Nicoline Haugård Caspersen (born 15 August 1997) is a former Danish professional

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who played as a forward, most recently for English

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club Everton and the Denmark women's national team. Having made her debut for the senior national team at the age of 19, she was awarded the

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's prize for Talent of the Year 2016.

Club career

In August 2013, Sørensen joined Swedish club

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. She was awarded a

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contract ahead of the 2014 season and went on to make ten Damallsvenskan appearances in the club's title-winning campaign. In February 2015, Sørensen returned to Denmark to play for

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for more playing time and to catch up with her studies. In July 2017, it was announced that Sørensen would be making her return to

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to play for the reigning champions,

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. In July 2020, she left Brøndby to move to England, signing a two-year contract with

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in the Women's Super League. Despite having signed another one year contract extension in the summer of 2023, Everton announced on 19 November 2023 that Sørensen would retire from football the following month, aged 26, to "pursue other interests". Her final game was a home 4-1 defeat to Manchester City on 19 December 2023, the Blues' final game before the WSL winter break.

International career

After showing impressive form with Brøndby, Sørensen was called up to be part of the senior Danish national team for the 2016 Yongchuan International Tournament of China in October 2016. She was a replacement for the injured Nadia Nadim. In 2017, she was named to the Danish

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squad.

Personal life

She is currently enrolled as a remote student at the

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, completing a degree in innovation engineering. She speaks four languages: Danish, Swedish, English, and Norwegian.

International goals

Honours

Club

;

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: ** ''Winner'': 2014–15, 2016–17 ;

Winner *

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;

** ''Winner'':

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sorensen, Nicolene 1997 births Living people Danish women's footballers Denmark women's international footballers Brøndby IF (women) players Danish Women's League players Danish expatriate women's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Danish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate women's footballers in England FC Rosengård players Damallsvenskan players People from Ballerup Municipality Women's association football forwards Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players 21st-century Danish sportswomen