Malene Olsen

Malene Olsen
Personal information
Full nameMalene Marquard Olsen
Date of birthFebruary 2, 1983
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Brøndby IF
Number7
Youth career
Hedehusene IK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–Brøndby IF178(3)
2009Tyresö FF
National team
2003–Denmark13(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 September 2012.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 July 2013

Malene Marquard Olsen (born 2 February 1983) is a Danish football defender. She currently plays for Elitedivisionen club Brøndby IF and the Danish national team.

Olsen began her club career at Hedehusene IK.[1] As of September 2012, Olsen had made the second most appearances for Brøndby with 247. Only Mia Brogaard had more with 327.[2]

In 2009 Olsen played for Swedish club Tyresö FF, while working as a nurse in Stockholm.[3]

Olsen made her debut for the senior Denmark women's national football team in February 2003; a 4–0 defeat to Norway in La Manga. In October 2011 Olsen was recalled to the national team after a five-year absence, for a UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying tie with Austria.[4] She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's squad for the final tournament.[5]

References

  1. "Malene Olsen". UEFA.com. UEFA. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  2. "Kampstatistik på spillere" (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  3. "Malene Olsen från Bröndby" (in Swedish). Tyresö FF. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  4. Schou Nielsen, Pia (22 October 2011). "Malene Olsen får comeback mod Østrig" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  5. Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

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