Matilde Lundorf Skovsen

Matilde Lundorf Skovsen (born 19 January 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Napoli and the Denmark national team.

Matilde Lundorf
Personal information
Full name Matilde Lundorf Skovsen
Date of birth (1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Nottingham, England[1]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
Napoli
Number 2
Youth career
IK Skovbakken
2015–2016 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 VSK Aarhus 48 (1)
2019–2020 Brighton & Hove Albion 8 (0)
2020–2023 Juventus 40 (1)
2023 HB Køge 10 (0)
2023-2024 Como 24 (0)
2024- Napoli 7 (0)
International career
2015–2016 Denmark U17 12 (0)
2016–2018 Denmark U19 25 (0)
2018 Denmark U23 2 (0)
2022– Denmark 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 November 2020

Club career

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In 2015–16, Lundorf Skovsen spent a season playing with the youth team of Paris Saint-Germain Féminine.[2][3] She then returned home to Denmark, where she played for VSK Aarhus in the Elite division, from 2016 to the summer of 2019. In July 2019 she signed a one-year professional contract with Brighton & Hove Albion of the English FA Women's Super League.[4]

On 7 July 2020, Lundorf joined Juventus.[5]

International career

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Lundorf Skovsen appeared 25 times for the Denmark national under-19 team, including at the 2018 edition of the UEFA Under-19 Championship in Switzerland, as well as 12 international matches for the under-17 national team. She made her debut in November 2018 on Denmark's under-23 national team, where she was substituted in the 58th minute for Emilie Henriksen.[6]

In 2022 she was called up to the senior national team of Denmark.

Honours

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Juventus

References

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  1. ^ "Matilde Lundorf Skovsen" (in French). Footofeminin.fr. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  2. ^ Trolle, Steen (5 July 2016). "Matilde er fransk U19-mester: Helt vild oplevelse" (in Danish). Fodbold For Piger. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  3. ^ Winther Pedersen, Daniel (20 November 2016). "Matilde fra Hadsten flyttede til Paris og til en af verdens største fodboldklubber" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Matilde Skovsen: Brighton Women sign Denmark Under-23 defender". BBC Sport. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. ^ "MATILDE LUNDORF IS BIANCONERA!". Juventus.com. 7 July 2020.
  6. ^ DBU. "Landsholdsdatabasen". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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