Theresa Nielsen

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Theresa Nielsen
Personal information
Full name	Theresa Nielsen
Date of birth	(1986-07-20) 20 July 1986
Place of birth	Denmark
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Brøndby IF
Number	8
Youth career
	Rikken
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
0000–2002	Hvidovre IF
2003–2008	Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold
2009–	Brøndby IF	87	(13)
National team^‡
2008–	Denmark	62	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:02, 9 September 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:39, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Theresa Nielsen (born 20 July 1986) is a Danish football defender who plays for Brøndby IF in Denmark's Elitedivisionen. Since 2008, she has been a member of the senior Danish national team.

Club career

Nielsen began playing football with Rikken, a club based in Valby.^[1]

In 2012, Nielsen was named Denmark's Female Footballer of the Year after helping Brøndby to a league and cup double.^[2]

At the girl's football tournament at the 2003 European Youth Olympic Festival, Nielsen scored in the final as Denmark beat Switzerland on penalties after a 1–1 draw at Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris.^[3]

Nielsen made her senior international debut for Denmark in March 2008, substituting in for Johanna Rasmussen 73 minutes into a 1–0 win over Germany at the 2008 Algarve Cup.^[4]

She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.^[5]

↑ "Rikken-pige årets fodboldspiller" (in Danish). Valby Bladet. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
↑ Weber, Lennart (3 May 2013). "Theresa har stamplads på landsholdet" (in Danish). Fagligt Fælles Forbund. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
↑ Garin, Erik (9 October 2005). "European Youth Olympic Days (EYOD)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
↑ "Danmark – Tyskland 1 – 0" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
↑ Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 14 July 2013.

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 – 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

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