Mariann Gajhede Knudsen
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mariann Gajhede Knudsen | ||
Date of birth | 16 November 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Skagen, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Skagen IK | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001 | B52/Aalborg | ||
2002–2010 | Fortuna Hjørring | ||
2011–2016 |
Linköpings FC | 117 | (10) |
International career‡ | |||
2001–2003 | Denmark U-19 | 24 | (2) |
2003–2015 | Denmark | 107 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:16, 29 December 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:16, 29 December 2016 (UTC) |
Mariann Gajhede Knudsen (born 16 November 1984) is a retired
Club career
Gajhede Knudsen represented Fortuna Hjørring in both legs of the
In November 2010 Gajhede Knudsen brought eight years and 215 matches with Fortuna Hjørring to an end and signed for Linköpings. She was cup-tied for the remainder of LFC's 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League campaign.[2] She won the 2016 Damallsvenskan league championship with Linköpings, then retired as the successful squad broke up at the end of the season.[3]
International career
Gajhede Knudsen made her senior international debut in October 2003, in a 6–1 win over Belgium. She went on to play at UEFA Women's Euro 2005 in North West England[4] and the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China. An anterior cruciate ligament injury kept Gajhede Knudsen out of UEFA Women's Euro 2009.[5]
She was named in national
In November 2014, exhaustion and niggling injuries caused Gajhede Knudsen to reluctantly withdraw from national team selection, allowing her to focus on club football.[1]
References
- ^ a b "En fighter siger stop" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- Linköpings FC. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ Hardenberger, Martin; Nilsson, Nicolinn. "SM-guld – men nu kan stjärnorna lämna LFC" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ Ove Hansen, Jörn (9 June 2005). "Wir haben das Niveau, um ganz nach oben zu kommen" (in German). FanSoccer.de. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ Saffer, Paul (20 July 2009). "Pape up for more after Denmark win". uefa.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ Bruun, Peter (21 June 2013). "Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ Dutt, Sujay (11 July 2013). "Petersen's 'crazy' day for Denmark". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
External links
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- Mariann Gajhede Knudsen – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Mariann Gajhede Knudsen – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Mariann Gajhede Knudsen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Mariann Gajhede Knudsen club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- Mariann Gajhede Knudsen at Soccerway