Stina Lykke Petersen

Stina Lykke Petersen (born 9 February 1986) is a Danish football goalkeeper who plays for Danish club HB Køge and formerly the Denmark women's national football team.

Stina Lykke Petersen
Personal information
Full name Stina Lykke Petersen
Date of birth (1986-02-09) February 9, 1986
Place of birth Højby, Denmark
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 HB Køge
Number 1
Youth career
Lunde GIF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2006 Odense
2007 Rollins Tars
2009–2013 Brøndby IF
2013 FCR 2001 Duisburg 4 (0)
2014 MSV Duisburg 7 (0)
2014–2015 1. FC Köln 11 (0)
2015–2016 Odense
2016–2017 Kristianstads DFF 7 (0)
2017–2018 Kolding Q 24 (0)
2020– HB Køge
National team‡
2011–2018 Denmark 74 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:03, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 October 2017

Club career

Lykke Petersen began playing football aged five in her hometown Højby.[1] In 2007, she attended Rollins College in Florida and played NCAA college soccer.[2]

Following a successful UEFA Women's Euro 2013 tournament with Denmark, Lykke Petersen secured a transfer from Brøndby to FCR 2001 Duisburg. She had compiled three Elitedivisionen titles and four Danish Women's Cups in her time with Brøndby.[3] In 2016 Lykke Petersen transferred to Kristianstads DFF, after playing in Odense's first three matches of the Danish season.[4]

Early in 2017 she moved back to Denmark in order to be closer to her family and friends. She chose to play for KoldingQ without wage even though she had offers from clubs from other countries. During UEFA Women's Euro 2017 she told the media that she was a better goal keeper when she was living close to her family and friends. She studies to be a physiotherapist and has to work beside playing football and studying. During the Euro 2017 the Danish football association paid her wage as she could not work during the tournament.[5]

She stopped her professionel career in 2018, but she went back in June 2020 after pregnancy, to play for HB Køge.[6]

International career

She was called into the Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2005 as an uncapped player.[7]

After a knee injury to regular goalkeeper Heidi Johansen, Lykke Petersen was elevated to first choice for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[8] In Denmark's opening group match against hosts Sweden she saved two second half penalty kicks from Lotta Schelin and Kosovare Asllani, respectively, to secure a 1–1 draw.[9]

Denmark progressed to the quarter-finals on the drawing of lots, where they shocked France in a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw. Lykke Petersen stopped Louisa Nécib's kick in the shoot-out, after narrowly failing to keep out the same player's penalty goal during the match.[10] Denmark's run came to an end in the semi-final when they lost another penalty shoot-out to Norway.

References
  1. "Stina er bare sej!" (in Danish). Midtfyns Posten. 2007-07-17. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
  2. "2007 Women's Soccer Season Review". Rollins Tars. 2007-11-26. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
  3. "Dansk EM-målvogter skifter til tysk fodbold". DR.dk (in Danish). DR (broadcaster). 6 August 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  4. Persson, Patrik (4 September 2016). "Nya målvakten: Tycker att vi var bättre" (in Swedish). Kristianstadsbladet. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  5. "EM-målmand fravælger udlandet for at være amatør". Fyens.dk. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  6. "Tidligere landsholdskeeper tager handskerne på igen". hbkoge.dk. 2 June 2020.
  7. Peter Bruun (2005-05-03). "Bonde names party for EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
  8. Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  9. Dutt, Sujay (11 July 2013). "Petersen's 'crazy' day for Denmark". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  10. Saffer, Paul (23 July 2013). "Petersen, Rasmussen in Denmark dreamland". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
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