Christian Eriksen

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Christian Eriksen
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Christian Eriksen (2016)
Personnel
Surname Christian Dannemann Eriksen
birthday February 14, 1992
place of birth Middelfart ,  Denmark
size 182 cm
position Attacking midfield
Juniors
Years station
1995-2005 Middelfart G&BK
2005-2008 Odense BK
2008-2010 Ajax Amsterdam
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2010-2013 Ajax Amsterdam 113 (24)
2013-2020 Tottenham Hotspur 226 (51)
2020– Inter Milan 43 0(4)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2007-2009 Denmark U17 27 (10)
2009 Denmark U18 5 0(1)
2009 Denmark U19 3 0(1)
2011 Denmark U21 3 0(1)
2010– Denmark 109 (36)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2020/21

2 As of June 12, 2021

Christian Dannemann Eriksen (born February 14, 1992 in Middelfart ) is a Danish football player . He has been under contract with Inter Milan since 2020 and has been a Danish international since 2010 .

Career

societies

Youth in Denmark

Eriksen started playing football before his third birthday at Middelfart G&BK , a club based in his birthplace. As a 13-year-old he moved to the youth team of Odense BK . At the age of 14 he played in the U16 team of his club and was voted "Best Technician" in the Danish youth league. In 2008 he played in the U16 and U19 team of the club, with which he also won the youth championship; he was the winning goal scorer in the 1-0 win in the final against Brøndby IF . In addition, he had developed into a key player in the Danish U17 national team. In 2008 he was voted the best "U-17 player in Denmark". In 2009 he came third behind the much older Simon Kjær and Nicklas Bendtner in the “Danish Talent of the Year” election.

Ajax Amsterdam

In October 2008 Eriksen signed a 2009-2010 youth contract with the Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam and moved to the youth academy of the record champions. After two seasons for the youth team, he was taken to the winter training camp by coach Martin Jol and made his competitive debut for the professional team on January 17, 2010 in the Eredivisie in the 1-1 away game against NAC Breda . He was voted "Man of the Match" after the game. After the debut, he was compared to Wesley Sneijder because of the way he played .

On March 25, 2010 he scored his first goal for Ajax in the KNVB Cup competition against Go Ahead Eagles Deventer ; a month later he extended his contract term. At the end of his first half season in the professional team, he had played 21 competitive games in which he had scored a goal and won the Dutch Cup in 2010. At the end of the 2010/11 season, Eriksen, who was voted Danish Talent of the Year, won the Dutch championship. He was voted Talent of the Year in the Netherlands in 1996 as the second Dane after Jon Dahl Tomasson ; At the end of 2011 he was named Denmark's Footballer of the Year. In 2012 and 2013 he defended the title of Dutch champions with Ajax.

Tottenham Hotspur

On August 30, 2013, he moved to the Premier League at Tottenham Hotspur . On December 26, 2013 (18th matchday) he scored his first goal in the top division in English football with the opening goal in the 36th minute with a direct free kick in the 1-1 home game against West Bromwich Albion . After ten goals and 13 assists in all competitions, he was named Footballer of the Year in Denmark and Player of the Season in the club. Eriksen scored twelve goals across all competitions during the 2014/15 season. A season later, in the course of which he was again voted Danish Footballer of the Year, he contributed six goals to third place, which Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the UEFA Champions League . In 2017 he was runner-up with Tottenham Hotspur; the club placed in the table for the first time since 1996 in front of arch-rivals Arsenal FC . Eriksen also received the Player of the Season award again. At the end of the 2016/17 season, he and his teammates Harry Kane and Jan Vertonghen were elected to the Team of the Year of the English Players' Union (PFA). In 2019 Eriksen reached the final of the UEFA Champions League with Tottenham Hotspur and lost there to league rivals Liverpool FC .

Inter Milan

At the end of January 2020, Eriksen left Tottenham Hotspur after seven years and moved to the Italian Serie A at Inter Milan . He signed a contract until 2024. His contract with Tottenham Hotspur would have expired at the end of the season. Under head coach Antonio Conte , the Dane made 17 Serie A appearances (8 times from the start) by the end of the 2019/20 season , in which he scored one goal. There were also 6 appearances and 2 goals in the Europa League , in which Inter reached the final, but lost to Sevilla FC .

In the 2020/21 season Eriksen made 26 league appearances (17 times from the start), in which he contributed 3 goals to winning the championship.

National team

Eriksen in a game scene during the Euro 2012

Eriksen played 27 times for the Danish U17 national team between 2007 and 2009 , scoring ten goals. After his breakthrough at Ajax and the injury-related failures of the top performers Jesper Grønkjær and Martin Jørgensen , national coach Morten Olsen nominated him for the first time for the test international match against the national team of Austria on March 3, 2010 in the senior national team . In the 1: 2 defeat in Vienna he was substituted on for Daniel Jensen in the 61st minute . In the summer of 2010 he was nominated to the squad for the 2010 World Cup . At 18 years and 130 days old, he was the youngest player to appear in the World Cup.

Eriksen was nominated by coach Keld Bordinggaard for the U21 national team for the U21 European Championship 2011 . In the first group game, which was lost 1-0 to the Swiss national team , he played from the start. In the second group game, which was won 2-1 against the national team of Belarus , he scored his first goal for the U21 team with the goal to make it 1-1, but they were eliminated from the tournament after the group stage.

In 2012 Eriksen took part with the national team at the 2012 European Championships in Poland and Ukraine . He was part of the starting line-up in all three group matches against the national teams of the Netherlands , Portugal and Germany . As a third party, he was eliminated from the tournament with the team. In 2018 Eriksen took part in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. In the second group game, which ended 1-1 against the national team of Australia , he scored the opening goal. The Danes failed in the round of 16 on later finalists Croatia on penalties , where he was the first Danish shooter to miss. On 14 October 2020, it denied as teammate Simon Kjær as part of the UEFA Nations League 2020/21 against England , the 100th international for Denmark and scored a penalty the only goal of the game.

In the first group game of the Danish national team at the European Championships in 2021 against Finland , Eriksen collapsed shortly before half-time without outside interference. He was immediately taken care of by the medical team and after chest compressions and defibrillation he was transported to the hospital. After it was announced that he was conscious and in a stable condition again, Eriksen encouraged the Danish team to continue playing via Facetime . Both teams decided to continue the game after a two-hour break. Denmark finally lost to Finland 1-0.

successes

Awards

  • Talent awards (Danish U17 Player of the Year) 2008
  • Dutch talent of the year 2011
  • Best Danish Player of the Year 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017
  • Bronze shoe in the Eredivisie 2012
  • PFA Team of the Year 2017/18

Web links

Commons : Christian Eriksen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arla's talent prize 2008
  2. ↑ Simon Kjær årets talent (Danish) ekstrabladet.dk, accessed on May 31, 2010
  3. ↑ UEFA (ed.): Ajax grabs Danish young star. In: UEFA.com. October 17, 2008, accessed January 1, 2016 .
  4. ↑ LAOLA1 (ed.): Christian Eriksen - the new Wesley Sneijder from Denmark. Retrieved February 28, 2010 .
  5. ↑ Eriksen arrives
  6. ↑ INTER TRANSFER MARKET | Christian Eriksen is a Nerazzurri player. Retrieved January 28, 2020 .
  7. ^ New contract for Christian. Accessed January 28, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Croatia 1 - 1 Denmark
  9. ↑ dbu.dk: ANNIVERSARY FIK AFGØRENDE ROLLE I DANSK TRIUMF PÅ ​​WEMBLEY (Danish)
  10. ↑ Shock moment in Copenhagen: Eriksen “stabilized” and “awake” after collapse - game continues at 8.30pm. In: kicker.de. Retrieved June 12, 2021 .
personal data
SURNAME Eriksen, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dannemann Eriksen, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Middelfart , Denmark