Rikke Læntver Sevecke (born 15 June 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Everton in the

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. In 2016, she won her first cap for the senior Denmark national team.

Club career

Nykøbing Falster-born Sevecke began playing football as a three-year-old. She moved away from home to join

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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

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in January 2015. In January 2018 Sevecke returned to Brøndby after a six-month spell playing college soccer for the University of Northwestern Ohio.

International career

Sevecke appeared 25 times for the

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, including at the

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and

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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.

International goals

Awards

Individual

* WHAC Newcomer of the Year: 2017 * NAIA First Team All-American: 2017 NAIA Archive
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