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Isobel Christiansen
Personal information
Full name Isobel Mary Christiansen[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-20) 20 September 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Macclesfield, England
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Team information
Current team
 Manchester City
Number 11
Youth career
Manchester United
Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Everton
2009–2014 Birmingham City
2014– Manchester City
International career‡
2015– England 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:12, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:12, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Isobel Mary "Izzy" Christiansen (born 20 September 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Manchester City and the England national team.

Club career

Prestigious alumni at University of Birmingham women's football club where she held the role of club captain. Christiansen has played in the UEFA Women's Champions League with Everton[2] and also played for Birmingham City.[3]

On 7 February 2014, Christiansen officially signed for new WSL club Manchester City Women.[4] On 16 October 2014, she scored the only goal to help Manchester City defeat Arsenal Ladies and win the 2014 FA WSL Continental Cup.[5] In April 2016 she was named PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year and was also named in the PFA WSL Team of the Year.[6]

International career

As a junior international, she won the 2009 U-19 European Championship[7] and a silver in the following year's edition,[8] and played the 2008 U-17 and 2010 U-20 World Cups.[9]

Christiansen helped Great Britain to win a gold medal in the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.[1] In January 2014 she was promoted from the under-23s into the senior England squad, to replace Jodie Taylor who had withdrawn.[10]

Coach Mark Sampson gave Christiansen her senior international debut in a UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying match against Estonia on 21 September 2015. She marked the occasion by scoring in England's 8–0 win.[11][12]

International goals

Scores and results list England's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 21 September 2015 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 1  Estonia 5–0 8–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

Honours

Club

Manchester City

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Athlete Information". Universiade Kazan 2013 Russia. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. ^ Profile in UEFA's website
  3. ^ Profile in Birmingham City's website
  4. ^ "City Women sign Isobel Christiansen". mcfc.co.uk. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  5. ^ a b "City are cup champions". Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  6. ^ a b ThePFA.com. "PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year: Izzy Christiansen". www.thepfa.com. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  7. ^ Composed England enjoy final waltz. UEFA
  8. ^ Clinical France punish England's errors. UEFA
  9. ^ Statistics in FIFA's website
  10. ^ "Christiansen called up". She Kicks (magazine). 6 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  11. ^ "Danielle Carter hat-trick guides England to opening Euro 2017 qualifying win". The Guardian. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Euro 2017 qualifying: England thrash Estonia 8-0". BBC Sport. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.


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