Stine Sandbech

Stine Sandbech (; born 24 January 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Damallsvenskan club BK Häcken and the Denmark national team. Sandbech previously appeared for A-Liga club Brøndby, Première Ligue club Fleury, and Women's Super League side Aston Villa. Larsen started her career as a forward, but was converted to a defender for both her club and national teams starting in 2025.

Club career After joining Brøndby IF as a 12-year-old, Larsen progressed into the first team in 2013 and quickly became an important player. Team coach Per Nielsen praised her as a potential female Kim Vilfort.

On 30 July 2020, Larsen signed for newly promoted Aston Villa in the Women's Super League.

International career Larsen made her senior international debut for Denmark in January 2015, starting a 1–1 friendly draw with New Zealand in Belek, Turkey. Although she began her national team career as a defender, versatile Larsen was named as a forward for a UEFA European Championship 2017 qualifying Group 4 win over Slovakia in June 2016. Due to tournament-ending injuries to teammates Janni Arnth and Mie Leth Jans, Larsen was reverted to playing as a defender for the national team at the UEFA European Championship 2017 and has been a starter in the defence since.

Personal life She married her husband, Emil Sandbech, in July 2024. Their daughter was born in February 2024.

Career statistics International goals Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 22 September 2015 Biel/Bienne, Switzerland 1–3 1–4 Friendly 2. 20 October 2016 Yongchuan, China 2–1 2–1 2016 Yongchuan International Tournament 3. 3 March 2017 Parchal, Portugal 1–0 6–0 2017 Algarve Cup 4. 4–0 5. 11 April 2017 Slagelse, Denmark 4–0 5–0 Friendly 6. 5–0 7. 6 July 2017 Wiener Neustadt, Austria 2–4 2–4 8. 29 August 2019 Viborg, Denmark 5–0 8–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying 9. 8–0 10. 12 November 2019 2–0 14–0 11. 3–0 12. 11–0 13. 22 September 2020 Ta'Qali, Malta 1–0 8–0 14. 16 September 2021 Viborg, Denmark 3–0 7–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 15. 21 September 2021 Baku, Azerbaijan 2–0 8–0 16. 3–0 17. 5–0 18. 26 October 2021 Podgorica, Montenegro 1–0 5–1 19. 5–1 20. 12 April 2022 Viborg, Denmark 1–0 2–0 21. 7 April 2023 Malmö, Sweden 1–0 1–0 Friendly

Honours Brøndby IF A-Liga: 2014–15, 2016–17 Danish Cup: 2014, 2015, 2017

BK Häcken Damallsvenskan: 2025 UEFA Women's Europa Cup: 2025–26

Denmark UEFA Women's Euro 2017: Runners-up

Individual 2015: Danish Breakthrough Player of the Year 2018: Elitedivisionen Player of the Year