college soccer for the University of Northwestern Ohio. 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.

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. 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.

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. She did not feature in any of the club's four remaining games that season. On 20 November 2023, Portland announced that Sevecke would not be returning for the 2024 season.

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.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 August 2019Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark Malta3–08–02022 UEFA Women's Euro Cup qualification
2.17 September 2020Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina3–04–0
3.10 June 2021CASA Arena Horsens, Horsens, Denmark Australia2–03–2Friendly
4.16 September 2021Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark Malta6–07–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5.21 February 2023Stade Francis Le Basser, Laval, France Uruguay2–23–22023 Tournoi de France

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Bagger, Sebastian Taarsted (5 January 2024). "Landsholdsspiller tvunget til karrierestop: 'Undersøgelser har vist, at jeg har en hjertesygdom'". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Jørgensen, Marie Juul (24 February 2024). "Lægens besked var ikke til at tage fejl af – nu skræmmer det hende, at andre kan løbe rundt med samme sygdom". TV2 (in Danish). Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Rikke Sevecke [@sevecke]; (5 January 2024). "It's hard to know where to start. I've been playing football since I could walk and it's always been a big part of my life. But it stops now. I've had some tests done over the past couple months and I recently got the results back saying I do have heart disease. This means I'm not allowed to continue playing professional football and therefore I've had to end my football career immediately" (in Danish). Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via Instagram.
  4. ↑ "Fodboldspiller Rikke Læntver Sevecke har Girlpower" (in Danish). Kvindesport.dk. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Sevecke is Nielsen's first Brøndby signing". UEFA. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Rikke Sevecke vender tilbage til Brøndby" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 12 January 2018. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Rikke Sevecke signs with Everton". Ignite Talent. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Everton Women Sign Danish Defender Sevecke". Everton FC. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Sevecke To Leave Everton". Everton FC. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Thorns FC sign defender Rikke Sevecke". Portland Timbers FC. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Thorns FC announce roster status ahead of 2024 season". Portland Timberd FC. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "2017 Women's Soccer Awards". www.whac.net. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  13. ↑ NAIA Archive