Sara Holmgaard

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Sara Holmgaard
Personal information
Full name Sara Rosted Holmgaard
Date of birth (1999-01-28) 28 January 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Bording, Denmark
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Everton
Number 23
Youth career
2014–2016 Vejle Idrætsefterskole
2016–2017 Vejle BK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2020 Fortuna Hjørring 74 (12)
2021–2022 Turbine Potsdam 20 (3)
2022– Everton 2 (0)
2022–2023Fortuna Hjørring (loan) 14 (2)
International career
2014–2015 Denmark U16 9 (0)
2015–2016 Denmark U17 10 (2)
2016–2017 Denmark U19 26 (1)
2018 Denmark U23 1 (0)
2019– Denmark 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:43, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:43, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

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

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Career

She made her international debut for the Danish national team in the 2019 Algarve Cup, against Norway on 27 February 2019.

She is the twin sister of Everton teammate Karen Holmgaard. [2]

She switched in December 2020, to the German top club 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam, together with Karen Holmgaard. She then went back to Fortuna Hjørring. In June 2022, she was selected for A-national coach Lars Søndergaard's final squad at the European Championship 2022 in England.

Honours

Fortuna Hjørring

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References

  1. "Landsholdsdatebasen – Sara Holmgaard". Danish Football Union . Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. "Enæggede tvillinger, landsholdsspillere og holdkammerater: Men Karen og Sara Holmgaard er ikke enige om det hele" (in Danish). DR. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2020.