Christian Dannemann Eriksen was born on 14 February 1992 and is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Denmark national team.
38 Facts About Christian Eriksen
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Christian Eriksen is renowned for his vision, technique, passing, and free kick ability.
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Christian Eriksen returned to football eight months later with a move to Premier League club Brentford, before transferring to Manchester United the following season.
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Christian Eriksen made his senior international debut for Denmark in 2010 at age 18, and has since earned 120 caps, including appearing in five major tournaments; he was the youngest player at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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Christian Eriksen is his country's fifth highest all-time goalscorer, and was named Danish Football Player of the Year a record five times.
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Christian Eriksen's father was one of the coaches at the time and in 2004 they helped the youth side finish unbeaten in the local youth championship for the third time in a period of four years.
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On 17 October 2008, Christian Eriksen signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Amsterdam-based club, Ajax.
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Christian Eriksen worked his way through the youth teams at Ajax and was promoted to the first team squad in January 2010, where he was given the number 51 shirt.
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In between the milestone goals, Christian Eriksen was named Danish Talent of the Year.
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Christian Eriksen's growing capabilities as the team's playmaker saw him become an undisputed starter in the side and he helped Ajax to their first Eredivisie title in seven years.
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Christian Eriksen continued to impress for Ajax and his strong contribution, both in terms of goal and assist returns, helped the club to a second consecutive league title.
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Christian Eriksen departed Ajax having made 162 appearances across all competitions and scored 32 goals.
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Between November and December 2014, Christian Eriksen scored late winners against Aston Villa, Hull City and Swansea City which he credited to the Argentine manager for raising the team's fitness levels.
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In January 2016, Christian Eriksen was named Danish Footballer of the Year.
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Christian Eriksen ultimately scored 6 goals and registered 13 assists as Tottenham ended the league season in third place, thereby qualifying for the following season's Champions League campaign.
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Ahead of the following season, Christian Eriksen signed a new long-term contract with Tottenham and starred for the club, scoring eight goals and assisting a further 15 as the club ended the league campaign as runners-up to champions Chelsea.
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Christian Eriksen recorded the joint-most assists in the FA Cup and later won the Tottenham Player of the Season award, claiming the award for the second time after previously winning it in his debut season with the club.
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Christian Eriksen's goal was the third-fastest goal ever scored in the Premier League, bettered only by Alan Shearer and former Spurs captain Ledley King.
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On 17 March 2018, Christian Eriksen scored twice in an FA Cup match against Swansea to send Spurs to the semi-final for the second season running.
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In December 2020, Giuseppe Marotta confirmed that Christian Eriksen had been added to the transfer list for 2021; however, his teammate Romelu Lukaku had previously hinted that Christian Eriksen's struggles at the Italian club were due to the language barrier.
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On 29 October 2021, it was announced that Christian Eriksen was not permitted to play in the Serie A due to the presence of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator he had implanted after suffering a cardiac arrest during a game at Euro 2020.
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Close to half a year after his cardiac arrest, Christian Eriksen began individual training at the facilities of his youth academy team OB in Odense in preparation for a possible comeback to football.
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On 31 January 2022, Christian Eriksen signed for Premier League club Brentford on a six-month contract.
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Christian Eriksen was called up to the Denmark national under-17 football team in July 2007, and impressed in his debut for the team on 31 July.
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Christian Eriksen played 27 games for the under-17 team until February 2009.
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Christian Eriksen played a total of eight games for the Denmark U-18 and Denmark U-19 teams during 2009.
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Christian Eriksen was called up for the Danish U-21 squad to the European championship in Denmark in 2011, the Danish team only participated in the group stage and Christian Eriksen scored a goal against Belarus.
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Christian Eriksen received his first senior Denmark call-up in February 2010, making his debut in Denmark's friendly match against Austria in March, to become Denmark's fourth youngest full international, being the youngest debutant since Michael Laudrup.
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On 28 May 2010, Denmark coach Morten Olsen announced that Christian Eriksen would be part of the final squad of 23 participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
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Christian Eriksen was the youngest player participating in the tournament.
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At the World Cup, Christian Eriksen played two matches, against the Netherlands and Japan, but Denmark were unable to progress beyond the group stage.
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Christian Eriksen played a key-role during the nation's qualification campaign during which time he scored eight goals to earn Denmark a play-off against the Republic of Ireland.
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Christian Eriksen's treble took his tally to 11 goals for the qualification campaign, bettered only by Poland's Robert Lewandowski and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo in Europe, and earned the praise of national team manager Age Hareide who stated that Christian Eriksen was one of the top 10 players in the world.
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Urgent medical assistance arrived immediately, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation were performed on the field before Christian Eriksen was taken off the pitch on a stretcher and the match was suspended.
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Around an hour after the incident, UEFA and Danish Football Association officials confirmed from the Rigshospitalet Hospital that Christian Eriksen had been stabilized and was awake.
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The next day, Boesen confirmed Christian Eriksen had suffered a cardiac arrest.
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Christian Eriksen has been used on the left flank on occasion, or as a second striker.
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Christian Eriksen is known for his eye for goal from midfield, and for his ability to strike the ball with power and accuracy with either foot, despite being naturally right-footed, in particular from distance; moreover, he has established himself as a free kick specialist.