Mariann Gajhede Knudsen

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Mariann Gajhede
Personal information

Full name	Mariann Gajhede Knudsen
Date of birth	(1984-11-16) November 16, 1984
Place of birth	Skagen, Denmark
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Linköpings FC
Number	6
Youth career
	Skagen IK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2001	B52/Aalborg
2002–2010	Fortuna Hjørring
2011–	Linköpings FC	51	(3)
National team^‡
2003–	Denmark	93	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:02, 10 July 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:41, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Mariann Gajhede Knudsen (born 16 November 1984) is a Danish footballer, who plays as a central midfielder for Linköpings FC in Sweden's Damallsvenskan and the Danish national team.

Club career

Gajhede Knudsen represented Fortuna Hjørring in both legs of the 2003 UEFA Women's Cup Final, a 1–7 aggregate defeat to Umeå IK of Sweden.

In November 2010 Gajhede Knudsen brought eight years and 215 matches with Fortuna Hjørring to an end and signed for Linköpings. She was cup-tied for the remainder of LFC's 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League campaign.^[1]

International career

Gajhede Knudsen made her senior international debut in October 2003, in a 6–1 win over Belgium. She went on to play at UEFA Women's Euro 2005 in North West England^[2] and the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China. An anterior cruciate ligament injury kept Gajhede Knudsen out of UEFA Women's Euro 2009.^[3]

She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.^[4] In Denmark's opening group match against hosts Sweden Gajhede Knudsen gave her team the lead in an eventful 1–1 draw.^[5]

References

↑ "Dansk landslagsspelare till LFC" (in Swedish). Linköpings FC. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
↑ Ove Hansen, Jörn (9 June 2005). ""Wir haben das Niveau, um ganz nach oben zu kommen"" (in German). FanSoccer.de. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
↑ Saffer, Paul (20 July 2009). "Pape up for more after Denmark win". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
↑ Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
↑ Dutt, Sujay (11 July 2013). "Petersen's 'crazy' day for Denmark". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

External links

Danish Football Union (DBU) statistics

v t e Danish Women's Football Player of the Year

2000: Krogh 2001: Bonde 2002: Johansen 2003: Eggers Nielsen 2004: Paaske-Sørensen 2005: M. Pedersen 2006: Paaske-Sørensen 2007: K. Pedersen 2008: Gajhede Knudsen 2009: Brogaard 2010: Røddik Hansen 2011: Troelsgaard Nielsen 2012: Theresa Nielsen 2013: K. Pedersen

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e Denmark squad – 2013 UEFA Women's European Championship

1 Petersen 2 Hansen 3 K. S. Pedersen 4 Ørntoft 5 J. A. Jensen 6 Gajhede Knudsen 7 Madsen 8 Bukh 9 Christiansen 10 Harder 11 Veje 12 L. Jensen 13 Rasmussen 14 Olsen 15 S. Pedersen 16 Sørensen 17 Nadim 18 T. Nielsen 19 Brogaard 20 Hovesen 21 Sandvej 22 Abel 23 K. S. Nielsen Coach: Heiner-Møller

Persondata
Name	Gajhede Knudsen, Mariann
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	16 November 1984
Place of birth	Skagen, Denmark
Date of death
Place of death

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