Theresa Nielsen

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 team
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 82 (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 15:03, 5 September 2015 (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] Nielsen's buttocks went viral in November 2014, when she posted photographs to Instagram of Brøndby's dressing room celebrating a 3–2 win over rivals Fortuna Hjørring.[3]

International career

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.[4]

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.[5]

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

References

  1. "Rikken-pige årets fodboldspiller" (in Danish). Valby Bladet. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  2. Weber, Lennart (3 May 2013). "Theresa har stamplads på landsholdet" (in Danish). Fagligt Fælles Forbund. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  3. Waugh, Chris (17 November 2014). "Brondby ladies show bare backsides in photo celebrating 3-2 win over title rivals Fortuna Hjorring". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  4. Garin, Erik (9 October 2005). "European Youth Olympic Days (EYOD)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  5. "Danmark – Tyskland 1 – 0" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  6. Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 14 July 2013.

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