Karoline Smidt Nielsen (born 12 May 1994) is a Danish football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Turbine Potsdam in the German Frauen-Bundesliga as well as for the Denmark women's national football team.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Karoline Smidt Nielsen | ||
Date of birth | (1994-05-12) May 12, 1994 (age 28) | ||
Place of birth | Odense, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Turbine Potsdam | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2018 | Fortuna Hjørring | 14 | (13) |
2018– | Turbine Potsdam | 8 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2009–2011 | Denmark U-17 | 12 | (4) |
2011–2013 | Denmark U-19 | 23 | (8) |
2012– | Denmark | 24 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 July 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:51, 1 November 2016 (UTC) |
Smidt Nielsen joined Fortuna Hjørring from OB Odense in summer 2012.[1]
In December 2012 Smidt Nielsen made her senior international debut as a second-half substitute for Pernille Harder in Denmark's 5–0 win over Mexico in São Paulo, Brazil.
She was selected in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[2]
Karoline's mother Lone Smidt Nielsen (née Hansen) is a former international footballer, who played professionally in Italy.[3][4]
Winner
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam – current squad | |
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Denmark squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2013 semi-finalists | ||
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