Angela Christ

Angela Christ
Personal information
Full name Angela Anna Christ
Date of birth (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Eindhoven, Netherlands
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
s.v. Lew
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 ODC Boxtel
2004–2007 Saestum
2007–2012 Utrecht 91 (0)
2012–2018 PSV/FC Eindhoven 136 (0)
International career
2009–2017 Netherlands 17 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing the  Netherlands
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Netherlands Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Angela Anna Christ (born 6 March 1989) is a Dutch former football goalkeeper who played for Eredivisie club PSV and for the Netherlands women's national football team.[2]

Club career

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While playing with previous club FC Utrecht she was twice named the Eredivisie's best goalkeeper, in 2010 and 2011.[3] Before Eredivisie's foundation in 2007, she won two Hoofdklasse titles with SV Saestum and had debuted in the top division as a 14-year-old, with ODC Boxtel in 2003–04.[4]

Christ made her final league appearance for Utrecht against PEC Zwolle on 18 May 2012.[5]

In 2012, she joined PSV/FC Eindhoven ahead of the newly created BeNe League.[6] She made her league debut against ADO Den Haag on 24 August 2012.[7]

International career

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Christ made her senior Netherlands women's national football team debut on 13 July 2009, a 3–2 win over South Africa in Amsterdam.[8][9] She was taken to UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland as one of two back-ups to recognised first choice goalkeeper Loes Geurts.

In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected Christ in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[10] She was also part of the Dutch teams of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup[1] and the winning team of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[11]

After the 2017 tournament, the whole team was honoured by the Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of Sport Edith Schippers and made Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[12]

On 24 November 2017, she played her 17th match for the national team against Slovakia in a 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match which the Netherlands won by 5–0, a few days later, she announced her retirement from the national team.[13][14]

Post playing career

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After retiring in 2018, she started doing a weekly internship with PSV Women, taking goalkeeper training sessions.[15]

Honours

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Club

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International

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Individual

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References

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  1. ^ a b 2015 World Cup
  2. ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. ^ Winnaars klassementen Eredivisie 2010-2011 Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine Vrouwen Voetbal Nederlands
  4. ^ "Angela Christ". UEFA.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  5. ^ "PEC Zwolle vs Utrecht - 18 May 2012". uk.women.soccerway.
  6. ^ "Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  7. ^ "ADO Den Haag vs PSV - 24 August 2012". uk.women.soccerway.com.
  8. ^ "Angela Christ" (in Dutch). Vrouwenvoetbal Nederland. 6 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  11. ^ "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 14 June 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Voetbalsters Oranje geridderd in Den Haag (in Dutch)". NOS.nl. 25 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Angela Christ zwaait af als international". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 29 November 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Keepster Christ stopt bij Oranje". NOS (in Dutch). 30 November 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  15. ^ "CHRIST IN NIEUWE ROL BIJ PSV VROUWEN". PSV. 25 September 2018.
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