Malene Olsen
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Malene Marquard Olsen | ||
Date of birth | 2 February 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Denmark | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Youth career | |||
Hedehusene IK | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2014 | Brøndby IF | 178 | (3) |
2009 | Tyresö FF | ||
National team‡ | |||
2002 | Denmark U-19 | ||
2003–2014 | Denmark | 13 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 September 2012. |
Malene Marquard Olsen (born 2 February 1983) is a retired Danish football defender. She lastly played Elitedivisionen club Brøndby IF and has also played for the Danish national team.
Olsen began her club career at Hedehusene IK.[1] As of September 2012, Olsen had made the second most appearances for Brøndby with 247. Only Mia Brogaard had more with 327.[2]
In 2009 Olsen played for Swedish club Tyresö FF, while working as a nurse in Stockholm.[3]
Olsen made her debut for the senior Denmark women's national football team in February 2003; a 4–0 defeat to Norway in La Manga. In October 2011 Olsen was recalled to the national team after a five-year absence, for a UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying tie with Austria.[4] She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's squad for the final tournament.[5]
References
- ↑ "Malene Olsen". UEFA.com. UEFA. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ↑ "Kampstatistik på spillere" (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ↑ "Malene Olsen från Bröndby" (in Swedish). Tyresö FF. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ↑ Schou Nielsen, Pia (22 October 2011). "Malene Olsen får comeback mod Østrig" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ↑ Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.