Izzy Christiansen

Izzy Christiansen
Personal information
Full name Isobel Mary Christiansen[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-20) 20 September 1991
Place of birth Macclesfield, England
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.64 m)
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current team
 Olympique Lyon
Number 8
Youth career
Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Everton
2009–2014 Birmingham City 34 (3)
2014–2018 Manchester City 61 (18)
2018– Olympique Lyon 0 (0)
National team‡
2010–2014 England U23 12 (1)
2015– England 27 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 114:47, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:55, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Isobel Mary Christiansen (born 20 September 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Olympique Lyon and the England national team.

Club career

Christiansen captained the women's football club at the University of Birmingham.

Christiansen has played in the UEFA Women's Champions League with Everton[2] and also played for Birmingham City.[3]

On 7 February 2014, Christiansen officially signed for new WSL club Manchester City Women.[4] On 16 October 2014, she scored the only goal to help Manchester City defeat Arsenal Ladies and win the 2014 FA WSL Continental Cup.[5] In April 2016 she won three awards, two of which were the PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year and PFA WSL Team of the Year.[6] Upon winning the awards, Christiansen said: "I'm pretty shocked. Three awards is a great achievement and I'm so pleased to have been able to have done that for the team."[7]

On 23 July 2018 Christiansen signed a contract with defending European Champions Olympique Lyon that lasts until 2020.[8]

International career

As a junior international, she won the 2009 U-19 European Championship[9] and a silver in the following year's edition,[10] and played the 2008 U-17 and 2010 U-20 World Cups.[11]

Christiansen helped Great Britain to win a gold medal in the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.[1] In January 2014, she was promoted from the under-23s into the senior England squad, to replace Jodie Taylor who had withdrawn.[12]

Coach Mark Sampson gave Christiansen her senior international debut in a UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying match against Estonia on 21 September 2015. She marked the occasion by scoring in England's 8–0 win.[13][14]

International goals

Scores and results list England's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 21 September 2015 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia 5–0 8–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
2 23 October 2015 Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China  Australia 1–0 1–0 Dewellbon Cup
3 4 June 2016 Adams Park, Wycombe, England  Serbia 5–0 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
4 10 April 2017 Stadium mk, Milton Keynes, England  Austria 3–0 3–0 Friendly
5 28 November 2017 Colchester Community Stadium, Colchester, England  Kazakhstan 5–0 5–0 2019 Women's World Cup qualifying

Honours

Club

Manchester City

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Athlete Information". Universiade Kazan 2013 Russia. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Profile in UEFA's website
  3. ↑ "Isobel Christiansen Player Profile, Birmingham City". Archived from the original on 26 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "City Women sign Isobel Christiansen". mancity.com. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  5. 1 2 "City are cup champions". Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  6. 1 2 ThePFA.com. "PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year: Izzy Christiansen". thepfa.com. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Christiansen bags a hat-trick". mancity.com. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Féminin : L'Internationale Anglaise Isobel Christiansen S'Engage Avec L'ol Jusqu'en 2020". 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Composed England enjoy final waltz". UEFA. 25 July 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Clinical France punish England's errors". UEFA. 5 June 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  11. ↑ Statistics in FIFA's website
  12. ↑ "Christiansen called up". She Kicks. 6 January 2014. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  13. ↑ "Danielle Carter hat-trick guides England to opening Euro 2017 qualifying win". The Guardian. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  14. ↑ "Euro 2017 qualifying: England thrash Estonia 8–0". BBC Sport. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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