Sara Thrige

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| name = Sara Thrige

| image = Sara Thrige, Fortuna Hjørring i kamp mod Olympique Lyon i UEFA Women's Champions League.jpg

| caption = Sara Thrige (no. 15) in action for Fortuna Hjørring against Olympique Lyon in the Champions League, 2019

| fullname = {{nowrap|Sara Gedsted Thrige Andersen}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1996|5|15}}

| birth_place = Farsø, Denmark

| height = 1.67 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub = PSV

| clubnumber = 2

| youthyears1 = 2000–2010

| youthclubs1 = Farsø/Ullits IK

| years1 = 2010–2015

| clubs1 = Team Viborg

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2015–2017

| clubs2 = Kolding IF

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2017–2021

| clubs3 = Fortuna Hjørring

| caps3 = 81

| goals3 = 11

| years4 = 2021–2024

| clubs4 = AC Milan

| caps4 = 45

| goals4 = 3

| years5 = 2024-

| clubs5 = PSV

| caps5 = 1

| goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2012

| nationalteam1 = Denmark U16

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2012-2013

| nationalteam2 = Denmark U17

| nationalcaps2 = 10

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3 = 2013-2015

| nationalteam3 = Denmark U19

| nationalcaps3 = 24

| nationalgoals3 = 4

| nationalyears4 = 2015-2018

| nationalteam4 = Denmark U23

| nationalcaps4 = 4

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| nationalyears5 = 2016-

| nationalteam5 = Denmark

| nationalcaps5 = 27

| nationalgoals5 = 2

| pcupdate = 29 January 2024

| ntupdate = 29 January 2024{{cite web|url=https://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/PlayerInfo/6945|title=Sara Thrige|website=dbu.dk}}

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Sara Gedsted Thrige Andersen (born 15 May 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Dutch Eredivisie club PSV and the Denmark national team. With both club and country, she usually operates as a right wing-back.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2023/jul/17/womens-world-cup-2023-your-guide-to-all-736-players|title=Women's World Cup 2023: your guide to all 736 players| date=17 July 2023|website=The Guardian}}

Club career

On 23 January 2024, Thrige signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with PSV.{{cite web|url=https://www.psv.nl/en/media/artikel/transfer-psv-vrouwen-neemt-sara-thrige-over-van-ac-milan| title=Transfer - PSV Women acquires Sara Thrige from AC Milan| date=23 January 2024|website=psv.nl}} Five days later she made her debut for PSV in the 3-1 win to ADO Den Haag.{{Soccerway | id= sara-thrige-andersen/270473 | name= Sara Thrige | access-date= 29 January 2024 }}

International career

Thrige was called up to the senior national team in October 2016 for a training tournament in China. She took over the spot of Karoline Smidt Nielsen, who suffered an injury.{{Cite web |title=Kvindelandsholdet |url=https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/sofie.g.andersen.3/posts/pfbid0FybrxVbbe28LA6FWijKYD2LkeAVZEYcyKf6DNLWfNVfBLF8AJaZRvvwNEeCcbSzzl&show_text=true&width=500 |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.facebook.com}}

Thrige appeared for the team during the UEFA Euro 2021 qualifying cycle.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/history/teams/500035--denmark/ |title=Denmark – Squad – UEFA Women's Euro |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=31 August 2019}}

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
1.	8 April 2021	rowspan=2\| Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Viborg	{{fbw\|MLT}}	align=center\|7–0	align=center\| 7–0	rowspan=2\| 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.	21 October 2021	{{fbw\|BIH}}	align=center\|8–0	align=center\| 8–0

Personal life

Sara Thrige has a twin sister Sofie Thrige,{{cite web|url=https://viborg-folkeblad.dk/artikel/tvillingernes-kamp-i-kampen|title=Tvillingernes kamp i kampen|website=Viborg Stifts Folkeblad|date=19 November 2015|accessdate=1 November 2021}} who as of January 2024 plays for B.93 in the second best tier of Danish women's football.{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerdonna.de/en/sofie-thrige/leistungsdaten/spieler_27090.html# |title=20 Sofie Thrige |access-date=29 January 2024|website=soccerdonna.de}}