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Isobel Christiansen

Izzy Christiansen
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Personal information
Full name Isobel Mary Christiansen
Date of birth (1991-09-20) 20 September 1991 (age 25)
Place of birth Macclesfield, England
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current team
Manchester City
Number 11
Youth career
Manchester United
Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Everton
2009–2014 Birmingham City
2014– Manchester City
National team
2015– England 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:12, 4 October 2015 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:12, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Isobel Mary "Izzy" Christiansen (born 20 September 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Manchester City and the England national team.

Christiansen captained the women's football club at the University of Birmingham.

Christiansen has played in the UEFA Women's Champions League with Everton and also played for Birmingham City.

On 7 February 2014, Christiansen officially signed for new WSL club Manchester City Women. On 16 October 2014, she scored the only goal to help Manchester City defeat Arsenal Ladies and win the 2014 FA WSL Continental Cup. In April 2016 she was named PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year and was also named in the PFA WSL Team of the Year.

As a junior international, she won the 2009 U-19 European Championship and a silver in the following year's edition, and played the 2008 U-17 and 2010 U-20 World Cups.

Christiansen helped Great Britain to win a gold medal in the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia. In January 2014 she was promoted from the under-23s into the senior England squad, to replace Jodie Taylor who had withdrawn.


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