Angela_Christ
Angela Christ
Dutch footballer
Angela Anna Christ (born 6 March 1989) is a Dutch football goalkeeper, who played for Eredivisie club PSV and for the Netherlands women's national football team.[2]
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| Full name | Angela Anna Christ | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 35) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Eindhoven, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | PSV | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| s.v. Lew | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | ODC Boxtel | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Saestum | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2012 | Utrecht | 91 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012– | PSV/FC Eindhoven | 59 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2017 | Netherlands | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:30, 8 June 2015 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
While playing with previous club FC Utrecht she was twice named the Eredivisie's best goalkeeper, in 2010 and 2011.[3] Before Eredivisie's foundation in 2007, she won two Hoofdklasse titles with SV Saestum and had debuted in the top division as a 14-year-old, with ODC Boxtel in 2003–04.[4]
In 2012, she joined PSV/FC Eindhoven ahead of the newly created BeNe League.[5]
Christ made her senior Netherlands women's national football team debut on 13 July 2009, a 3–2 win over South Africa in Amsterdam.[6][7] She was taken to UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland as one of two back-ups to recognised first choice goalkeeper Loes Geurts.
In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected Christ in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[8] She was also part of the Dutch teams of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup[1] and the winning team of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[9]
After the 2017 tournament, the whole team was honoured by the Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of Sport Edith Schippers and made Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[10]
On 24 November 2017, she played her 17th match for the national team against Slovakia in a 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match which the Netherlands won by 5–0, a few days later, she announced her retirement from the national team.[11][12]
Club
- Dutch Leagues (2): 2005, 2006
- Dutch Cup (1): 2010
- Dutch Supercup (3): 2005, 2006, 2010
International
Individual
- "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- Winnaars klassementen Eredivisie 2010-2011 Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine Vrouwen Voetbal Nederlands
- "Angela Christ". UEFA.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- "Angela Christ" (in Dutch). Vrouwenvoetbal Nederland. 6 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 14 June 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- "Angela Christ zwaait af als international". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 29 November 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- "Keepster Christ stopt bij Oranje". NOS (in Dutch). 30 November 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- Angela Christ profile on Onsoranje (in Dutch)
- Angela Christ profile on women's Netherlands (in Dutch)
- Angela Christ profile on UEFA.com
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