Nanna Christiansen

Nanna Christiansen
Personal information
Full nameNanna Christiansen
Date of birth17 June 1989
Place of birthDenmark
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Brøndby
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2007Skjold
2007–Brøndby
National team
2009–Denmark49(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:05, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Nanna Christiansen (born 17 June 1989) is a Danish football midfielder currently playing in the Elitedivisionen for Brøndby IF, with whom she has also played the Champions League.[1] She was named Danish Young Footballer of the Year in 2006.[2]

Christiansen has been a member of the senior Danish national team since 2009;[3] making her debut in a 2–0 defeat to the United States at the Algarve Cup and being named in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2009.[4] As a junior international she had played at the 2006 and 2007 U-19 European Championships.[5]

She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[6]

Personal life

Christiansen has been diagnosed with diabetes but states it has not affected her football.[7] In 2013 she was working as an assistant in a nursery school.[8]

References

  1. Profile in UEFA's website
  2. Young Talent. Danish Football Association's website
  3. Profile in the Danish Football Association's website
  4. "UEFA Competitions Association player list". UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  5. Norway delived knockout blow. UEFA
  6. Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  7. "Nanna Christiansen". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  8. "Nanna Christiansen" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 13 July 2013.