Angela Christ

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

Angela Christ
Personal information
Full name Angela Anna Christ
Date of birth (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989
Place of birth Eindhoven, Netherlands
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 PSV
Number 1
Youth career
s.v. Lew
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 ODC Boxtel
2004–2007 Saestum
2007–2012 Utrecht 91 (0)
2012– PSV/FC Eindhoven 59 (0)
National team
2009–2017 Netherlands 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:30, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Club career

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]

In 2012, she joined PSV/FC Eindhoven ahead of the newly created BeNe League.[5]

International career

Christ made her senior Netherlands women's national football team debut on 13 July 2009, a 3–2 win over South Africa in Amsterdam.[6][7] 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.[8] 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.[9]

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.[10][11]

Honours

Club

International
  • UEFA European Women's Championship (1): 2017
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References
  1. 2015 World Cup
  2. "Profile". FIFA.com. 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. "Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  6. "Angela Christ" (in Dutch). Vrouwenvoetbal Nederland. 6 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  7. "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  8. "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  9. "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 14 June 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  10. "Angela Christ zwaait af als international". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 29 November 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  11. "Keepster Christ stopt bij Oranje". NOS (in Dutch). 30 November 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.


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