Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen
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Full name | Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 15 August 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) |
Midfielder Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | FC Rosengård | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Vejen | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
–2004 | Haderslev FK | ||||||||||||||||
2005–2009 | SønderjyskE | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Brøndby IF | ||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Skovbakken | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Brøndby IF | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | KoldingQ | ||||||||||||||||
2017– | FC Rosengård | 86 | (21) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2008– | Denmark | 150[1] | (52[1]) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 December 2020 |
Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen (born 15 August 1988) is a Danish football player who plays as a midfielder for FC Rosengård in Sweden's Damallsvenskan. Since 2008, she has been a part of the senior Danish national team.
Club career
In 2011, Troelsgaard was named Denmark's Player of the Year after scoring 29 goals in her first 15 matches for Skovbakken.[2] In February 2017, Troelsgaard signed for FC Rosengård in the Swedish Damallsvenskan.[3]
International career
Troelsgaard Nielsen made her senior international debut for Denmark in March 2008, playing the last four minutes of a 1–0 win over Finland at the 2008 Algarve Cup.[4] At the 2011 Matchworld Women's Cup in June 2011, she scored all three goals in the Danes' 3–0 win over Wales.[5]
A serious illness in the family caused Troelsgaard Nielsen to withdraw from national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[6]
Honours
- Brøndby IF
- Elitedivisionen: Winner 2010–11, 2012–13
- Danish Women's Cup: Winner 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
- FC Rosengård
- Damallsvenskan: Winner: 2019, Runner-up: 2020, 2017
- Svenska Cupen Women: 2017/2018, 2016/2017
References
- ^ a b Caps and Goals
- ^ "Sanne Troelsgaard kåret til Årets Kvindelige Fodboldspiller 2011" (in Danish). Spillerforeningen. 2011-12-03. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- ^ "Rosengårds sportchef om nya stjärnan: "Det här blir jättebra"". Sydsvenskan. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Danmark – Finland 1 – 0" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- ^ "Ton up for Wales". She Kicks. 2011-06-19. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- ^ Schou Nielsen, Pia (30 June 2013). "Troelsgaard ikke med til EM" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
External links
- Profile at DBU
- Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen at Soccerway