Lene Christensen (footballer)

Lene Christensen (born 4 February 2000) is a Danish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Rosenborg in the Toppserien and the Danish national team.

Lene Christensen
Personal information
Full name Lene Christensen
Date of birth (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Marstrup, Denmark
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Rosenborg
Number 12
Youth career
Haderslev FK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 KoldingQ 62 (0)
2022– Rosenborg 29 (0)
International career
2015–2016 Denmark U16 5 (0)
2018–2019 Denmark U19 19 (0)
2019– Denmark U23 1 (0)
2020– Denmark 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:15, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Club career

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Christensen started her senior career for Kolding Q in the Elite division. From the 2018–19 season covered the goal in the club as first choice. After six and a half years at the club, she switched in the winter transfer window in January 2022 to Norwegian top club Rosenborg BK on a 2-year contract.[1][2]

She has also been named the season's best goalkeeper in the Gjensidige Kvindeligaen twice in a row, in 2019/20 and 2020/21.[3]

International career

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She made her debut for the national football team of Denmark on 1 December 2020 in the last UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying match in group B which was against Italy on home ground in Viborg, the match resulted in 0–0 draw.[4] She has also appeared for the Danish national under-16 team and Danish national junior team, several times. In 2019, she made her debut for the Denmark national under-23 team, against Netherlands.[5]

She made her debut for Denmark's senior national team on 1 December 2020 in the European Championship qualifier against Italy, which ended in a draw.[6] Since then, she has become the clear first choice in the national team and was subsequently, on 16 June 2022, selected for national coach Lars Søndergaard's squad for the European Championship 2022 in England.[7]

Honours

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Club

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KoldingQ
Rosenborg

References

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  1. ^ Bebe, Marie (6 December 2021). "Lene Christensen skifter til Rosenborg BK". Fodbold for piger (in Danish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ^ Bebe, Marie (16 March 2021). "Keeper Lene Christensen er Årets Kvindelige Talent 2020". Fodbold for piger (in Danish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  3. ^ "ÅRETS GJENSIDIGE KVINDELIGAHOLD". kvindeliga.dk. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  4. ^ Liniger, Henrik (1 December 2020). "KARAKTERBOGEN Debutant-målmand og Harder imponerede i dansk EM-remis". DR. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Match Info Holland 4–1 Danmark" (in Danish). Dansk Boldspil Union. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  6. ^ "KARAKTERBOGEN Debutant-målmand og Harder imponerede i dansk EM-remis". DR (in Danish). 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  7. ^ DBU (16 June 2022). "Her er holdet til EM 2022". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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