Stina Lykke Petersen Borg (born 9 February 1986) is a

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who plays for Danish club

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and formerly the Denmark national team. She has played

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in America with the

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, and played for

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clubs in Germany and Sweden, as well as in her native Denmark. She won 83 senior

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for Denmark between 2011 and 2018.

Club career

Lykke Borg began playing football aged five in her hometown

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. In 2007, she attended

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and played NCAA

. Following a successful UEFA European Championship 2013 tournament with Denmark, Lykke Borg secured a transfer from Brøndby to FCR 2001 Duisburg. She had compiled three

Elitedivisionen The Danish Women's League ( da, Danmarksturneringens Kvindeliga, Kvinde-DM Liga or Kvindeligaen) is a semi-professional top-flight league for women's football in Denmark. It is organised by the Danish Football Association (DBU) as part of the ...

titles and four

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s in her time with Brøndby. In 2016 Lykke Borg transferred to

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, after playing in

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's first three matches of the Danish season. Early in 2017 she moved back to Denmark in order to be closer to her family and friends. She chose to play for

without a wage even though she had offers from clubs in other countries. During UEFA European Championship 2017 she told the media that she was a better goalkeeper when she was living close to her family and friends. She studied to be a physiotherapist and had to work beside playing football and studying. During the Euro 2017 the Danish football association paid her wage as she could not work during the tournament. She stopped her professional career in 2018, but she went back in June 2020 after pregnancy, to play for

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. In February 2021 she returned to

in a new role as a "keeperkonsulent " ( en, goalkeeper consultant). She made another playing comeback with the club in August 2021.

International career

She was called into the

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squad for UEFA European Championship 2005 as an uncapped player. At the

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she made her first senior national team appearance, in a 3–1 defeat by

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. After a knee injury to regular goalkeeper Heidi Johansen, Lykke Borg was elevated to first choice for UEFA European Championship 2013. In Denmark's opening group match against hosts

she saved two second half

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s from

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and

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, respectively, to secure a 1–1 draw. Denmark progressed to the quarter-finals on the drawing of lots, where they shocked

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in a

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after a 1–1 draw. Lykke Borg stopped

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's kick in the shoot-out, after narrowly failing to keep out the same player's penalty goal during the match. Denmark's run came to an end in the semi-final when they lost another penalty shoot-out to

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. Lykke Borg remained the first choice goalkeeper at UEFA European Championship 2017, and saved a penalty from

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in Denmark's 1–0 group stage win over Norway. She also saved twice in the penalty shoot-out win over

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in the semi-final. Lykke Borg started in the UEFA European Championship 2017 final, which Denmark lost 4–2 to hosts the

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. In June 2018, Lykke Borg retired from international football following a 5–1 2019 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4 win over

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in Viborg.

References

External links

Danish Football Union (DBU) statistics

Profile at the Brøndby IF site
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lykke Borg, Stina 1986 births Living people Danish women's footballers Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Denmark women's international footballers Danish expatriate women's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Rollins College alumni Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Germany 1. FC Köln (women) players FCR 2001 Duisburg players MSV Duisburg (women) players Brøndby IF (women) players Odense Q players HB Køge (women) players Kolding IF players Kristianstads DFF players Damallsvenskan players Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Frauen-Bundesliga players Women's association football goalkeepers People from Odsherred Municipality Sportspeople from Region Zealand UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players Denmark international footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Association football goalkeepers