Angela Christ

Angela Christ
Personal information
Full name Angela Anna Christ
Date of birth (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989
Place of birth Eindhoven, Netherlands
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 PSV/FC Eindhoven
Number 1
Youth career
s.v. Lew
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 ODC Boxtel
2004–2007 Saestum
2007–2012 Utrecht 91 (0)
2012– PSV/FC Eindhoven 59 (0)
National team
2009–2017 Netherlands 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:30, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Angela Anna Christ (born 6 March 1989) is a Dutch football goalkeeper, who plays for Eredivisie club PSV/FC Eindhoven and played for the Netherlands women's national football team.[2]

Club career

While playing with previous club FC Utrecht she was twice named the Eredivisie's best goalkeeper, in 2010 and 2011.[3] Before Eredivisie's foundation in 2007, she won two Hoofdklasse titles with SV Saestum and had debuted in the top division as a 14-year-old, with ODC Boxtel in 2003–04.[4]

In 2012, she joined PSV/FC Eindhoven ahead of the newly created BeNe League.[5]

International career

Christ made her senior Netherlands women's national football team debut on 13 July 2009, a 3–2 win over South Africa in Amsterdam.[6][7] She was taken to UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland as one of two back-ups to recognised first choice goalkeeper Loes Geurts.

In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected Christ in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[8] She was also part of the Dutch teams of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup[1] and the winning team of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[9]

On 24 November 2017, she played her 17th match for the national team against Slovakia in a 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match which the Netherlands won by 5–0, a few days later, she announced her retirement from the national team.[10][11]

Honours

Club

International

References

  1. 1 2 2015 World Cup
  2. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Winnaars klassementen Eredivisie 2010-2011 Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine. Vrouwen Voetbal Nederlands
  4. ↑ "Angela Christ". UEFA.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Angela Christ" (in Dutch). Vrouwenvoetbal Nederland. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 14 June 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Angela Christ zwaait af als international". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 29 November 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "Keepster Christ stopt bij Oranje". NOS (in Dutch). 30 November 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
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