Sofie Svava (born 11 August 2000) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Denmark national team. Svava has previously played for

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of the Swedish

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of the Danish

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of the German

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, and

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of the Spanish

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. In January 2020, she was named by

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as one of the 10 most promising young players in Europe.

Club career

Svava played in the junior teams of the clubs Hørsholm-Usserød IK, Brøndby IF, B.93 Copenhagen, and Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold. Starting at age 16, Svava played for

in the Danish top league and won the cup in her first season. In her second season she won the Danish championship. In July 2019, it was announced that Svava had signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the Swedish side

. It was reported that Brøndby had received a club-record fee for 17-year-old Svava. In her debut season, she won

. This made her champion twice in one year. In November 2020, it was announced that Svava had signed a three-year contract with German club

, running from January 2021. She made her debut on 5 February 2021 in the game against

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when she came on as a substitute in injury time. In the 2021/22 Champions League, she was used in the group games against Servette FC Chênois and

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and reached the quarter-finals with the team. In January 2022, Svava moved to

. In June 2024, Svava left Real Madrid and joined French club

International career

Youth

Svava made her first appearances for the Denmark U16 team in three games during a UEFA tournament in Ireland in February 2015. She then took part in the Nordic Cup at the end of June and beginning of July 2015. In September 2015 she was used in the U17 team in two friendly matches against

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and scored her first international goal on 8 September. In October she took part in the first

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round for the 2016 U17 European Championship. They reached the elite round where she scored a goal against

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. In September 2016 she made her first appearance in the U19 team, winning 3–2 against

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in a friendly match. In October she played in the first

round for the 2017 U19 European Championship. She scored against

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and qualified for the elite round as second in the group. She then played in three games at a tournament in

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in March 2017. She played again in September in the first

round for the 2018 U19 European Championship. At the tournament, she contributed two goals and was named to the Best XI of the tournament. She was part of the team again at the finals of the 2018 U19 European Championship. They reached the semi-finals but lost 0–1 against defending champions

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, who won first place three days later. The first

round for the 2019 U19 European Championship started just one month later, and Svava scored against

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. In October she took part with the team in the tournament.

Senior

Svava debuted for the Danish national team in the 1–0 friendly victory against

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in January 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute. In 2019, Svava was named Danish Breakthrough Player of the Year. Additionally, she was nominated for Danish Football Player of the Year. She has appeared for the team during the UEFA Euro 2021 qualifying cycle. She scored the first senior national goal in the victory against

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for the Euro 2022. She played in the three games at the

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and four other European Championship qualifying games, therefore able to contribute to early qualification for the finals. She was always used in the nine games played in

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for the 2023 World Cup and scored one goal. After Russia were excluded because of the political attack on Ukraine, which violated international law, Denmark were confirmed as World Cup participants early. They last took part in a World Cup in 2007. On 16 June 2022, she was nominated for the Euro 2022. There she was used in two games as Denmark were eliminated in the group stage. On 30 June she was nominated for the

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in Australia and New Zealand. She was not used at the World Cup, where Denmark made it to the round of 16 before being eliminated by

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International goals

Achievements

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winner *

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: Danish champion and Swedish champion * 2018:

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winner

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