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. She is in the Danish Football Hall of Fame.
Career Sefron started playing football at Bispebjerg Boldklub and later joined Boldklubben Rødovre. 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. With Malmö she won 2 Swedish Championships and a cup title. 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. 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."West Germany (Women) 1995/96". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 15 January 2005. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
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.1998-99 Frauen-Bundesliga at DHB, retrieved 19 August 2026
National team Sefron played 71 national team matches.Karina Sefron in the Danish FA database, retrieved 19 August 2026 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. Sefron was awarded the Player of the Match award afterwards. She was part of the team at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup as the team captain. Denmark finished 7th at the occasion
She won bronze medals at the 1989 and 1993 UEFA Women's Championship.
Legacy Karina Sefron was included in the Danish Football Hall of Fame in April 2026 together with her teammate and friend Bonny Madsen.
Honours German Championship: Winner: 1996, 1999 German Cup Winner: 1999 Finalist: 1995, 2000 Swedish Championship: Winner: 1991, 1992 Swedish Cup: Winner: 1990
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