Simone Boye Sørensen
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Simone Boye Sørensen (born 3 March 1992) is a Danish professional association football, footballer who plays as a defender (association football), defender for Hammarby Fotboll (women), Hammarby IF and the Denmark women's national football team, Denmark national team.


Club career


Denmark and USA

Raised in Regstrup, near Holbæk, Boye began playing football with Jernløse IF at age six. In 2007, she decided to move to M/V- 05 by Holbæk. Noted for her performance, Boye was called by the Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold, Ballerup-Skovlunde, BSF, sports club where she had the opportunity to play in the Danish Women's League, Elitedivisionen, the top level of the national championship. In 2012, Boye attended the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she played College soccer in the United States, college soccer for the UTSA Roadrunners. Boye later returned to her Danish club BSF after the American season. Boye signed for Brøndby IF (women), Brøndby IF in the Danish Elitedivisionen in 2013 and was deployed as a central midfielder at club level. Equally comfortable defending or attacking, she represented Brøndby in the UEFA Women's Champions League. She was voted 2014 Danish Football Player of the Year. She was later appointed captain of Brøndby.


FC Rosengård

On 20 June 2017, she signed for FC Rosengård in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. Before making her debut for the club, Boye sustained a knee injury that kept her sidelined for the majority of the year. In 2018, Boye returned to the pitch and played 21 league games, helping Rosengård to finish 3rd in the Damallsvenskan table. The club won the Svenska cupen (women), 2017–18 Svenska Cupen. Boye appeared in the final, that ended in a 1–0 win at home against Linköping FC.


Bayern Munich

On 7 January 2019, Boye transferred to FC Bayern Munich (women), Bayern Munich, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract. Boye won the 2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga with the club. The same season, Bayern Munich reached the semi-final of the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League, losing 5–3 on aggregate to Chelsea F.C. Women, Chelsea, despite a first-leg win in Munich in which Boye came on as a substitute.


Arsenal

On 22 July 2021, it was announced that Boye had signed for English side Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal. She rejoined her former coach from FC Rosengård at the club, Jonas Eidevall. Her playing time was limited throughout her first season, only making five appearances in the Women's Super League.


Hammarby IF

On 14 July 2022, Boye joined Hammarby Fotboll (women), Hammarby IF, signing a three-and-a-half-year deal. On 6 June 2023, Hammarby won the 2022–23 Svenska Cupen (women), 2022–23 Svenska Cupen. Boye appeared in the final, that ended in a 3–0 win at home against BK Häcken FF, BK Häcken. The club also won the 2023 Damallsvenskan, claiming its second Swedish championship after 38 years, with Boye making 22 league appearances. At the end of the season, she was nominated for the prize of Damallsvenskan Defender of the Year, that eventually was awarded to Josefine Rybrink from BK Häcken.


International career

Boye made her debut for the senior Denmark women's national football team, Denmark national team in December 2011, a 4–0 win over Chile women's national football team, Chile at the 2011 Torneio Internacional Cidade de São Paulo de Futebol Feminino, São Paulo International Tournament. She entered play as a Substitute (association football), substitute for Mariann Gajhede Knudsen on 83 minutes. An injury sustained at the 2013 Algarve Cup kept Boye out of contention for a place in Denmark's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013, UEFA Euro 2013. In November 2014, it was reported that national Coach (sports), coach Nils Nielsen was building his team around Boye, who had shown some of the same defensive qualities as Denmark's male captain Daniel Agger. In 2017, Boye was named to Denmark's UEFA Women's Euro 2017, UEFA Euro 2017 squad. She decided the penalty shootout in the semi-final against Austria women's national football team, Austria and sent Denmark into their first ever European Championship final. In June 2022, she was selected for the final squad at the UEFA Women's Euro 2022, UEFA Euro 2022 in England.


Personal life

She has a weakness in her eardrums which causes them to Perforated eardrum, perforate easily. In February 2024, she announced her pregnancy with her first child, that is expected to arrive in the beginning of the summer, and that she takes a break till autumn.


Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Boye goal.''


Honours

Brøndby IF * Elitedivisionen: 2014–15 Elitedivisionen, 2014–15, 2016–17 Elitedivisionen, 2016–17; runner-up 2013–14, 2015–16 Elitedivisionen, 2015–16 * Danish Women's Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17; runner-up 2015–16 FC Rosengård * Damallsvenskan: runner-up 2017 Damallsvenskan, 2017 * Svenska Cupen (women), Svenska Cupen: 2017–18 Bayern Munich * Frauen-Bundesliga, Bundesliga: 2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga, 2020–21 Hammarby IF * Svenska Cupen (women), Svenska Cupen: 2022–23 Svenska Cupen (women), 2022–23 * Damallsvenskan: 2023 Damallsvenskan, 2023


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boye Sorensen, Simone 1992 births Living people Danish women's footballers Denmark women's international footballers Danish Women's League players Brøndby IF (women) players FC Bayern Munich (women) players Arsenal W.F.C. players Hammarby Fotboll (women) players Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Danish expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Sportspeople from Holbæk Municipality Women's association football defenders UTSA Roadrunners women's soccer players FC Rosengård players Damallsvenskan players Frauen-Bundesliga players Women's Super League players Footballers from Region Zealand UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players Danish expatriate sportspeople in England Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in England Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players 21st-century Danish sportswomen