Mariann Gajhede Knudsen
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| Full name | Mariann Gajhede Knudsen | ||
| Date of birth | 16 November 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Skagen, Denmark | ||
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| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
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Current team
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Linköpings FC | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
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| Skagen IK | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001 | B52/Aalborg | ||
| 2002–2010 | Fortuna Hjørring | ||
| 2011– | Linköpings FC | 51 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003–2014 | Denmark | 103 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:02, 10 July 2013 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:16, 15 November 2014 (UTC) |
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Mariann Gajhede Knudsen (born 16 November 1984) is a Danish footballer, who plays as a central midfielder for Linköpings FC in Sweden's Damallsvenskan. She won over 100 caps for the Danish national team, before announcing her retirement from international football in November 2014.
Club career
Gajhede Knudsen represented Fortuna Hjørring in both legs of the 2003 UEFA Women's Cup Final, a 1–7 aggregate defeat to Umeå IK of Sweden.
In November 2010 Gajhede Knudsen brought eight years and 215 matches with Fortuna Hjørring to an end and signed for Linköpings. She was cup-tied for the remainder of LFC's 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League campaign.[1]
International career
Gajhede Knudsen made her senior international debut in October 2003, in a 6–1 win over Belgium. She went on to play at UEFA Women's Euro 2005 in North West England[2] and the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China. An anterior cruciate ligament injury kept Gajhede Knudsen out of UEFA Women's Euro 2009.[3]
She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[4] In Denmark's opening group match against hosts Sweden Gajhede Knudsen gave her team the lead in an eventful 1–1 draw.[5]
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External links
- Mariann Gajhede Knudsen – FIFA competition record
- Mariann Gajhede Knudsen – UEFA competition record
- Danish football stats (Danish) at DBU
- Player Swedish domestic football stats (Swedish) at SvFF
- Mariann Gajhede Knudsen at Soccerway
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