Kristien Elsen

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Kristien Elsen
Personal information
Full name Kristien Elsen
Date of birth (1988-09-05) 5 September 1988 (age 33)
Place of birth Belgium
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2010 Rapide Wezemaal
2010– Lierse
National team
2003–2005 Belgium U17 7 (1)
2004–2007 Belgium U19 23 (11)
2007–2014 Belgium 23 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 April 2014

Kristien Elsen is a Belgian football midfielder currently playing in the Belgian 1st Division for Lierse SK. [1] She has also played the European Cup with Rapide Wezemaal. [2]

She is a member of the Belgian national team. As a junior international she played the 2006 U-19 European Championship, scoring Belgium's only goal in the competition. [3]

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References

  1. Profile Archived 2012-06-11 at the Wayback Machine in Lierse's website
  2. Profile in UEFA's website
  3. Madsen downs depleted Belgium Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today . UEFA