| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cecilie B. Henriksen | ||
| Date of birth | November 4, 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Naestved, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Embry-Riddle Eagles | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994-1997 | Brovst IF | ||
| 1998-2004 | Fortuna Hjørring | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004-2007 | Fortuna Hjørring | 26 | (7) |
| 2007 | Baylor University | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | Ottawa Fury | 4 | (0) |
| 2008- | Embry-Riddle Eagles | 37 | (9) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004 | Danmark U/19 | 2 | (2) |
| 2006 | Denmark U/21 | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:00 , 17 November 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Cecilie Henriksen (born 4 November 1986) is a football forward from Næstved, Denmark. In her early years she lived in the Danish town of Vordingborg, but moved with her family to Brovst, which is situated in the northern part of Jutland. It was from here, she began her footballing-career with the Danish top-flight club Fortuna Hjørring, in their youth-teams. In 2004 se was given her debut in the best Danish league - Elitedivisionen. She attended both Frederikshavn Gymnasium and Hjørring Gymnasium before graduating from the latter one in 2007. She was also a student at Nordjyllands Sportscollege in 2003/2004, as a part of her education at Frederikshavn Gymnasium.
She began her collegiate soccer career at Baylor University and continued it at Embry-Riddle University in Daytona Beach, Florida. She has played for both the Danish U19 and U21 national teams and has made 26 senior appearances scoring seven goals for Fortuna Hjørring, one of Denmark’s most successful women’s teams.[1]
In the summer of 2008, she was a part of the roster at Ottawa Fury, where she managed to play a few games, despite being injured for a little time.
In her first season for the Embry-Riddle Eagles she became runner-up on the Eagles team-scorebook with 17 points (5 goals, 7 assists), 12 points after winner, Swede Elina Johansson. But she became the one with most assists during the 2008-season and was one of only four to start in all 17 of the Eagles games.[2]
In her second year, she was one of only three players to start in all of the seasons 20 matches, in which she scored four goals and made six assists, which made her number four on the overall point-list of the team.