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Mikka Hansen
Personal information
Full name Mikka Kirsten Hansen[1]
Date of birth (1975-11-11) 11 November 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth San Jose, California, United States[1]
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1]
Position(s) Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 Santa Clara Broncos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Denver Diamonds
1999 FB
1999–2000 Fortuna Hjørring
2001–2002 Carolina Courage 19 (1)
International career‡
1999 Denmark 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:10, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Mikka Kirsten Hansen (born 11 November 1975) is a Danish international footballer who played as a forward for the Denmark women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.[2]

Club career

Hansen played for the USL W-League club Denver Diamonds, where she was the league's top assist provider in 1996 and second top goal scorer in 1998.[1] In January 1999 she moved to Denmark to play for Frederiksberg Boldklub on a semi-professional basis.[3] In summer 1999, after playing in the FIFA Women's World Cup, Hansen signed a one and a half-year contract with Fortuna Hjørring.[4] By May 2000 Hansen had grown weary of football and had started competing as an elite cyclist instead.[5]

Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first official professional women's soccer league in the United States, began in 2001. Hansen was a ninth-round draft pick (70th overall in the global draft) by the Carolina Courage.[6] In 2001 Hansen started seven of her 19 regular season appearances, scoring once.[1] She was released by the team in January 2002.[7]

International career

Hansen was briefly part of the United States women's national under-20 soccer team, but decided to play for Denmark at senior level.[3] She won her first cap in a 1–1 draw with Australia at the 1999 Algarve Cup on March 14, 1999. Deployed on the left wing by Denmark,[3] Hansen won a total of 12 caps, all in 1999, including a 3–0 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A defeat by the United States at Giants Stadium on June 19, 1999.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "WUSA - Carolina Courage". Archived from the original on 17 December 2001.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 - Denmark". FIFA Women's World Cup United States 1999. FIFA. 1999. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  3. ^ a b c "Women's World Cup '99: Hansen Feels At Home". Soccer America. 25 June 1999. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  4. ^ Ankerdal, Steen (30 June 1999). "FB-direktør ny træner i Fortuna" (in Danish). Berlingske. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  5. ^ de los Reyes, Marco (13 May 2000). "Stjerne skifter idrætsgren" (in Danish). Berlingske. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Rating the eight WUSA teams" (PDF). Soccer America. 25 December 2000. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Sports transactions for Friday, January 4+". United Press International. 4 January 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Mikka Hansen" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 25 May 2021.


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