Stina Lykke Borg
Personal information
Full name Stina Lykke Petersen Borg
Date of birth (1986-02-09) February 9, 1986
Place of birth Højby, Denmark
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Kolding Q
Number 1
Youth career
Lunde GIF
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 Rollins Tars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2006 Odense
2009–2013 Brøndby IF
2013 FCR 2001 Duisburg 4 (0)
2014 MSV Duisburg 7 (0)
2014–2015 1. FC Köln 11 (0)
2015–2016 Odense
2016–2017 Kristianstads DFF 7 (0)
2017–2018 Kolding Q 24 (0)
2020–2021 HB Køge 2 (0)
2021– Kolding Q 4 (0)
International career‡
2011–2018 Denmark 83 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Denmark
UEFA Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place2017 NetherlandsTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:04, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:04, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Stina Lykke Petersen Borg (born 9 February 1986) is a Danish football goalkeeper who plays for Danish club KoldingQ and formerly the Denmark national team. She has played college soccer in America with the Rollins Tars, and played for professional clubs in Germany and Sweden, as well as in her native Denmark. She won 83 senior caps for Denmark between 2011 and 2018.

Club career

Lykke Borg began playing football aged five in her hometown Højby.[1] In 2007, she attended Rollins College in Florida and played NCAA college soccer.[2]

Following a successful UEFA European Championship 2013 tournament with Denmark, Lykke Borg secured a transfer from Brøndby to FCR 2001 Duisburg. She had compiled three Elitedivisionen titles and four Danish Women's Cups in her time with Brøndby.[3] In 2016 Lykke Borg transferred to Kristianstads DFF, after playing in Odense's first three matches of the Danish season.[4]

Early in 2017 she moved back to Denmark in order to be closer to her family and friends. She chose to play for KoldingQ without a wage even though she had offers from clubs in other countries. During UEFA European Championship 2017 she told the media that she was a better goalkeeper when she was living close to her family and friends. She studied to be a physiotherapist and had to work beside playing football and studying. During the Euro 2017 the Danish football association paid her wage as she could not work during the tournament.[5]

She stopped her professional career in 2018, but she went back in June 2020 after pregnancy, to play for HB Køge.[6] In February 2021 she returned to KoldingQ in a new role as a "keeperkonsulent " (English: goalkeeper consultant).[7] She made another playing comeback with the club in August 2021.[8]

International career

She was called into the Denmark squad for UEFA European Championship 2005 as an uncapped player.[9] At the 2011 Algarve Cup she made her first senior national team appearance, in a 3–1 defeat by Sweden.

After a knee injury to regular goalkeeper Heidi Johansen, Lykke Borg was elevated to first choice for UEFA European Championship 2013.[10] In Denmark's opening group match against hosts Sweden she saved two second half penalty kicks from Lotta Schelin and Kosovare Asllani, respectively, to secure a 1–1 draw.[11]

Denmark progressed to the quarter-finals on the drawing of lots, where they shocked France in a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw. Lykke Borg stopped Louisa Nécib's kick in the shoot-out, after narrowly failing to keep out the same player's penalty goal during the match.[12] Denmark's run came to an end in the semi-final when they lost another penalty shoot-out to Norway.

Lykke Borg remained the first choice goalkeeper at UEFA European Championship 2017, and saved a penalty from Caroline Graham Hansen in Denmark's 1–0 group stage win over Norway.[13] She also saved twice in the penalty shoot-out win over Austria in the semi-final.[14] Lykke Borg started in the UEFA European Championship 2017 final, which Denmark lost 4–2 to hosts the Netherlands.

In June 2018, Lykke Borg retired from international football following a 5–1 2019 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 win over Hungary in Viborg.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Stina er bare sej!" (in Danish). Midtfyns Posten. 2007-07-17. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
  2. ↑ "2007 Women's Soccer Season Review". Rollins Tars. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
  3. ↑ "Dansk EM-målvogter skifter til tysk fodbold". DR.dk (in Danish). DR (broadcaster). 6 August 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Persson, Patrik (4 September 2016). "Nya målvakten: Tycker att vi var bättre" (in Swedish). Kristianstadsbladet. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "EM-målmand fravælger udlandet for at være amatør". Fyens.dk. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Tidligere landsholdskeeper tager handskerne på igen". hbkoge.dk. 2 June 2020.
  7. ↑ Trolle, Steen (25 February 2021). "KoldingQ opruster på keepersiden" (in Danish). Fotbold for piger. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Højstrøm, Lotte (2 September 2021). "Danmarks dronning i målet har gjort comeback for Kolding: - Jeg kunne ikke spille en hel sæson" (in Danish). JydskeVestkysten. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  9. ↑ Peter Bruun (2005-05-03). "Bonde names party for EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
  10. ↑ Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  11. ↑ Dutt, Sujay (11 July 2013). "Petersen's 'crazy' day for Denmark". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  12. ↑ Saffer, Paul (23 July 2013). "Petersen, Rasmussen in Denmark dreamland". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  13. ↑ "Penalty specialist Petersen gains revenge on Norway". France 24. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  14. ↑ "Denmark reach Euro 2017 final after penalty shootout win over Austria". The Guardian. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  15. ↑ Smed Iversen, Rikke; Boldt, Tobias (12 June 2018). "Førstemålmand Stina Lykke stopper på landsholdet" (in Danish). DR (broadcaster). Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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