Karen Holmgaard

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Karen Holmgaard
Personal information
Full name Karen Rosted Holmgaard
Date of birth (1999-01-28) 28 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Bording, Denmark
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Everton
Number 28
Youth career
–2017 Vejle BK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2020 Fortuna Hjørring 62 (15)
2021–2022 Turbine Potsdam 27 (2)
2022– Everton 32 (3)
International career
2014–2015 Denmark U16 9 (0)
2015–2016 Denmark U17 8 (2)
2016–2017 Denmark U19 13 (3)
2018 Denmark U23 1 (0)
2018– Denmark 34 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:27, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Karen Rosted Holmgaard (born 28 January 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FA Women's Super League club Everton and the Denmark national team. [1]

Contents

Club career

Fortuna Hjørring

Karen Holmgaard previously played for Vejle BK from 2016 to 2017 before joining Fortuna Hjørring with Sara on 28 June 2017. [2] She made her league debut against Varde on 14 August 2017. [3] Holmgaard scored her first league goal against VSK Aarhus on 1 October 2017, scoring in the 90th minute. [4] On 22 May 2018, Holmgaard and Sara's contract was extended. [5]

Turbine Potsdam

On 4 December 2020, she joined Turbine Potsdam, together with Karen Holmgaard. [6] [7] [8] She made her league debut against Wolfsburg on 5 February 2021. [9] Holmgaard scored her first league goal against Eintracht Frankfurt on 16 May 2021, scoring in the 58th minute. [10]

Everton

Holmgaard made her league debut against Leicester City on 29 September 2022. [11] She scored her first league goal against West Ham on 22 January 2023, scoring in the 3rd minute. [12] On 1 August 2024, Holmgaard signed a new contract with Everton. [13]

International career

She made her debut on the senior Danish national team on 28 February 2018 against Iceland. [14] She scored her first goal against Azerbaijan on 12 April 2022, scoring in the 76th minute. [15]

Holmgaard was named Female Talent of the Year in 2018 by the Danish Football Union. [16]

Holmgaard was selected for the final squad at the UEFA Women's Euro 2022. [17]

Personal life

She is the twin sister of Everton teammate Sara Holmgaard. [18]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 April 2022 Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 2–02–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.1 September 2022Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 1–05–1
3.11 October 2022Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1–01–3Friendly

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