Stine Sandbech
Danish footballer (born 1996)
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Stine Sandbech (née Larsen; born 24 January 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Damallsvenskan club BK Häcken and the Denmark national team. Sandbech previously appeared for A-Liga club Brøndby, Première Ligue club Fleury, and Women's Super League side Aston Villa. Larsen started her career as a forward, but was converted to a defender for both her club and national teams starting in 2025.[1]
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Sandbech with the national team in July 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 January 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ejby, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | BK Häcken | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Ejby IF 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brøndby IF | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2019 | Brøndby IF | 79 | (35) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | FC Fleury 91 | 14 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Aston Villa | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | BK Häcken | 27 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Denmark U16 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Denmark U17 | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Denmark U19 | 26 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Denmark | 80 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:20, 12 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:00, 18 April 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
After joining Brøndby IF as a 12-year-old, Larsen progressed into the first team in 2013 and quickly became an important player.[2] Team coach Per Nielsen praised her as a potential female Kim Vilfort.[3]
On 30 July 2020, Larsen signed for newly promoted Aston Villa in the Women's Super League.
International career
Larsen made her senior international debut for Denmark in January 2015, starting a 1–1 friendly draw with New Zealand in Belek, Turkey. Although she began her national team career as a defender, versatile Larsen was named as a forward for a UEFA European Championship 2017 qualifying Group 4 win over Slovakia in June 2016.[4] Due to tournament-ending injuries to teammates Janni Arnth and Mie Leth Jans, Larsen was reverted to playing as a defender for the national team at the UEFA European Championship 2017 and has been a starter in the defence since.
Personal life
Career statistics
International goals
- Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 22 September 2015 | Biel/Bienne, Switzerland |  Switzerland | 1–3 | 1–4 | Friendly |
| 2. | 20 October 2016 | Yongchuan, China |  Uzbekistan | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2016 Yongchuan International Tournament |
| 3. | 3 March 2017 | Parchal, Portugal |  Portugal | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2017 Algarve Cup |
| 4. | 4–0 | |||||
| 5. | 11 April 2017 | Slagelse, Denmark |  Finland | 4–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 6. | 5–0 | |||||
| 7. | 6 July 2017 | Wiener Neustadt, Austria |  Austria | 2–4 | 2–4 | |
| 8. | 29 August 2019 | Viborg, Denmark |  Malta | 5–0 | 8–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 9. | 8–0 | |||||
| 10. | 12 November 2019 |  Georgia | 2–0 | 14–0 | ||
| 11. | 3–0 | |||||
| 12. | 11–0 | |||||
| 13. | 22 September 2020 | Ta'Qali, Malta | Malta | 1–0 | 8–0 | |
| 14. | 16 September 2021 | Viborg, Denmark | Malta | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 15. | 21 September 2021 | Baku, Azerbaijan |  Azerbaijan | 2–0 | 8–0 | |
| 16. | 3–0 | |||||
| 17. | 5–0 | |||||
| 18. | 26 October 2021 | Podgorica, Montenegro |  Montenegro | 1–0 | 5–1 | |
| 19. | 5–1 | |||||
| 20. | 12 April 2022 | Viborg, Denmark | Azerbaijan | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 21. | 7 April 2023 | Malmö, Sweden |  Sweden | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Honours
- Brøndby IF
- A-Liga: 2014–15, 2016–17
- Danish Cup: 2014, 2015, 2017
BK Häcken
Denmark
- UEFA Women's Euro 2017: Runners-up
Individual
- 2015: Danish Breakthrough Player of the Year
- 2018: Elitedivisionen Player of the Year