Christine Colombo Nilsen

Christine Colombo Nilsen
Personal information

Date of birth	(1982-08-03) August 3, 1982
Place of birth	Norway
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Vålerenga
Number	30
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Kambo IL
	Athene Moss
	Arna-Bjørnar
	Liungen IF
2005–2009	Kolbotn	75
2009–2010	Lyon		(0)
2012–	Vålerenga	4	(0)
National team^‡
2006-	Norway	9	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 February 2012. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 February 2012

Christine Colombo Nilsen (born April 30, 1982) is a Norwegian football goalkeeper. She currently (2012) plays for Vålerenga in the Toppserien. She is also a member of the Norway women's national football team.

She has appeared nine times for the national team since her debut on March 11, 2006 in a match against Finland. She was a member of the 2007 Women's World Cup squad.

On June 9, 2008 Nilsen was named to the Norwegian roster for the 2008 Summer Olympics to be held in Beijing, China.^[1]

In autumn 2009 Nilsen joined French champions Olympique Lyonnais where she stood in goal for several rounds of the UEFA Women's Champions League, which OL won in 2010 by beating Turbine Potsdam in the Final.

Nilsen left Olympique Lyonnais in July 2010 and returned to Norway to work as a hairdresser with no plans to continue in football. But she was persuaded to stand in goal for Arna-Bjørnar for a few games in the autumn while Erika Skarbø was injured, and was also a member of the Norway national squad that in September qualified for the 2011 World Cup. In autumn 2011 she played a further two matches for Arna-Bjørnar. In January 2012 she joined the newly promoted Toppserien club Vålerenga, trained by her former Kolbotn teammates Cecilie Berg-Hansen and Solveig Gulbrandsen. Her new contract allows her flexibility to continue working outside football. She was member of Norway's squad at the 2012 Algarve Cup.

References

↑ Drømmen gikk i oppfyllelse

External links

Norway squads

Norway squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2005 Runners-up

1 B. Nordby 2 Stangeland (c) 3 Følstad 4 Stensland 5 S. Nordby 6 Christensen 7 Rønning 8 Gulbrandsen 9 Herlovsen 10 Lehn 11 Kaufmann 12 Hjelmseth 13 Colombo Nilsen 14 Mellgren 15 Heimlund 16 Blystad-Bjerke 17 Paulsen 18 Knutsen 19 Frantzen 20 Klaveness Coach: Berntsen

Norway squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Fourth Place

1 B. Nordby 2 Stangeland Horpestad (c) 3 Følstad 4 Stensland 5 S. Nordby 6 Huse 7 Rønning 8 S. Gulbrandsen 9 Herlovsen 10 Wiik 11 Larsen Kaurin 12 Skarbø 13 Colombo Nilsen 14 Knutsen 15 Giske 16 R. Gulbrandsen 17 Mykjåland 18 Knutsen 19 Fiane Christensen 20 Klaveness 21 Storløkken Coach: Berntsen

Norway women's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics

1 Skarbø 2 Stangeland Horpestad (c) 3 Følstad 4 Stensland 5 Nordby 6 M. Knutsen 7 Rønning 8 Gulbrandsen 9 Herlovsen 10 Wiik 11 Larsen Kaurin 12 Christensen 13 Storløkken 14 G. Knutsen 15 Lund 16 Thorsnes 17 Mykjåland 18 Colombo Nilsen Coach: Berntsen

Norway squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2009 Semi-finalists

1 Hjelmseth 2 Akerhaugen 3 Lund 4 Stensland (c) 5 Giske 6 Huse 7 Rønning 8 Gulbrandsen 9 Herlovsen 10 Wiik 11 Larsen Kaurin 12 Knutsen 13 Colombo Nilsen 14 Sandvei 15 Gardsjord 16 Thorsnes 17 Mjelde 18 Vikestad 19 Isaksen 20 Lie 21 Storløkken 22 Pedersen Coach: Berntsen

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