| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Angela Anna Christ | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 March 1989 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Eindhoven, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| s.v. Lew | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | ODC Boxtel | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Saestum | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2012 | Utrecht | 91 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2018 | PSV/FC Eindhoven | 136 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2017 | Netherlands | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 25 May 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Angela Anna Christ (born 6 March 1989) is a Dutch former football goalkeeper who played for Eredivisie club PSV and for the Netherlands women's national football team.[2]
Club career
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]
Christ made her final league appearance for Utrecht against PEC Zwolle on 18 May 2012.[5]
In 2012, she joined PSV/FC Eindhoven ahead of the newly created BeNe League.[6] She made her league debut against ADO Den Haag on 24 August 2012.[7]
International career
Christ made her senior Netherlands women's national football team debut on 13 July 2009, a 3–2 win over South Africa in Amsterdam.[8][9] 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.[10] 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.[11]
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.[12]
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.[13][14]
Post playing career
After retiring in 2018, she started doing a weekly internship with PSV Women, taking goalkeeper training sessions.[15]
Honours
Club
- Dutch Leagues (2): 2005, 2006
- Dutch Cup (1): 2010
- Dutch Supercup (3): 2005, 2006, 2010
International
Individual
References
- ^ a b 2015 World Cup
- ^ "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.
- ^ "PEC Zwolle vs Utrecht - 18 May 2012". uk.women.soccerway.
- ^ "Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "ADO Den Haag vs PSV - 24 August 2012". uk.women.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Angela Christ" (in Dutch). Vrouwenvoetbal Nederland. 6 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Voetbalsters Oranje geridderd in Den Haag (in Dutch)". NOS.nl. 25 October 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.
- ^ "CHRIST IN NIEUWE ROL BIJ PSV VROUWEN". PSV. 25 September 2018.
External links
- Angela Christ profile on Onsoranje (in Dutch)
- Angela Christ profile on women's Netherlands (in Dutch)
- Angela Christ profile on UEFA.com
This page was last edited on 20 June 2024, at 21:04