Personal information | |||
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Full name | Karoline Smidt Nielsen | ||
Date of birth | 12 May 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Odense, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
HPTI | |||
B 1913 | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2012 | OB Odense | ||
2012–2018 | Fortuna Hjørring | ||
2018–2022 | Turbine Potsdam | 8 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2009–2011 | Denmark U-17 | 12 | (4) |
2011–2013 | Denmark U-19 | 23 | (8) |
2012–2018 | Denmark | 24 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:47, 14 December 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:47, 14 December 2022 (UTC) |
Karoline Smidt Nielsen (born 12 May 1994) is a Danish former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for Turbine Potsdam of the German Frauen-Bundesliga as well as for the Denmark women's national football team.
Smidt Nielsen joined Fortuna Hjørring from OB Odense in summer 2012. [1] She began playing in the boys' team at HPTI from being four years old, then played for B 1913 from 11 to 15, then joined OB where she played her first matches in the Danish Women's League. [2]
She was forced to retire in October 2022, following a series of injuries which restricted her to nine appearances for her German club Turbine Potsdam since joining them in 2018. [3]
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. [4]
She was selected in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013. [5]
Karoline's mother Lone Smidt Nielsen (née Hansen) is also a former international footballer, who played professionally in Italy. [6] [7]
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