![]() Troelsgaard playing for Denmark in July 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 15 August 1988 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Vejen, Denmark | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder Forward | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Reading | |||||||||||||||
Number | 51 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
Vejen | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
–2004 | Haderslev FK | |||||||||||||||
2005–2009 | SønderjyskE | |||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Brøndby IF | |||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | IK Skovbakken | |||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Brøndby IF | |||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | KoldingQ | |||||||||||||||
2017–2021 | Rosengård | 107 | (30) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Reading | 21 | (3) | |||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2008– | Denmark | 174 [1] | (55 [1] ) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:30, 16 December 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 February 2023 |
Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen (born 15 August 1988) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Reading of the FA Women's Super League. Since 2008, she has been a part of the senior Danish national team.
In 2011, Troelsgaard was named Denmark's Player of the Year after scoring 29 goals in her first 15 matches for Skovbakken. [2] In February 2017, Troelsgaard signed for FC Rosengård in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. [3]
On 21 December 2021, Reading announced the signing of Troelsgaard on a contract until June 2023. [4]
Troelsgaard made her senior international debut for Denmark in March 2008, playing the last four minutes of a 1–0 win over Finland at the 2008 Algarve Cup. [5] At the 2011 Matchworld Women's Cup in June 2011, she scored all three goals in the Danes' 3–0 win over Wales. [6]
A serious illness in the family caused Troelsgaard to withdraw from national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013. [7]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rosengård | 2017 | Damallsvenskan | 21 | 8 | 5 | 4 | - | 6 | 0 | - | 32 | 12 | ||
2018 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 11 | - | 4 | 0 | - | 31 | 19 | ||||
2019 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 26 | 5 | ||||
2020 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 25 | 6 | ||||
2021 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | - | 6 | 1 | - | 32 | 12 | ||||
Total | 107 | 30 | 21 | 20 | - | - | 18 | 4 | - | - | 146 | 54 | ||
Reading | 2021–22 | FA Women's Super League | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 10 | 5 | ||||
Total | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 25 | 5 | ||
Career total | 128 | 33 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 4 | - | - | 171 | 59 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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36. | 24 October 2009 | Vejle Stadion, Vejle, Denmark | ![]() | 14–0 | 15–0 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
37. | 15–0 | |||||
38. | 27 March 2010 | ![]() | 5–0 | 9–0 | ||
39. | 24 November 2013 | Centenary Stadium, Ta'Qali, Malta | ![]() | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
40. | 19 June 2014 | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel | ![]() | 3–0 | 5–0 | |
41. | 19 September 2017 | Ménfői úti Stadion, Győr, Hungary | ![]() | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
42. | 3–1 | |||||
43. | 5–1 | |||||
44. | 9 April 2018 | Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
45. | 8 June 2018 | Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine | ![]() | 4–0 | 5–1 | |
46. | 5–1 | |||||
47. | 29 August 2019 | Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark | ![]() | 1–0 | 8–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
48. | 4–0 | |||||
49. | 4 October 2019 | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
50. | 17 September 2020 | Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina | ![]() | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
51. | 22 September 2020 | Centenary Stadium, Ta'Qali, Malta | ![]() | 4–0 | 8–0 | |
52. | 8–0 | |||||
53. | 16 September 2021 | Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark | ![]() | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
54. | 26 October 2021 | Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro | ![]() | 4–1 | 5–1 | |
55. | 30 November 2021 | Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–1 |
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