Nanna Christiansen
Christiansen 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nanna Christiansen | ||
Date of birth | 17 June 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Denmark | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Brøndby | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2007 | Skjold | ||
2007– | Brøndby | ||
National team‡ | |||
2009– | Denmark | 49 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Nanna Christiansen (born 17 June 1989) is a Danish football midfielder currently playing in the Elitedivisionen for Brøndby IF, with whom she has also played the Champions League.[1] She was named Danish Young Footballer of the Year in 2006.[2]
Christiansen has been a member of the senior Danish national team since 2009;[3] making her debut in a 2–0 defeat to the United States at the Algarve Cup and being named in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2009.[4] As a junior international she had played at the 2006 and 2007 U-19 European Championships.[5]
She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[6]
Personal life
Christiansen has been diagnosed with diabetes but states it has not affected her football.[7] In 2013 she was working as an assistant in a nursery school.[8]
References
- ↑ Profile in UEFA's website
- ↑ Young Talent. Danish Football Association's website
- ↑ Profile in the Danish Football Association's website
- ↑ "UEFA Competitions Association player list" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ↑ Norway delived knockout blow. UEFA
- ↑ Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ↑ "Nanna Christiansen". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ↑ "Nanna Christiansen" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 13 July 2013.