Lise Overgaard-Munk (born May 26, 1989) is a

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striker who plays for 1.FFC Frankfurt of the German

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. She has previously played in the top

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with 1.FFC Frankfurt and for Danish

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teams

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and

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. She has also represented the

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Club career

In the early part of her career Munk represented both Fortuna Hjørring and Brøndby in the

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. After scoring 28 goals for Brøndby during the 2012 calendar year, Munk secured a

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to 1.FFC Frankfurt in January 2013. She scored two goals in six appearances but missed the entire 2013–14 season through injury and asked to be released from her contract a year early before 2014–15. By then she had recovered her fitness and was in search of regular first team football. The following day she was unveiled as a 1. FC Köln player.

International career

Munk scored a

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in her senior Danish national team debut, a crushing 15–0 home win over

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in October 2009.

References

External links

Danish Football Union (DBU) statistics
* 1989 births Living people Danish women's footballers Denmark women's international footballers Brøndby IF (women) players Fortuna Hjørring players 1. FFC Frankfurt players Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Danish expatriate men's footballers 1. FC Köln (women) players People from Frederikshavn Women's association football forwards Frederikshavn fI players Sportspeople from the North Jutland Region {{Denmark-women-footy-bio-stub