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Mikka Kirsten Hansen (born 11 November 1975) is a Danish international footballer who played as a forward for the Denmark women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.[2]

Mikka Hansen

Personal information
Full name	Mikka Kirsten Hansen[1]
Date of birth	(1975-11-11) 11 November 1975 (age 46)
Place of birth	San Jose, California, United States[1]
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1996	Santa Clara Broncos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1998	Denver Diamonds
1999	FB
1999–2000	Fortuna Hjørring
2001–2002	Carolina Courage	19	(1)
National team‡
1999	Denmark	12	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:10, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Hansen played for the USL W-League club Denver Diamonds, where she was the league's top assist provider in 1996 and second top goal scorer in 1998.[1] In January 1999 she moved to Denmark to play for Frederiksberg Boldklub on a semi-professional basis.[3] In summer 1999, after playing in the FIFA Women's World Cup, Hansen signed a one and a half-year contract with Fortuna Hjørring.[4] By May 2000 Hansen had grown weary of football and had started competing as an elite cyclist instead.[5]

Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first official professional women's soccer league in the United States, began in 2001. Hansen was a ninth-round draft pick (70th overall in the global draft) by the Carolina Courage.[6] In 2001 Hansen started seven of her 19 regular season appearances, scoring once.[1] She was released by the team in January 2002.[7]

International career

Hansen was briefly part of the United States women's national under-20 soccer team, but decided to play for Denmark at senior level.[3] She won her first cap in a 1–1 draw with Australia at the 1999 Algarve Cup on March 14, 1999. Deployed on the left wing by Denmark,[3] Hansen won a total of 12 caps, all in 1999, including a 3–0 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A defeat by the United States at Giants Stadium on June 19, 1999.[8]

References

External links

• Mikka Hansen – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Carolina Courage player profile (archived)

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