Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen

Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen (born 15 August 1988) is a Danish football player who plays as a midfielder for FC Rosengård in Sweden's Damallsvenskan. Since 2008, she has been a part of the senior Danish national team.

Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen
Troelsgaard playing for Denmark in July 2017
Personal information
Full name Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen
Date of birth (1988-08-15) 15 August 1988
Place of birth Denmark
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC Rosengård
Number 51
Youth career
Vejen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2004 Haderslev FK
2005–2009 SønderjyskE
2009–2011 Brøndby IF
2011–2012 Skovbakken
2012–2014 Brøndby IF
2014–2017 KoldingQ
2017– FC Rosengård 86 (21)
National team‡
2008– Denmark 150[1] (52[1])
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2020

Club career

In 2011, Troelsgaard was named Denmark's Player of the Year after scoring 29 goals in her first 15 matches for Skovbakken.[2] In February 2017, Troelsgaard signed for FC Rosengård in the Swedish Damallsvenskan.[3]

International career

Troelsgaard Nielsen made her senior international debut for Denmark in March 2008, playing the last four minutes of a 1–0 win over Finland at the 2008 Algarve Cup.[4] At the 2011 Matchworld Women's Cup in June 2011, she scored all three goals in the Danes' 3–0 win over Wales.[5]

A serious illness in the family caused Troelsgaard Nielsen to withdraw from national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[6]

Honours
Brøndby IF
FC Rosengård
  • Svenska Cupen Women: 2017/2018, 2016/2017

References
  1. Caps and Goals
  2. "Sanne Troelsgaard kåret til Årets Kvindelige Fodboldspiller 2011" (in Danish). Spillerforeningen. 2011-12-03. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  3. "Rosengårds sportchef om nya stjärnan: "Det här blir jättebra"". Sydsvenskan. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. "Danmark – Finland 1 – 0" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  5. "Ton up for Wales". She Kicks. 2011-06-19. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  6. Schou Nielsen, Pia (30 June 2013). "Troelsgaard ikke med til EM" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 14 July 2013.


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