Nadia Nadim
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nadia Nadim | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Herat, Afghanistan | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Portland Thorns FC | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gug Boldklub | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| B52 Aalborg | |||
| 2005–2006 | Team Viborg | ||
| 2006–2012 | IK Skovbakken | 3 | (4) |
| 2012–2015 | Fortuna Hjørring | 8 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Sky Blue FC | 24 | (13) |
| 2016– | Portland Thorns FC | 20 | (9) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009– | Denmark | 65 | (19) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 September 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 September 2016 |
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Nadia Nadim (born 2 January 1988) is an Afghanistan–born Danish footballer who plays as a striker for the National Women's Soccer League club, Portland Thorns FC, and Denmark women's national football team.
Nadim was born in Herat and raised in Afghanistan until her father, an Afghan National Army (ANA) general, was executed by the Taliban in 2000. Her family then fled to Denmark, where she began her football career, playing for B52 Aalborg, Team Viborg and IK Skovbakken, before moving to Fortuna Hjørring in 2012. She made her Champions League debut in September the same year, scoring both goals in a 2–1 win over Scottish Champions Glasgow City.
Under Danish nationality law Nadim could not apply for citizenship until turning 18 in 2006. When citizenship was eventually granted in 2008, FIFA eligibility rules blocked Nadim from playing for Denmark, because she had not yet been resident for the requisite five years after turning 18. A subsequent challenge from the Danish Football Association (DBU) led to FIFA's legal department making an exception to the rules in Nadim's case.
Nadim immediately became a member of the Denmark national team, making her debut in the 2009 Algarve Cup in a 0–2 defeat by the United States. In doing so, she became the first naturalised Dane to represent a Denmark senior national football team. She participated in all three of Denmark's games at UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland.
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