Katrine Vejsgaard Veje (born 19 June 1991) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back, left back or left wing-back for Women's Super League club Crystal Palace and the Danish national team. She has previously played for Arsenal in the FA WSL, LdB FC Malmö of Sweden's Damallsvenskan, Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League as well as Odense Q and Brøndby IF of Denmark's Elitedivisionen.[2]
 Veje playing for Denmark in August 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Katrine Vejsgaard Veje[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 June 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fredericia, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender, left wing-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Crystal Palace | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| Vejle BK | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Odense BK | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | LdB FC Malmö | 47 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Brøndby IF | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Seattle Reign FC | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Brøndby IF | 133 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Montpellier HSC | 22 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Arsenal | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | FC Rosengård | 42 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Everton | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Denmark U17 | 24 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Denmark U19 | 13 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009– | Denmark | 142 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:40, 19 July 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 December 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editIn 2007, Veje was awarded the Danish Football Association's prize for Young Player of the Year.
Seattle Reign
editIn January 2015, it was announced that Veje had signed with Seattle Reign FC for the third season of the National Women's Soccer League in the United States.[3] Of her signing, Reign FC head coach Laura Harvey said, "I have had my eye on Katrine for many years, having first seen her when I was an assistant coach with the U17 England squad...We believe she is capable of bringing something special to our club and to the NWSL."[4] She made her first appearance for Seattle on 12 July 2015 against Portland.[5]
Brøndby IF
editIn October 2015, Veje decided to return to Brøndby IF.[6] With Brøndby IF, she won the Danish league and cup in 2017.
Montpellier HSC
editIn June 2017, it was announced that Veje had signed a two-year contract with the Division 1 Féminine runners-up Montpellier HSC.[7]
Arsenal
editIn January 2019, it was announced that Veje had signed a contract with Arsenal.[8]
Everton
editOn 19 July 2024, it was announced that Veje had left Everton.[9]
International career
editVeje debuted on the Danish national team in a friendly against England in 2009. She was named to national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 as well as to Nils Nielsen's UEFA Women's Euro 2017 squad.[10]
International goals
edit| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 4 April 2012 | FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague, Czech Republic |  Czech Republic |
1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
Honors and awards
edit- LdB FC Malmö (now FC Rosengård)
- Damallsvenskan: 2011, 2013
- Swedish Super Cup: 2011, 2012
- Danish League: 2015, 2017
- Danish Women's Cup: 2015, 2017
- FA Women's Super League: 2018-19
- Women's League Cup: 218-19
- Damallsvenskan: 2021
- Swedish Cup: 2021-22 (did not play in final)
References
edit- ^ Katrine Veje at Soccerway
- ^ Officielt: Katrine Veje skifter til svensk fodbold Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine Odense BK's web
- ^ "Seattle Reign sign Danish forward Katrine Veje". The Equalizer. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Reign Sign Danish Attacker Katrine Veje, Joins in July". Sounder at Heart. 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "REIGN FC DEFEATS THORNS FC, 3-0: With the victory, Seattle moves into first-place in the NWSL standings". National Women's Soccer League. 26 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Veje on return to Brøndby from Seattle Reign". UEFA.com. UEFA. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "KATRINE VEJE PREMIÈRE RECRUE ESTIVALE DE L'ÉQUIPE FÉMININE DU MHSC" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "Katrine Veje to join the club". 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Veje Leaves Everton". www.evertonfc.com.
- ^ Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
External links
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- Katrine Veje – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Katrine Veje – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Katrine Veje national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Katrine Veje at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Katrine Veje club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)