Theresa Eslund
| Theresa Eslund | ||
 Nielsen at the EM 2017
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | July 20, 1986 | |
| place of birth | Denmark | |
| position | Storm | |
| Women | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| -2002 | Hvidovre IF | |
| 2003-2008 | Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold | |
| 2009-2016 | Brøndby IF | |
| 2017 | Vålerenga Oslo | 22 (2) |
| 2018-2019 | Seattle Reign FC | 43 (1) |
| 2018-2019 | → Melbourne City FC (loan) | 12 (0) |
| 2020– | Brøndby IF | 1 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 2002-2003 | Denmark U-17 | 15 (3) |
| 2006 | Denmark U-21 | 4 (0) |
| 2009 | Denmark U-23 | 2 (1) |
| 2008– | Denmark | 133 (5) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of June 6, 2020 2 As of March 7, 2020 |
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Theresa Eslund (born Theresa Nielsen on July 20, 1986 ) is a Danish soccer player . She participated with the Danish national team in the 2013 and 2017 European Championships .
Career
societies
Nielsen started playing football at Rikken FC . She joined Brøndby IF in 2009 through Hvidovre IF and Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold . With the club she won three times in a row from 2011 to 2013 the double from the Danish championship in the 3F Ligaen and winning the national cup . In 2017, Nielsen played for Norwegian first division club Vålerenga Oslo before moving to Seattle Reign FC at the beginning of 2018 . During the American winter she played on loan for Melbourne City FC in the Australian summer . In January 2020 she returned to her home country, where she is now playing for Brøndby IF again - but only on June 6th due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
National team
After Nielsen had already been a junior national player, she made her debut in March 2008 in the Danish national team. At the Algarve Cup , she was used in four games and reached the final with her team, the last participation of the Danes so far, against the USA , which was lost 2-1. It was then used in a qualifier for the 2009 European Championships in May, but was not nominated for the European Championship. At the Algarve Cup 2011 , she scored her first international goal in the first group game against China to win 1-0, the only victory for the Danes at this tournament. Her first major tournament was the 2013 European Championship , for which she was appointed to the squad by national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller . There she played all five tournament games of the selection until she was eliminated in the semifinals against Norway . She played her 100th international match on October 22, 2016 together with her namesake Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen .
At the 2017 European Championships , she reached the final with her team, but lost it 2: 4 against the hosts . On the way there, she scored the goal of the 2-1 victory for the Danes in the quarter-finals against defending champions Germany . For the 2019 World Cup, she could not qualify with her team .
successes
- Danish champion: 2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2014/2015
- Danish Cup Winner: 2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015
Awards
Private life
In 2019 Theresa married Nielsen and in this context changed her previous surname Nielsen to Eslund.
Web links
- Theresa Nielsen on dbu.dk
- Theresa Eslund in the soccerway.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ dbu.dk: "To 100-kampsjubilarer med et særligt bånd"
- ↑ dbu.dk: Danmark - Tyskland 2 - 1
- ↑ kvindesport.dk: Theresa Eslund (tidligere Nielsen) er tilbage i Brøndby
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Eslund, Theresa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nielsen, Theresa (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1986 |