Rikke Læntver Sevecke

Rikke Læntver Sevecke (born 15 June 1996) is a Danish football coach and former professional football defender who played for the Denmark national team. Her career spanned multiple European clubs, including Danish A-Liga sides BSF and Brøndby, Première Ligue club Fleury 91, Women's Super League club Everton, and NWSL side Portland Thorns. She currently works for A-Liga club HB Køge. Sevecke earned 54 caps and scored 5 goals for the Denmark national team. In January 2024 she retired from her active playing career after being diagnosed with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.

Club career Nykøbing Falster-born Sevecke began playing football as a three-year-old. She moved away from home to join Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold 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 Brøndby IF in January 2015.

In January 2018 Sevecke returned to Brøndby after a six-month spell playing college soccer for the University of Northwestern Ohio. She would ultimately win three Danish league titles (2014–2015, 2016–2017, 2018–2019) and three Danish Cups (2014–2015, 2016–2017, 2017–2018) for the club.

Sevecke played for FC Fleury 91 in France in the 2019-2020 season, before signing with Everton in the Women's Super League in summer 2020. She appeared in 52 games (45 starts) for Everton across three WSL seasons, mostly at centerback, while notching two goals and one assist. In May 2023, the club announced she would leave at the end of her contract.

In September 2023, Sevecke joined Portland Thorns FC in the NWSL for the remainder of the 2023 season, with a club option for the 2024 season. She did not feature in any of the club's four remaining games that season. On November 20, 2023, Portland announced that Sevecke would not be returning for the 2024 season.

International career Sevecke appeared 25 times for the Denmark women's national under-19 football team, including at the 2013 and 2015 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 Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first. No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 29 August 2019 Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark 3–0 8–0 2022 UEFA Women's Euro Cup qualification 2. 17 September 2020 Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0 4–0 3. 10 June 2021 CASA Arena Horsens, Horsens, Denmark 2–0 3–2 Friendly 4. 16 September 2021 Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark 6–0 7–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 5. 21 February 2023 Stade Francis Le Basser, Laval, France 2–2 3–2 2023 Tournoi de France

Awards Individual WHAC Newcomer of the Year: 2017 NAIA First Team All-American: 2017