Simone Boye Sørensen (born 3 March 1992) is a Danish professional
footballer
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Hammarby IF
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Holbæk
Holbæk () is a town in Denmark and the County seat, seat of Holbæk municipality with a population of 30,903 (1 January 2025).Ballerup-Skovlunde, BSF, sports club where she had the opportunity to play in the
Elitedivisionen
The Danish Women's League () is a professional top-flight league for women's football in Denmark. It is organised by the Danish Football Association (DBU) as part of the nation-wide Danmarksturneringen i kvindefodbold (Kvinde-DM) and is placed a ...
, the top level of the national championship.
In 2012, Boye attended the
University of Texas at San Antonio
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for the
UTSA Roadrunners
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. Boye later returned to her Danish club BSF after the American season.
Boye signed for
Brøndby IF
Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a Danish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Brøndbyvester. Brøndby IF denotes the professional football section of Brøndbyernes ...
in the Danish
Elitedivisionen
The Danish Women's League () is a professional top-flight league for women's football in Denmark. It is organised by the Danish Football Association (DBU) as part of the nation-wide Danmarksturneringen i kvindefodbold (Kvinde-DM) and is placed a ...
in 2013 and was deployed as a central
midfielder
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at club level. Equally comfortable defending or attacking, she represented Brøndby in the
UEFA Women's Champions League
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. She was voted 2014
Danish Football Player of the Year
The Danish Player of the Year award is an annual prize, which has been given to the best male Danish football (soccer), football player by the Danish Football Association since 1963. The winner is decided in a vote among the professional Danish fo ...
. She was later appointed captain of Brøndby.
FC Rosengård
On 20 June 2017, she signed for
FC Rosengård
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in the Swedish
Damallsvenskan
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The division consists of a league of 14 teams. From 2013, t ...
. Before making her debut for the club, Boye sustained a knee injury that kept her sidelined for the majority of the year.
In 2018, Boye returned to the pitch and played 21 league games, helping Rosengård to finish 3rd in the Damallsvenskan table. The club won the 2017–18 Svenska Cupen. Boye appeared in the final, that ended in a 1–0 win at home against Linköping FC.
Bayern Munich
On 7 January 2019, Boye transferred to
Bayern Munich
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, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract. Boye won the 2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga with the club. The same season, Bayern Munich reached the semi-final of the
2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League
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The final was held at the Gam ...
, losing 5–3 on aggregate to Chelsea, despite a first-leg win in Munich in which Boye came on as a substitute.
Arsenal
On 22 July 2021, it was announced that Boye had signed for English side
Arsenal
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. She rejoined her former coach from FC Rosengård at the club, Jonas Eidevall. Her playing time was limited throughout her first season, only making five appearances in the
Women's Super League
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.
Hammarby IF
On 14 July 2022, Boye joined
Hammarby IF
Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...
, signing a three-and-a-half-year deal.
On 6 June 2023, Hammarby won the 2022–23 Svenska Cupen. Boye appeared in the final, that ended in a 3–0 win at home against
BK Häcken
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. The club also won the 2023 Damallsvenskan, claiming its second Swedish championship after 38 years, with Boye making 22 league appearances. At the end of the season, she was nominated for the prize of Damallsvenskan Defender of the Year, that eventually was awarded to Josefine Rybrink from BK Häcken.
International career
Boye made her debut for the senior Denmark national team in December 2011, a 4–0 win over
Chile
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2013 Algarve Cup
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Teams
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kept Boye out of contention for a place in Denmark's squad for UEFA Euro 2013. In November 2014, it was reported that national
coach
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Nils Nielsen was building his team around Boye, who had shown some of the same defensive qualities as Denmark's male captain
Daniel Agger
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.
In 2017, Boye was named to Denmark's UEFA Euro 2017 squad. She decided the penalty shootout in the semi-final against
Austria
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and sent Denmark into their first ever European Championship final.
In June 2022, she was selected for the final squad at the UEFA Euro 2022 in England.
Personal life
She has a weakness in her
eardrum
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s which causes them to
perforate
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easily. In February 2024, she announced her pregnancy with her first child, that is expected to arrive in the beginning of the summer, and that she takes a break till autumn.
Career statistics
:''Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Boye goal.''
Honours
Brøndby IF
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Elitedivisionen
The Danish Women's League () is a professional top-flight league for women's football in Denmark. It is organised by the Danish Football Association (DBU) as part of the nation-wide Danmarksturneringen i kvindefodbold (Kvinde-DM) and is placed a ...
Danish Women's Cup
The Danish Women's Cup, or Sydbank Kvindepokalen (previously 3F Cup) for sponsorship reasons, is the national Women's association football, women's football cup competition in Denmark and was first held in 1993.
Format
The tournament consists ...
: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17; runner-up 2015–16
FC Rosengård
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Damallsvenskan
The (; ), known as OBOS for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is one of the best women's leagues in the world, and was founded in 1988.
The division consists of a league of 14 teams. From 2013, t ...
: runner-up
2017
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Svenska Cupen
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: 2017–18
Bayern Munich
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Bundesliga
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Svenska Cupen
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Damallsvenskan
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The division consists of a league of 14 teams. From 2013, t ...
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