Christian Eriksen
Eriksen training with Denmark in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Christian Dannemann Eriksen | ||
| Date of birth | 14 February 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Middelfart, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–2005 | Middelfart G&BK | ||
| 2005–2008 | OB | ||
| 2008–2010 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Ajax | 113 | (25) |
| 2013– | Tottenham Hotspur | 119 | (28) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2009 | Denmark U17 | 27 | (9) |
| 2009 | Denmark U18 | 5 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Denmark U19 | 3 | (1) |
| 2011 | Denmark U21 | 3 | (1) |
| 2010– | Denmark | 66 | (12) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:35, 21 January 2017 (UTC). |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:35, 21 January 2017 (UTC).
Christian Dannemann Eriksen (Danish pronunciation: [eːˀæg̊'sən], born 14 February 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for English club Tottenham Hotspur and the Denmark national team. He made his debut for the Denmark national team in March 2010, and was the youngest player of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
In 2011, Eriksen was named Danish Football Player of the Year, Dutch Football Talent of the Year, Ajax Talent of the Year (Marco van Basten Award), and made the UEFA Euro U-21 Team of the Tournament. He won the Eredivisie with Ajax in 2010–11, 2011–12 and in 2012–13 before signing with Tottenham Hotspur in August 2013. He won the Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Year award for the 2013–14 season and in 2016, he won the Danish Football Player of the Year award for the third year in a row.
Eriksen started playing football in his hometown Middelfart before his third birthday. In 2005 he switched to Odense Boldklub, who competed in the Danish youth championships. His team lost the semi-final against Brøndby IF, but afterwards he was named "Best Technical Player" of the tournament. The following year OB won the tournament, when Eriksen scored the only goal in the final. After some good performances for OB's U-16 team and later on the U-19 team and Danish U-17 team, major European football clubs including Chelsea and Barcelona began to take notice. The player had trials with Barcelona, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Milan, but finally decided to move to Ajax, stating, "My first step should not be too big. I knew that playing in the Netherlands would be very good for my development. Then Ajax arrived and that was a fantastic option."
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