Angela Anna Christ (born 6 March 1989) is a Dutch football goalkeeper, who played for Eredivisie club PSV and for the Netherlands women's national football team.[2]
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Full name | Angela Anna Christ | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 6 March 1989 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Eindhoven, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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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) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2009–2017 | Netherlands | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:30, 8 June 2015 (UTC) |
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]
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]
After the 2017 tournament, the whole team was honoured by the Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of Sport Edith Schippers and made Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[10]
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.[11][12]