Izzy Christiansen

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Izzy Christiansen
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Personal information
Full name Isobel Mary Christiansen[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-20) 20 September 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Macclesfield, England
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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

Christiansen captained the women's football club at the University of Birmingham.[citation needed]

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In January 2014 she was promoted from the under-23s into the senior England squad, to replace Jodie Taylor who had withdrawn.[10]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

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  2. ↑ Profile in UEFA's website
  3. ↑ Profile in Birmingham City's website
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  7. ↑ Composed England enjoy final waltz. UEFA
  8. ↑ Clinical France punish England's errors. UEFA
  9. ↑ Statistics in FIFA's website
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External links

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