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Christian Eriksen
Personal information
Full name Christian Dannemann Eriksen
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ajax
Number 8
Youth career
1995–2005 Middelfart G&BK
2005–2008 OB
2008–2010 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010– Ajax 48 (5)
International career‡
2007–2009 Denmark U-17 27 (10)
2009 Denmark U-18 8 (2)
2009–2010 Denmark U-19 3 (1)
2010– Denmark 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 February 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2010

Christian Dannemann Eriksen (born 14 February 1992 in Middelfart) is a Danish professional football player, currently playing as an attacking midfielder for Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam. He previously played for Odense Boldklub, and was named 2008 Danish U-17 Talent of the Year, before signing for Ajax in October 2008. He made his debut for the Danish national team in March 2010, and was the youngest player of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.[1][2] In 2010, Eriksen won the Danish "Talent of the Year" award.[3]

Career

Christian Eriksen started playing football in his hometown Middelfart before his third birthday. In 2005 he switched to Odense Boldklub (OB), who competed in the Danish youth championships. His team lost the semi-final against Brøndby IF, but afterwards he was named "Best Technical Player" of the tournament.[4] The following year OB won the tournament, when Eriksen scored the only goal in the final.[5] After some good performances for OB's U-16 team and later on U-19 team and the Danish U-17 team, major European football clubs including Chelsea and Barcelona began to take notice.[6]

Ajax

On 17 October 2008 it was announced that Eriksen had signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Ajax Amsterdam.[7] The transfer fee received by OB was estimated at €1 million.[8] He worked his way through the youth teams, and was promoted to the first team squad in January 2010, where he was given the number 51 shirt.[9] Within the month, he made his first team debut for the Dutch team in the Eredivisie on 17 January 2010 against NAC Breda.[10] Ajax manager Martin Jol compared him to the likes of Ajax youth products Wesley Sneijder and Rafael van der Vaart and described him as a good reader of the game in the traditional "number 10" role like the two Dutch internationals and Danish legend Michael Laudrup, who also played for Ajax.[9][11] On 25 March 2010 he scored his first goal for Ajax in a 6–0 win against opponent Go Ahead Eagles in the Dutch Cup. On 10 April 2010, Eriksen extended his contract with Ajax until the summer of 2014, stating "I can still learn a lot here, I'm not finished yet and I hope I can mean a lot for the club."[12] On 6 May 2010, Eriksen played in the final of the 2009-10 Dutch Cup as Ajax beat Feyenoord 4-1.[13] At the end of his first professional season at Ajax, Eriksen had played 21 competitive matches, scoring one goal, and had made his international debut for Denmark.[14][15] For his second season in the first team of Ajax, Eriksen was given the number 8 shirt.[16]

Eriksen started the 2010-11 season well, scoring his first Ajax league goal on 29 August 2010 in an away victory over De Graafschap.[17] On 11 November 2010, Eriksen scored his first goal at the Amsterdam ArenA a 3-0 Cup victory over BV Veendam.[18] In December, Eriksen was named Danish "Talent of the Year".[3] Several days after receiving this award, Eriksen once again proved his value to Ajax by scoring the only goal in a 0-1 away league victory over Vitesse.[19] On 17 February 2011, Eriksen scored his first goal in a European tournament, the Ajax goal to 2-0, when Ajax beat Anderlecht 3-0 in the 2010-2011 Europa League.

International

Eriksen was called up for the Denmark U-17 in July 2007,[20] and impressed in his debut for the team on July 31.[21] In 2008, he scored nine goals in 16 games for the U-17s, and was named Danish U-17 Talent of the Year in 2008 by the Danish FA.[22] He was also one of four nominees for the 2008 Danish Talent of the Year award,[23] which was won by Mathias Jørgensen.[22] He played 27 games for the under-17 team until February 2009. He also played a total eight games for the Denmark U-18 and Denmark U-19 teams during 2009.

He received his first senior Denmark call-up in February 2010,[24] making his debut in Denmark's friendly match against Austria in March,[15] to become Denmark's fourth youngest full international.[25] On 28 May 2010, Denmark coach Morten Olsen announced that Eriksen would be part of the final squad of 23 participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.[26] He was the youngest player participating in the tournament.[1][2] At the World Cup, Eriksen played two matches, against the Netherlands and Japan, but Denmark were unable to progress beyond the group stage.[27][28]

On 9 February 2011, in the 1-2 friendly loss home against England, Eriksen was named Man of the match, and everyone, including Chelsea star Frank Lampard,[29] Man Utd star Rio Ferdinand (on Twitter),[30] manager Morten Olsen and several media experts in Denmark and England[31] praised his performance. Speculations on his future now concentrated on top flight clubs in the Premier League. Before the game Eriksen stated that he would prefer to play for FC Barcelona, but after the game he stated that the Premier League might be interesting when he gains more weight and muscles. Eriksen has a contract with Ajax for another 4 years though, and Eriksen stated, that he intends to fulfill his contract.[32]

Statistics

As of 29 July 2010[33][34][14]

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Honours

References

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  2. ^ a b "The squads in numbers". FIFA.com. 2010-06-04. Retrieved 2010-06-06. [dead link]
  3. ^ a b "Christian Eriksen er Årets Talent 2010" (in Danish). Dr.dk. 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  4. ^ "OB.dk tabte bronzekamp ved Drenge DM" (in Danish). OB.dk. 2005-08-07. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  5. ^ "Dansk Mesterskab til OB's 1. drenge" (in Danish). OB.dk. 2006-08-13. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  6. ^ "FC Barcelona kigger på OB-talent" (in Danish). B.T. 2008-04-04.
  7. ^ a b "Danish starlet Eriksen opts for Ajax". UEFA.com. 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
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  10. ^ "Eriksen fik debut i Ajax" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  11. ^ "Christian Eriksen: The new Laudrup". IMScouting. 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
  12. ^ "Eriksen tot 2014 bij Ajax" (in Dutch). Telegraaf.nl. 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  13. ^ a b "Report: Feyenoord Rotterdam vs Ajax Amsterdam - Dutch Cup". ESPN Soccernet. 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
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  15. ^ a b "Eriksen: Helt specielt med debut – TV 2 Sporten" (in Danish). Sporten-dyn.tv2.dk. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
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  17. ^ "De Graafschap vs. Ajax". Soccerway. 2010-08-29. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  18. ^ "Ajax vs. Veendam". Soccerway. 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  19. ^ "Vitesse vs. Ajax". Soccerway. 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  20. ^ "U/17-landsholdet til Internordisk Cup" (in Danish). DBU.dk. 2007-07-09. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  21. ^ "Tre point mod Færøerne" (in Danish). DBU.dk. 2007-07-31. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  22. ^ a b "Lumb og Eriksen nyeste Arla Landsholdstalenter" (in Danish). DBU.dk. 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  23. ^ "Danmarks fire største talenter" (in Danish). DBU.dk. 2008-10-24. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  24. ^ "Christian Eriksen: Det er helt vildt" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 2010-02-26. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  25. ^ "A-landsholdspillere - Yngste debutant" (in Danish). www.haslund.info. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  26. ^ "Olsen names final Denmark squad". UEFA.com. 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
  27. ^ "Netherlands vs. Denmark". Soccerway. 2010-11-17. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  28. ^ "Denmark vs. Japan". Soccerway. 2010-06-24. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  29. ^ "Stjerne: Eriksen kan blive topspiller". spn.dk. 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  30. ^ "Ferdinand skamroser Eriksen på Twitter". Sporten.dk. 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  31. ^ "Engelske medier jubler over Eriksen". spn.dk. 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  32. ^ "Klubberne står i kø Eriksen er cool". Sporten.dk. 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  33. ^ "Christian Eriksen Statistics". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
  34. ^ "Christian Eriksen Statistics". Voetbal International. Retrieved April 12, 2010.


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