Nanna Christiansen

Nanna Christiansen (born 17 June 1989) is a Danish football midfielder currently playing in the Elitedivisionen for Brøndby, with whom she has also played the Champions League.[2] She was named Danish Young Footballer of the Year in 2006.[3]

Nanna Christiansen
Christiansen 2017
Personal information
Full name Nanna Christiansen
Date of birth (1989-06-17) 17 June 1989
Place of birth Denmark
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Brøndby
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2007 Skjold
2007– Brøndby 53 (53)
National team‡
2005[1] Denmark U17 8 (5)
2005–08 Denmark U19 36 (22)
2009 Denmark U23 2 (0)
2009– Denmark 104 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 March 2020

Christiansen has been a member of the senior Danish national team since 2009;[4] 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.[5] As a junior international she had played at the 2006 and 2007 U-19 European Championships.[6]

Christiansen made her international debut for Denmark in the 2009 Algarve Cup against United States on 4 March 2009. Later on, she was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[7] On 8 October 2019, she made her 100th international appearance against Georgia.

Personal life

Christiansen has been diagnosed with diabetes but states it has not affected her football.[8] In 2013, she was working as an assistant in a nursery school.[9]

References
  1. "Brøndby IF". DBU. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  2. Profile in UEFA's website
  3. Young Talent. Danish Football Association's website
  4. Profile in the Danish Football Association's website
  5. "UEFA Competitions Association player list" (PDF). UEFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  6. Norway deliver knockout blow. UEFA
  7. Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  8. "Nanna Christiansen". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  9. "Nanna Christiansen" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
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