Louise Hansen

Louise Hansen (born May 4, 1975 in Hørsholm) is a Danish retired association football player. She is considered the most successful Danish woman footballer ever.^[1]

She played for Hillerød GI and Rødovre BK in Denmark.^[2] In 1995, she started playing for German club TSV Siegen, transferring to rival team 1. FFC Frankfurt in the summer 2001.^[3] With Frankfurt she won six German Bundesliga championships, four German Cup trophies, and three UEFA Women's Cups. She ended her footballing career in the summer 2008 after increasing injury problems,^[1] in order to concentrate on a career in marketing.^[4]

She played 98 games for the Denmark women's national football team from February 1995 to August 2007,^[2] and participated in the 1995 and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cups and the 1997 and 2005 UEFA Women's European Championships.^[5]

Since the 2006 World Cup Hansen, she has led and managed "Girls Wanted", an initiative aimed at attracting girls to football, in cooperation with 1. FFC Frankfurt and the Frankfurt Stadtwerke Verkehrsgesellschaft.^[6]

Honours

German Bundesliga: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008
German Cup: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008
UEFA Women's Cup: 2002, 2006, 2008

References

^ ^a ^b Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen, Nedtælling: Louise Hansen stopper til sommer, 3F, May 14, 2008
^ ^a ^b Danish national team profile at Danish Football Association
^ Louise Hansen tilbage på landsholdet, Danish Football Association, October 2, 2001
^ Louise Hansen - Sportsmarketing - Events
^ Louise Hansen – FIFA competition record
^ Girls Wanted - Wir Über Uns

Denmark squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Larsen 2 L.Hansen 3 Flæng 4 Terp 5 Pedersen 6 Holm 7 Laursen 8 Kolding 9 Jensen 10 B.Christensen 11 Krogh 12 Eggers Nielsen 13 C.Hansen 14 Madsen 15 Bonde 16 Bjerregaard 17 K.Christensen 18 Allentoft 19 Axelsen 20 Petersen Coach: Gantzhorn

Denmark squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Larsen 2 H.S. Christensen 3 K.Christensen 4 Terp 5 Kristensen 6 Axelsen 7 L.Hansen 8 Rasmussen 9 Petersen 10 Krogh 11 M.Pedersen 12 Revsbeck Jensen 13 Knudsen 14 K.Pedersen 15 M.Hansen 16 Jensen 17 Nørregaard 18 Søndergaard 19 Johansen 20 M.Christensen Coach: Hvidemose

Denmark squad – 2005 UEFA Women's European Championship

1 Cederkvist 2 Falk 3 K. Pedersen 4 Andersen 5 Knudsen 6 Hansen 7 Sørensen 8 S.K. Jensen 9 L. Jensen 10 A.D.E. Nielsen 11 M. Pedersen 12 D.D. Jensen 13 Rasmussen 14 C. Pedersen 15 Christensen 16 Bjerg 17 Johansen 18 Olsen 19 H. Nielsen 20 Petersen Coach: Bonde

Denmark squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Johansen 2 Olsen 3 K.Pedersen 4 Andersen 5 Falk 6 Hansen 7 Sørensen 8 Bukh 9 Pape 10 Eggers Nielsen 11 M.Pedersen 12 Dimun 13 Rasmussen 14 Dalum 15 Gajhede 16 Cederkvist 17 Madsen 18 Ørntoft 19 Røddik 20 Sand 21 Graversen Coach: Heiner-Møller

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