Christian Eriksen

Christian Eriksen
Eriksen playing for Tottenham Hotspur in 2016
Personal information
Full name Christian Dannemann Eriksen[1]
Date of birth (1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth Middelfart, Denmark
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Manchester United
Number 14
Youth career
1995–2005 Middelfart G&BK
2005–2008 OB
2008–2010 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Ajax 113 (25)
2013–2020 Tottenham Hotspur 226 (51)
2020–2021 Inter Milan 43 (4)
2022 Brentford 11 (1)
2022– Manchester United 50 (2)
International career
2007–2009 Denmark U17 27 (9)
2009 Denmark U18 5 (1)
2009 Denmark U19 3 (1)
2011 Denmark U21 3 (1)
2010– Denmark 129 (41)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:09, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:10, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Christian Dannemann Eriksen (born 14 February 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Denmark national team. He is his country's fifth highest all-time goalscorer, and was named Danish Football Player of the Year a record five times.

Eriksen began his senior club career at age 18 in 2010, playing for Ajax, where he won three Eredivisie titles and the KNVB Cup. In 2013, Eriksen signed for Tottenham Hotspur in a transfer worth £11 million (€12.45 million), where he was twice named the club's Player of the Year, was voted into the 2017–18 PFA Team of the Year, and later also reached the 2019 UEFA Champions League final. In 2020, Eriksen joined Inter Milan in a transfer worth €19.7 million (£16.9 million), and won a Serie A title.

During a UEFA Euro 2020 match on 12 June 2021, Eriksen collapsed on the pitch after suffering a cardiac arrest; he was given cardiopulmonary resuscitation and was later fitted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. He returned to football eight months later with a move to Premier League club Brentford, before transferring to Manchester United the following season.

Eriksen made his senior international debut for Denmark in 2010 at age 18, and has since earned over 120 caps, including appearing in five major tournaments; he was also the youngest player at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[nb 1]

  1. ^ a b "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Denmark" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Christian Eriksen: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Eriksen og Kjær slår rekord mod england". Ace Football. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Landstræner Morten Olsen bliver den første mand på kloden til at opnå 100 landskampe først som spiller siden som træner". Tipsbladet. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Peter Schmeichel". DBU. Retrieved 15 October 2020.


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