Lise Munk

{{short description|Danish footballer (born 1989)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Lise Munk

| image = Lise Munk 2016 (cropped).jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Lise Overgaard-Munk

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|5|26}}

| birth_place = Frederikshavn, Denmark

| height = {{height|m=1.76|precision=0}}

| currentclub = 1.FFC Frankfurt

| clubnumber = 24

| position = Striker

| youthclubs1 = Frederikshavn fI

| youthclubs2 = Fortuna Hjørring

| youthyears1 = 1994–2002

| youthyears2 = 2002–2006

| years1 = 2006–2011

| years2 = 2011–2012

| years3 = 2012–2014

| years4 = 2014–2016

| years5 = 2016–

| clubs1 = Fortuna Hjørring

| clubs2 = Brøndby IF

| clubs3 = 1.FFC Frankfurt

| clubs4 = 1.FC Köln

| clubs5 = 1.FFC Frankfurt

| caps1 =

| caps2 =

| caps3 = 6

| caps4 = 10

| caps5 = 35{{Cite web|url=https://uk.women.soccerway.com/players/lise-munk/14025/|publisher=soccerway|accessdate= 4 July 2018|title=Lise Overgaard-Munk}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| goals3 = 2

| goals4 = 16

| goals5 = 6

| nationalyears1 = 2009–

| nationalteam1 = Denmark

| nationalcaps1 = 39

| nationalgoals1 = 5

| pcupdate = 21:04, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 21 May 2017

}}

Lise Overgaard-Munk (born 26 May 1989) is a Danish football striker who plays for 1.FFC Frankfurt of the German Frauen-Bundesliga. She has previously played in the top Bundesliga with 1.FFC Frankfurt and for Danish Elitedivisionen teams Fortuna Hjørring and Brøndby IF.[http://www.brondbyif.net/news/newsShow.aspx?id=60755 Lise Munk til Brøndby IF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425231638/http://www.brondbyif.net/news/newsShow.aspx?id=60755 |date=25 April 2012 }} Brøndby's website She has also represented the Denmark women's national football team.

Club career

In the early part of her career Munk represented both Fortuna Hjørring and Brøndby in the UEFA Women's Champions League.{{cite web|last1=Saffer|first1=Paul|title=Munk bidding for Brøndby shock at Lyon|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/01fb-0e13804ed752-09fa7d4286db-1000--munk-bidding-for-brondby-shock-at-lyon/|website=UEFA|access-date=28 August 2014|date=13 March 2012}}

After scoring 28 goals for Brøndby during the 2012 calendar year, Munk secured a transfer to 1.FFC Frankfurt in January 2013.{{cite news|title=Frankfurt verpflichtet Dänin Overgaard Munk|url=http://www.focus.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga1/bundesliga-frankfurt-verpflichtet-daenin-overgaard-munk_aid_903400.html|accessdate=28 August 2014|publisher=Focus (German magazine)|date=22 January 2013|language=German}} She scored two goals in six appearances but missed the entire 2013–14 season through injury and asked to be released from her contract a year early before 2014–15. By then she had recovered her fitness and was in search of regular first team football.{{cite web|title=Vertragsauflösung: Lise Munk verlässt den 1. FFC Frankfurt|url=http://www.framba.de/content/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5664:vertragsaufloesung-lise-munk-verlaesst-den-1-ffc-frankfurt&catid=118&Itemid=885|publisher=Framba.de|accessdate=28 August 2014|language=German|date=27 August 2014}} The following day she was unveiled as a 1. FC Köln player.{{cite news|title=Lise Munk verstärkt die FC-Frauen |url=http://www.ksta.de/lokalsport-koeln-/fussball-lise-munk-verstaerkt-die-fc-frauen,15187762,28253886.html |accessdate=28 August 2014 |publisher=Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger |date=28 August 2014 |language=German |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903163205/http://www.ksta.de/lokalsport-koeln-/fussball-lise-munk-verstaerkt-die-fc-frauen%2C15187762%2C28253886.html |archivedate= 3 September 2014 }}

International career

Munk scored a hat-trick in her senior Danish national team debut, a crushing 15–0 home win over Georgia in October 2009.

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