Gitte Krogh

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Gitte Krogh
Personnel
birthday May 13, 1977
place of birth Denmark
position Striker
Juniors
Years station
0000-1993 Stensballe IK
Women
Years station Games (goals) 1
1994-1998 HEI Århus
1998-2001 Odense BK
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1993 Denmark U17 5 0(4)
1994 Denmark U21 7 0(2)
1994-2001 Denmark 90 (46)
1 Only league games are given.

Gitte Krogh (born May 13, 1977 ) is a former Danish national soccer player . The striker played for the Danish national team from 1994 to 2001 and was their record goal scorer and record player. She participated in the World Cup finals in 1995 and 1999 and the Olympic Games in Atlanta . At the age of 24 she ended her career after the 2001 European Championships .

societies

Krogh played during her career for the Danish clubs HEI Århus and Odense BK in the 3F Ligaen . In 1997 and 1998 she won the Danish championship with Århus and in 2000 and 2001 with Odense. In total, she played 102 games in the 3F Ligaen and scored 52 goals.

National teams

In 1993 she played five games with the Danish U-17 team at the Nordic Cup in the Netherlands , in which the Danes finished second. In 1994 she was third in the older age group with the U-21 team. On September 14, 1994, when she lost 1-0 against the Netherlands, she made her first international match as a 17-year-old. She was immediately a regular player and did not miss a game until the end of her career. She scored her first international goal in her third game in the 1995 European Championship quarterfinal first leg against Sweden, which the Danes won 2-0. But since they lost the second leg 3-0 they were eliminated. As the best quarter-final losers, however, they qualified for the World Cup in Sweden . Immediately before the World Cup, she managed her first "three-pack" in a 5-0 friendly against Canada , the Danes' first game against Canada. Overall, she scored “three-packs” in three games. The immediately following World Cup group game against Australia was also won 5-0 and Krogh contributed two goals. Although the following two group games were lost, the Danish women reached the quarter-finals as the best third party. Shortly before the end, she only managed to hit the 1: 3 final score against eventual world champions Norway . By moving into the top eight teams in the World Cup, they were qualified for the first women's Olympic football tournament at the Olympic Games in Atlanta . There they were eliminated after three defeats in the group stage and have never been able to qualify for the Olympic Games since then. Her next major tournament was the European Championship in 1997 , where she was used in the three group games, but remained without scoring. The Danes were eliminated as the last group. In 1998 she reached the final of the Algarve Cup with Denmark , but lost it 1: 4 against Norway. In 1999 she played the three group games at the World Cup in the USA , but remained without a goal and was eliminated with her team after the preliminary round. The Danes also missed the 2000 Olympic football tournament in Sydney . On August 27, 2000, with her 78th international match in the 7-0 draw against Germany, she replaced Helle Jensen as the record national player and on November 21, 2000, she replaced Jensen as the record scorer in the 4-2 win against Spain with her 39th international goal she initially set her 38th goal in the same game. She then became Denmark's first woman footballer of the year . In 2001 she reached the final of the Algarve Cup again , but lost it 3-0 against Sweden. In the same year she reached the semi-finals at the EM in Germany , but failed there on July 4th to Sweden. This was her last international match. She ended her career when she was only 24. With 90 internationals, she remained a record national player until March 7, 2002, then she was replaced by Lene Terp , who in turn was replaced on June 5, 2005 by the current record national player Katrine Pedersen , who made her first international match on the same day as Krogh. She had scored a total of 46 goals, which she remained until September 25, 2005 record scorer. Then she was replaced by the current record scorer Merete Pedersen . After that, no other player has managed to score more goals than Krogh. With her three goals at the 1995 World Cup, she is still together with Helle Jensen the Danish women's record goalscorer.

successes

  • Danish champion: 1997 and 1998 (with HEI Århus), 2000 and 2001 (with Odense BK)
  • Danish cup winner with Odense BK: 1999

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Danmark - Canada 5-0
  2. ^ Danmark - Australia 5-0
  3. ↑ dbu.dk: Årets Spiller
personal data
SURNAME Krogh, Gitte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Denmark