Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen

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Anne Dot Eggers Helleskov
Personal information
Birth name Anne Nielsen
Date of birth (1975-11-06) 6 November 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Horsens, Denmark
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1990–1992 Horsens FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993– Vejle BK
1994–2000 HEI Aarhus
2001 New York Power 12 (0)
2002–2004 IK Skovbakken
2004–2007 Brøndby
Total145(38)
International career
1993–2007 Denmark 118 (26)
Managerial career
2013–2014 IK Skovbakken (assistant)
2014– IF Lyseng U-17 (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anne Dot Eggers Helleskov (born Anne Nielsen; 6 November 1975) [1] is a Danish journalist, football coach, and former player who played as a midfielder.

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Eggers started playing at 15 for Horsens FC and was with the club for two years, before signing with Vejle BK for the 1993 season. She moved to HEI Aarhus in 1994 and played there until 2000, where she signed with New York Power in 2001, the first Danish player to play in the NWSL. [2] Eggers returned to her former club, now merged with the club of the same name to form IK Skovbakken, in 2002, where she played for two years. In 2004, she signed with Brøndby and would conclude her playing career with the club in 2007. Eggers won multiple league titles with HEI Aarhus and was awarded Danish Player of the Year in 2003. [3] [4] [5] [1]

She played for the Danish national team from 1993–2007, albeit with a break between 1999–2002. [2] Eggers officially announced her retirement from football in January 2008. [3] [6] She won 118 caps and scored 26 goals for the Danish national team.

Following her football career, Eggers became a journalist and in 2011 contributed to a biography of her former teammate, Katrine Pedersen. [7] She also acquired a coaching license and worked as an assistant coach at IK Skovbakken and IF Lyseng in the 2010s. [8]

International career

At the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup the Danish team accused the Chinese hosts of harassment and covert surveillance prior to China's first round match against Denmark. [9] [10] When FIFA refused to investigate, Eggers Nielsen wrote an article about allegations of corrupt practices within FIFA. [11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Fodbold: VM-forstærkning fra USA og England". Politiken - Den levende avis (in Danish). 17 February 2002. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 "2000-2010: Erkendelsens årti". DR (in Danish). 20 January 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Ingen opdagede fodboldspiller med 118 landskampe i salen: Fodboldtræner slog journalist i hovedet med avis | fyens.dk". fyens.dk (in Danish). 14 November 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Danish Female Footballer of the Year Winners". FBref.com. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  5. ↑ Koue, Mette (9 December 2003). "Hæder til Anne Dot Eggers". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  6. ↑ Helle Møller Riis (10 January 2008). "Anne stopper på landsholdet" (in Danish). 3f.dk. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  7. ↑ Helle Møller Riis (4 May 2011). "Landsholdsduo bag ny bold-biografi" (in Danish). 3f.dk. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  8. ↑ Olesen, Camilla (20 September 2014). "Tidligere topspiller er landet i Lyseng". Din Avis (in Danish). Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "Danish coach accuses Chinese of spying at 2007 Women's World Cup". SI. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  10. ↑ Ahlstrøm, Frits (16 July 2023). "VM-optakt 6: Dansk protest mod kinesisk chikane". TV3 SPORT (in Danish). Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  11. ↑ Nielsen, Anne Dot Eggers (21 August 2008). "OL er en krejler, der fascinerer og provokerer". Information (in Danish). Retrieved 2 October 2025.


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