Karina Sefron

Karina Sefron
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-07-02) 2 July 1967
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
Bispebjerg Boldklub
Boldklubben Rødovre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 Malmö FF
1993–1994 Boldklubben Rødovre
1994–1997 TSV Siegen
1997–1999 SG Praunheim / 1. FFC Frankfurt
1999–2001 Sportfreunde Siegen
2001–2002 FFC Brauweiler Pulheim
International career
1988–1998 Denmark 71 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Karina Sefron (born 2 July 1967) is a Danish footballer who played as a defender for the Denmark women's national football team, where she was the team captain.[1] She is in the Danish Football Hall of Fame.

Career

Sefron started playing football at Bispebjerg Boldklub and later joined Boldklubben Rødovre.[1] She then joined Malmö FF in Sweden. Together with her team mate Bonny Madsen, she became the first Danish women's player for a Swedish club.[2] With Malmö she won 2 Swedish Championships and a cup title.[1] In 1993 she returned to Denmark and Boldklubben Rødovre for a single season, before she joined the reigning German Champions TSV Siegen in 1994.

In her first season with the club, she reached the final of the DFB-Pokal, where they lost 1-3 to FSV Frankfurt.[3] In her second season, she won the German Championship, when TSV Siegen finished 2nd in the Northern conference and later FSV Frankfurt in the semi-final and SG Praunheim in the final.[4]

In 1997 she joined SG Praunheim, which later became 1. FFC Frankfurt. In the 1998-99 season, she won the German Championship and Cup double.[5][6]

National team

Sefron played 71 national team matches.[7] She made her debut for the Danish national team on 8 May 1988 in European Championship qualification match against England, that Denmark won 2-0.[8] Sefron was awarded the Player of the Match award afterwards.[8] She was part of the team at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup as the team captain. Denmark finished 7th at the occasion[9]

She won bronze medals at the 1989 and 1993 UEFA Women's Championship.[8]

Legacy

Karina Sefron was included in the Danish Football Hall of Fame in April 2026 together with her teammate and friend Bonny Madsen.[1]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Karina Sefron og Bonny Madsen indlemmes i Fodboldens Hall of Fame" [Karina Sefron and Bonny Madsen included in the Football Hall of Fame] (in Danish). Dansk Boldspil Union. 18 April 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Historik – Malmö FF:s första damlag" (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "West Germany (Women) 1994/95". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 25 February 2004. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
  4. ↑ "West Germany (Women) 1995/96". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 15 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
  5. ↑ 1998-99 Frauen-Bundesliga at DHB, retrieved 19 August 2026
  6. ↑ Kubusch, Lars; Martins, Paulo (3 April 2014). "Germany (Women) 1998/99". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
  7. ↑ Karina Sefron in the Danish FA database, retrieved 19 August 2026
  8. 1 2 3 "Slyngveninder optages i Fodboldens Hall of Fame" (in Danish). Viaplay Sport News. 18 April 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991 - Technical Report" (PDF). FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991. FIFA. 1991. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

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