Line Røddik Hansen

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Line Røddik
Personal information
Full nameLine Røddik Hansen
Date of birth (1988-01-31) January 31, 1988
Place of birthCopenhagen, Denmark
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current clubTyresö FF
Number5
Youth career
BK Skjold
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Skovlunde IF
2007–2009Brøndby IF
2010–Tyresö FF
National team
2006–Denmark87(10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:40, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Line Røddik Hansen (born 31 January 1988) is a Danish football defender who plays for Tyresö FF in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. She has accrued over 80 caps for the Denmark women's national football team since her debut in February 2006.

Club career

After joining Brøndby IF in 2007 Røddik Hansen won the Danish championship in her first season with the club. She was named club Player of the Year in 2008.[1]

Copenhagen-born Røddik Hansen left Brøndby IF for newly promoted Damallsvenskan club Tyresö FF ahead of the 2010 season, rejecting a competing offer from the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS).[2] She spent three seasons playing at left-back, before moving inside to centre back when the Swedish club signed Sara Thunebro in 2013.[3]

Playing for Tyresö

International career

On 25 February 2006 Røddik Hansen made her senior Denmark debut, playing the second half of a 3–2 friendly win in Switzerland.

She was the youngest member of the Danish squad at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China at the age of 19 but did not appear in any matches. At UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland Røddik Hansen played in all three group games as Denmark made a first round exit.

In 2010 she was named Danish Football Player of the Year.[4]

The 2013 Algarve Cup match against Germany marked Røddik Hansen's 75th international cap.[5] She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[6]

Personal life

Røddik Hansen graduated from Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan in June 2013, with a qualification in sports coaching.[3]

References

  1. "Line Røddik Hansen". UEFA. Retrieved 30 May 2013. 
  2. Stokholm, Henrik (5 December 2009). "3F : Røddik til Sverige". Brøndby IF. Retrieved 30 May 2013. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Fussganger, Rainer (29 May 2013). "Danish dynamite from Tyresö – Line Røddik Hansen". Our Game Magazine. Retrieved 30 May 2013. 
  4. "Røddik Hansen gets Danish recognition". UEFA. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2013. 
  5. Møller Riis, Helle (6 March 2013). "Line Røddik fejrede 75 kamps jubilæum mod Tyskland" (in Danish). Fagligt Fælles Forbund. Retrieved 30 May 2013. 
  6. Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013. 

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