Stine Sandbech

Stine Sandbech
	Sandbech with the national team in July 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	24 January 1996 (age 30)
Place of birth	Ejby, Denmark
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Defender
Team information
Current team	BK Häcken
Number	12
Youth career
	Ejby IF 68
	Brøndby IF
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2019	Brøndby IF
2019–2020	FC Fleury 91
2020–2021	Aston Villa
2021–	BK Häcken
International career‡
2012	Denmark U16
2012–2013	Denmark U17
2013–2015	Denmark U19
2015–	Denmark
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Denmark
UEFA Women's Championship
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:20, 12 September 2022 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:00, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Stine Sandbech (née Larsen; born 24 January 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Damallsvenskan club BK Häcken and the Denmark national team. Sandbech previously appeared for A-Liga club Brøndby, Première Ligue club Fleury, and Women's Super League side Aston Villa. Larsen started her career as a forward, but was converted to a defender for both her club and national teams starting in 2025.

Club career

After joining Brøndby IF as a 12-year-old, Larsen progressed into the first team in 2013 and quickly became an important player. Team coach Per Nielsen praised her as a potential female Kim Vilfort.

On 30 July 2020, Larsen signed for newly promoted Aston Villa in the Women's Super League.

International career

Larsen made her senior international debut for Denmark in January 2015, starting a 1–1 friendly draw with New Zealand in Belek, Turkey. Although she began her national team career as a defender, versatile Larsen was named as a forward for a UEFA European Championship 2017 qualifying Group 4 win over Slovakia in June 2016. Due to tournament-ending injuries to teammates Janni Arnth and Mie Leth Jans, Larsen was reverted to playing as a defender for the national team at the UEFA European Championship 2017 and has been a starter in the defence since.

Personal life

She married her husband, Emil Sandbech, in July 2024. Their daughter was born in February 2024.

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 September 2015	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland	Switzerland	1–3	1–4	Friendly
2.	20 October 2016	Yongchuan, China	Uzbekistan	2–1	2–1	2016 Yongchuan International Tournament
3.	3 March 2017	Parchal, Portugal	Portugal	1–0	6–0	2017 Algarve Cup
4.	3 March 2017	Parchal, Portugal	Portugal	4–0	6–0	2017 Algarve Cup
5.	11 April 2017	Slagelse, Denmark	Finland	4–0	5–0	Friendly
6.	11 April 2017	Slagelse, Denmark	Finland	5–0	5–0
7.	6 July 2017	Wiener Neustadt, Austria	Austria	2–4	2–4
8.	29 August 2019	Viborg, Denmark	Malta	5–0	8–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
9.	29 August 2019		Malta	8–0	8–0
10.	12 November 2019		Georgia	2–0	14–0
11.				3–0
12.				11–0
13.	22 September 2020	Ta'Qali, Malta	Malta	1–0	8–0
14.	16 September 2021	Viborg, Denmark	Malta	3–0	7–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
15.	21 September 2021	Baku, Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	2–0	8–0
16.				3–0
17.				5–0
18.	26 October 2021	Podgorica, Montenegro	Montenegro	1–0	5–1
19.	26 October 2021	Podgorica, Montenegro	Montenegro	5–1	5–1
20.	12 April 2022	Viborg, Denmark	Azerbaijan	1–0	2–0
21.	7 April 2023	Malmö, Sweden	Sweden	1–0	1–0	Friendly