Sara Gedsted Thrige Andersen (born 15 May 1996) is a Danish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for Italian Serie A club
AC Milan
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and the
Denmark national team.
Career
Thrige was called up to the
senior national team in October 2016 for a training tournament in China. She took over the spot of
Karoline Smidt Nielsen
Karoline Smidt Nielsen (born 12 May 1994) is a Danish former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for Turbine Potsdam of the German Frauen-Bundesliga as well as for the Denmark women's national football team.
Club career
Smidt Nie ...
, who suffered an injury.
Thrige appeared for the team during the
UEFA Euro 2021 qualifying cycle.
International goals
Personal life
Sara Thrige has a twin sister
Sofie Thrige, who as of November 2021 plays for
B.93 in the second best tier of Danish women's football.
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
Danish women's footballers
Denmark women's international footballers
Women's association football midfielders
Fortuna Hjørring players
Serie A (women's football) players
A.C. Milan Women players
Expatriate women's footballers in Italy
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Danish twins
Twin sportspeople
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
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