Isobel Christiansen

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Isobel Christiansen
Personal information
Full nameIsobel Mary Christiansen[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-20) 20 September 1991
Place of birthMacclesfield, England
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current clubManchester City
Number7
Youth career
Manchester United
Everton
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2008–2009Everton
2009–2014Birmingham City
2014–Manchester City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Isobel Mary "Izzy" Christiansen (born 20 September 1991) is an English football forward who plays for Birmingham City of the FA WSL.[2] She has played the Champions League with Everton.[3] As a junior international, she won the 2009 U-19 European Championship[4] and a silver in the following year's edition,[5] and played the 2008 U-17 and 2010 U-20 World Cups.[6]

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In January 2014 she was promoted from the under-23s into the senior England squad, to replace Jodie Taylor who had withdrawn.[7]

On 7 February 2014, Christiansen officially signed for new WSL club Manchester City Women.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Athlete Information". Universiade Kazan 2013 Russia. Retrieved 19 January 2014. 
  2. ↑ Profile in Birmingham City's website
  3. ↑ Profile in UEFA's website
  4. ↑ Composed England enjoy final waltz. UEFA
  5. ↑ Clinical France punish England's errors. UEFA
  6. ↑ Statistics in FIFA's website
  7. ↑ "Christiansen called up". She Kicks (magazine). 6 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014. 
  8. ↑ "City Women sign Isobel Christiansen". mcfc.co.uk. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014. 
Manchester City W.F.C. – current squad


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