Kathrine Larsen (born 5 May 1993) is a Danish

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who plays as a

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for

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and the Denmark national team.

Club career

During her teenage years, she played, among other things, for

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. In 2015, she switched to

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was p ...

. In 2019 she played for FC Nordsjælland and in 2020 she played for

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is named ...

Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...

. In 2021, she switched to the Norwegian club

Klepp IL Klepp IL is a Norwegian sports club from the municipality of Klepp. It was founded on 1 October 1919, and has sections for football, handball and gymnastics as well as the less active sections for athletics and orienteering. Best known for t ...

, who play in the

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. In February 2024, Larsen joined Australian club Western United until the end of the 2023–24 A-League Women season.

International career

Larsen made her debut for Denmark in an Algarve Cup fixture against

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. She made a close-range save from a

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shot in a 2–1 victory for the Danes. She played her second international match on 21 October 2020, when Denmark beat

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4–0 at home.

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Kathrine Larsen
at Soccerdonna * 1993 births Living people Danish women's footballers Women's association football goalkeepers Brøndby IF (women) players Elitedivisionen players FC Nordsjælland (women) players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) players Western United FC (A-League Women) players Denmark women's international footballers Danish expatriate women's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players {{Denmark-women-footy-bio-stub