Christian Eriksen

danish association football player
not to be confused with Christian Erickson
Christian Dannemann Eriksen ( danish pronunciation : [ ˈkʰʁestjæn ˈe̝ːʁeksn̩ ] ; born 14 February 1992 ) is a danish professional football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Denmark national team. He is besides able of playing as a central midfielder or a mezzala.

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Eriksen began his aged club career at old age 18 in 2010, playing for Ajax, where he won three Eredivisie titles and the KNVB Cup. In 2013, Eriksen signed for Tottenham Hotspur in a transmit deserving £11 million ( €12.45 million ), where he was twice named the golf club ‘s Player of the year, was voted into the 2017–18 PFA Team of the Year, and later besides reached the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final. In 2020, Eriksen joined Inter Milan in a transfer worth €19.7 million ( £16.9 million ), and won a Serie A title. Eriksen made his aged international debut for Denmark in 2010 at senesce 18, and has since earned over 100 caps, including appearing in five major tournaments ; he was besides the youngest player at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Eriksen is his area ‘s seventh-highest all-time goalscorer, and was named Danish Football Player of the year a record five times. At Euro 2020, Eriksen collapsed on the cant after suffering cardiac check ; he was given cardiopulmonary resuscitation and was later fitted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator .

Club career [edit ]

Middelfart and Odense [edit ]

Born in Middelfart, Denmark, Eriksen followed in the footsteps of his father Thomas when he started playing football in the academy of local side, Middelfart G & BK. [ 4 ] Eriksen ‘s father was besides one of the coaches at the time and in 2004 they helped the young person english coating unbeaten in the local youth backing for the third meter in a period of four years. [ 4 ] The follow class, he joined Odense Boldklub who competed in the Danish young championships and within a year had helped the club to an age-group championship. It was at OB that Eriksen first began showing signs of his technical ability, with his drivel and free-kick techniques lauded by then-coach, Tonny Hermansen. [ 4 ] His kind at young person level attracted the attention of a phone number of major european clubs, including the likes of Chelsea and Barcelona. [ 5 ] Eriksen ultimately undergo trials with both clubs adenine well as Real Madrid, Manchester United and Milan, but last decided to move to Ajax, state, “ My first pace should not be excessively big. I knew that playing in the Netherlands would be very good for my development. then Ajax arrived and that was a fantastic choice. ” [ 6 ]

ajax [edit ]

2008–2010 : young person and first-team squad [edit ]

Eriksen with Ajax in 2011 On 17 October 2008, Eriksen signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Amsterdam -based club, Ajax. [ 7 ] The transfer fee received by OB was estimated at €1 million ( £847,199 ) while Middelfart besides received a sum of €35 000 which they later used to construct a football peddle. [ 8 ] [ 4 ] He worked his direction through the youth teams at Ajax and was promoted to the first team police squad in January 2010, where he was given the number 51 shirt. [ 9 ] Later that calendar month, he made his first team debut in a 1–1 Eredivisie with NAC Breda. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] He scored his first finish for Ajax on 25 March in a 6–0 winnings over Go Ahead Eagles in the dutch Cup and extended his condense with the club the following month. [ 12 ] On 6 May, he played in the moment match of the final of the 2009–10 Dutch Cup as Ajax beat Feyenoord 4–1, prevailing 6–1 on aggregate. [ 13 ] At the end of his first professional temper with the clubhouse, Eriksen had played 21 competitive matches, scoring one goal, and had made his external debut for Denmark. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Eriksen ‘s shape throughout the campaign earned praise from coach Martin Jol who compared him to erstwhile youth products Wesley Sneijder and Rafael van der Vaart arsenic well as danish caption, Michael Laudrup for his read of the game in the traditional number 10 character. [ 9 ]

2010–2013 : Breakthrough years [edit ]

Eriksen took the issue eight jersey ahead of the postdate campaign and began the 2010–11 season well, scoring his first Ajax league goal on 29 August 2010 in an off victory over De Graafschap. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Over the course of the next few months, he scored his first gear home goal at the Amsterdam Arena, in a 3–0 Cup victory over BV Veendam, and his first european goal, in a 3–0 UEFA Europa League winnings over Anderlecht. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] In between the milestone goals, Eriksen was besides named Danish Talent of the Year. [ 20 ] His growing capabilities as the team ‘s playmaker saw him become an undisputed starter in the side and he helped Ajax to their first gear Eredivisie title in seven years. At the end of the season he was named Ajax ‘s endowment of the Year. [ 21 ] His form throughout the political campaign besides earned him the dutch Football Talent of the Year award which saw him become only the second Danish player to win the award since Jon Dahl Tomasson in 1996. Johan Cruyff, whose panel selected Eriksen for the award, described Eriksen as a typical intersection of the danish school and added to previous comparisons between him and Brian and Michael Laudrup. ” [ 22 ]
Eriksen ( correctly ) playing for Ajax in 2011 On 18 October 2011, Eriksen scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League when Ajax beat Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 in the group stage. [ 23 ] In the return fixture the following calendar month, he provided assists to teammates Gregory vanguard five hundred Wiel and Siem de Jong as Ajax recorded a 4–0 victory. [ 24 ] Five days subsequently he was named Danish Football Player of the year in recognition of his function in helping Ajax to the league title the season before and in Denmark ‘s successful UEFA Euro 2012 reservation crusade. [ 25 ] Eriksen continued to impress for Ajax and his potent contribution, both in terms of goal and assist returns, helped the club to a moment consecutive league deed. [ 26 ] Eriksen and Ajax repeated the feat in the 2012–13 season following which he opted not to renew his abridge with the baseball club. With merely one year remaining on his current condense, Eriksen was permitted to search for a new club and he agreed terms with Tottenham Hotspur in England. Eriksen departed Ajax having made 162 appearances across all competitions and scored 32 goals. Along with his league success, he had besides featured in three back-to-back editions of the Johan Cruyff Shield, which Ajax won once. [ 27 ]

Tottenham Hotspur [edit ]

2013–2016 : Premier League introduction and League Cup runner-up [edit ]

On 30 August 2013, Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur announced that they had completed the transfer of Eriksen from Ajax in a deal believed to be worth £11 million ( €12.45 million ). [ 28 ] Eriksen joined the cabaret on the same day as Erik Lamela, who joined from Roma, and Vlad Chiricheș, who joined from Steaua București, and took the cabaret ‘s sum spend for the 2013 summer transfer window to £109.5 million. [ 29 ] He made his league debut against Norwich City on 14 September and provided an serve for Gylfi Sigurðsson in a 2–0 victory. [ 30 ] After the match, Spurs director André Villas-Boas commented, “ It was a great debut for Christian, he is a pure phone number 10, a creative player and his individual quality made all the deviation. ” [ 31 ]
Five days late, Eriksen “ clipped a fantastic dunk guess ” over the goalkeeper to score his inaugural Tottenham finish and complete a 3–0 winnings over Tromsø IL in the Europa League. [ 32 ] He added to his Tottenham goal reckoning with a finish from a loose kick in a 1–1 string against West Bromwich Albion on Boxing Day 2013, and the moment goal in Spurs ‘ 1–2 aside win against Manchester United on 1 January 2014. [ 33 ] On 23 March and two goals down against Southampton at White Hart Lane, Eriksen scored doubly to level the score and then assisted Sigurðsson to score the fetching goal. [ 34 ] He continued his goalscoring mannequin on 12 April when he scored a stoppage-time equalizer to help Tottenham come from 3–0 down to draw 3–3 at West Brom. [ 35 ] By the end of the season, he had scored 10 goals and registered 13 assists across all competitions, won the Danish Football Player of the Year award and was named Tottenham ‘s Player of the Season. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] ahead of the 2014–15 crusade, Tottenham appointed Mauricio Pochettino as new club coach after the unsuccessful menstruation under Villas-Boas and interim-manager Tim Sherwood. Between November and December 2014, Eriksen scored belated winners against Aston Villa, Hull City and Swansea City which he credited to the Argentine coach for raising the team ‘s fitness levels. [ 38 ] By the end of the calendar year, Eriksen had scored 12 goals from open play – more than any other actor in England – and was soon after awarded his second consecutive Danish Footballer of the Year prize. [ 39 ] On 28 January 2015, Eriksen scored twice in a 2–2 ( 3–2 aggregate ) succeed over Sheffield United to send Tottenham into the League Cup Final. [ 40 ] His foremost finish, a 30-yard curled rid kick, was later lauded by former professionals Michael Owen and Gary Neville. [ 41 ] The concluding, played against London rivals Chelsea, took place on 1 March and ended in a 2–0 kill for Tottenham. [ 42 ] Eriksen completed the 2014–15 campaign having featured in every Premier League game for Mauricio Pochettino, starting all-but one match, and scored 12 goals across all competitions. [ 43 ] On 9 June 2015, amid guess that he would be joining Manchester United, Eriksen confirmed to Danish media whilst on international duty that he would stay at Tottenham for the foreseeable future and was quoted as saying, “ I feel right at home at Tottenham and I have n’t thought about leaving yet. ” [ 44 ] He did in fact remain with the club and scored his first goals of the season in October, netting from two free-kicks in a 2–2 draw with Swansea. [ 45 ] In January 2016, Eriksen was once again named Danish Footballer of the class. In doing so he became the first ever player to win the award in three back-to-back years. [ 39 ] He ultimately scored 6 goals and registered 13 assists as Tottenham ended the league season in third base space, thereby qualifying for the follow temper ‘s Champions League campaign. [ 46 ]

2016–2020 : Premier League runner-up and PFA Team of the year [edit ]

Eriksen playing for Tottenham Hotspur in 2016 ahead of the follow temper, Eriksen signed a new long-run sign with Tottenham and starred once again for the clubhouse, scoring eight goals and assisting a further 15 as the club ended the league campaign as runner-up to champions Chelsea. [ 47 ] Eriksen ‘s total of assists was bettered only by Manchester City ‘s Kevin De Bruyne who set up 18 goals for the temper. [ 48 ] Eriksen besides recorded the joint-most assists in the FA Cup and subsequently won the Tottenham Player of the Season award, claiming the prize for the second time after previously winning it in his debut season with the cabaret. [ 49 ] [ 37 ] Eriksen broke the record for the most goals scored by a Danish player in the Premier League when he scored his 33rd goal in a 3–2 gain over West Ham United on 23 September 2017, surpassing the record previously held by Nicklas Bendtner. [ 50 ] On 9 December, he made his two-hundredth appearance for Tottenham and marked the occasion by scoring in a 5–1 league winnings over Stoke City. [ 51 ] The following month, he scored his fiftieth goal for the club when he scored after good 11 seconds in the 2–0 league gain over Manchester United. [ 52 ] Eriksen ‘s finish was the third-fastest goal ever scored in the Premier League, bettered only by Alan Shearer and former Spurs captain Ledley King. [ 53 ] On 17 March 2018, Eriksen scored twice in an FA Cup match against Swansea to send Spurs to the semi-final for the second gear season running. [ 54 ] On 1 April, Eriksen scored a 25-yard goal in the aside match against Chelsea, helping Tottenham to their first win in 28 years at Stamford Bridge in a equal that finished 3–1. [ 55 ] Later that month, in the inverse regular against Stoke, Eriksen scored doubly to earn Tottenham a 2–1 winnings. Following the equal, teammate Harry Kane, who was challenging for the season ‘s Golden Boot award, claimed to have made the last tint on the ball for the second goal. Tottenham appealed to the Premier League panel who agreed that the ball touched Kane ‘s shoulder and awarded him the goal. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] On 14 April, Eriksen was named in the PFA Team of the year for the beginning fourth dimension, aboard teammates Kane and Jan Vertonghen. [ 58 ] In the 2018–19 temper, Eriksen scored his beginning finish of the temper in a Champions League away match against Inter Milan. [ 59 ] The match ended in a 2–1 personnel casualty for Tottenham, but in the home game against Inter, Eriksen scored again in the merely goal of the game, giving Tottenham a 1–0 victory. [ 60 ] He scored his first Premier League goal of the season on 15 December 2018 in the home match against Burnley, a late goal that earned Tottenham a 1–0 win. [ 61 ] On 31 March, during a 2–1 get the better of to Liverpool, he became entirely the irregular actor after David Beckham to record 10+ assists in four consecutive Premier League seasons. [ 62 ] Three days late, on the occasion of his 200th Premier League appearance, he assisted Son Heung-min for the first ever goal at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium before scoring a goal of his own in a 2–0 winnings over Crystal Palace. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] On 23 April, he scored the winning finish in a 1–0 succeed over Brighton & Hove Albion. [ 65 ] Later on, Eriksen played in the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final, which resulted a 2–0 frustration for Tottenham against Liverpool. [ 66 ]

Inter Milan [edit ]

On 28 January 2020, with his contract at Tottenham set to expire in six months, Eriksen signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Serie A club Inter Milan, which would net him 10 million euros per temper. [ 67 ] He made his golf club debut the follow day, coming on as a second-half substitute for Alexis Sánchez in 2–1 home gain over Fiorentina in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals. [ 68 ] On 20 February, Eriksen scored his first gear goal for the club, netting the undoer in a 2–0 away victory over Ludogorets Razgrad in the Europa League. [ 69 ] He scored his beginning Serie A goal on 1 July, in a 6–0 acquire against Brescia. [ 70 ] On 21 August, Eriksen played in Inter ‘s 2–3 loss against Sevilla in the 2020 Europa League Final, becoming the beginning player to lose two back-to-back finals in the two current major UEFA competitions ; [ nb 1 ] he had lost the 2019 Champions League Final with Tottenham the previous year. [ 71 ] In December 2020, Giuseppe Marotta confirmed that Eriksen had been added to the transfer number for 2021 ; however, his teammate Romelu Lukaku had previously hinted that Eriksen ‘s struggles at the italian club were ascribable to the linguistic process barrier. [ 72 ] On 26 January 2021, in the final minutes of Inter ‘s Coppa Italia quarter-final equal against rivals Milan, Eriksen was subbed on with the seduce at 1–1. In the seventh moment of stop clock and with the game apparently headed for excess clock time, he scored his first goal of the temper from a direct free kick to win the match for Inter and send them through to the semi-finals. [ 73 ] Following the match, Inter coach Antonio Conte said that Eriksen would remain with the club, despite being linked with a winter passing. [ 74 ] On 1 May, he scored Inter ‘s inaugural goal in an important 2–0 away win over Crotone, bringing the club close to their first league title since 2009–10. [ 75 ] Inter were confirmed as league champions the surveil sidereal day, after closest challengers Atalanta failed to win their equal against Sassuolo. It ended Juventus ‘s nine-year grasp on the Serie A style. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] On 29 October 2021, It was announced that Eriksen was not permitted to play for Inter Milan in Italy due to the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator he got implanted after suffering a cardiac collar during a game at Euro 2020. [ 78 ] Close to half a year after his cardiac collar, Eriksen began individual prepare at the facilities of his youth academy team OB in Odense in preparation for a possible comeback to football. [ 79 ]

International career [edit ]

Youth squads [edit ]

Eriksen was called up to the Denmark national under-17 football team in July 2007, [ 80 ] and impressed in his debut for the team on 31 July. [ 81 ] In 2008, he scored nine goals in 16 games for the U-17s, and was named danish U-17 Talent of the year by the danish FA. [ 82 ] He was besides one of four nominees for the 2008 Danish Talent of the Year award, [ 83 ] which was won by Mathias Jørgensen. [ 82 ] He played 27 games for the under-17 team until February 2009. He played a sum of eight games for the Denmark U-18 and Denmark U-19 teams during 2009. Eriksen was besides called up for the danish U-21 team to the european championship in Denmark in 2011, the Danish team only participated in the group stage and Eriksen scored a finish against Belarus .

senior police squad [edit ]

Eriksen received his first gear elder Denmark call-up in February 2010, [ 84 ] making his debut in Denmark ‘s friendly couple against Austria in March, [ 15 ] to become Denmark ‘s one-fourth youngest wax international, being the youngest debutant since Michael Laudrup. [ 85 ] On 28 May 2010, Denmark passenger car Morten Olsen announced that Eriksen would be depart of the final police squad of 23 participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. [ 86 ] He was the youngest player participating in the tournament. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] At the World Cup, Eriksen played two matches, against the Netherlands and Japan, but Denmark were unable to progress beyond the group stage. [ 89 ] [ 90 ] On 9 February 2011, in a 2–1 friendly loss at home against England, Eriksen was named man of the match, and was praised for his operation by a number of big footballing figures, including Chelsea star Frank Lampard, [ 91 ] Man Utd star Rio Ferdinand ( on Twitter ), [ 92 ] coach Morten Olsen and respective media experts in Denmark and England. [ 93 ] On 4 June 2011, Eriksen scored his first national team goal to give Denmark a 2–0 lead over Iceland in their euro 2012 qualifier. In doing then, he became the youngest danish actor ever to score a finish in european qualification, being nine days younger than Michael Laudrup when he scored his first goal in 1983. [ 94 ] In the build-up to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Denmark were drawn in UEFA Group E alongside the likes of Poland and Romania. 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. [ 95 ] The first leg of the play-off ended in a 0–0 base trace before Eriksen netted a hat-trick in Dublin ‘s Aviva Stadium in a 5–1 gain to earn Denmark a blemish at the World Cup. [ 96 ] Eriksen ‘s triple took his count to 11 goals for the qualification campaign, bettered only by Poland ‘s Robert Lewandowski ( 16 ) and Portugal ‘s Cristiano Ronaldo ( 15 ) in Europe, and earned the praise of national team coach Åge Hareide who stated that Eriksen was one of the top 10 players in the global. [ 97 ] In Denmark ‘s possibility match at the tournament, Eriksen assisted Yussuf Poulsen for the only finish in a 1–0 succeed over Peru before scoring his first goal for the tournament in the 1–1 draw with Australia the keep up week. [ 98 ] Denmark ultimately progressed from their group after which they were drawn with Croatia in the Round of 16. There they were defeated after a penalty shoot-out, with Eriksen being one of three players to have his spot-kick saved by Croatia goalkeeper Danijel Subašić. [ 99 ] On 9 September 2018, Eriksen scored twice in a 2–0 win over Wales to lead Denmark to victory in the nation ‘s inaugural 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B couple. [ 100 ] On 14 October 2020, Eriksen played his hundredth match for Denmark, in which he scored a punishment in a 1–0 away win against England in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League. [ 101 ] [ nota bene 2 ]

UEFA Euro 2020 cardiac collar [edit ]

Eriksen was included in Denmark ‘s police squad for UEFA Euro 2020 on 25 May 2021. [ 105 ] On 12 June, while playing in Denmark ‘s opening group stage match against Finland at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Eriksen collapsed in the 42nd minute as he was about to receive a throw-in. Urgent aesculapian aid arrived immediately, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation were performed on the field before Eriksen was taken off the flip on a stretcher and the match was suspended. [ 106 ] [ 107 ] Around an hour after the incident, UEFA and Danish Football Association ( DBU ) officials confirmed from the Rigshospitalet Hospital that Eriksen had been stabilized and was awake. [ 108 ] [ 109 ] [ 110 ] The match continued belated that evening, resulting in a 1–0 victory for Finland, [ 111 ] with Eriksen chosen by UEFA as the man of the match. [ 112 ] Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand and team doctor Morten Boesen both former expressed regret at the meet ‘s good continuation, [ 113 ] although Eriksen ‘s teammate Martin Braithwaite said that the decisiveness to do so was the “ least bad one ”. [ 114 ] The decision to continue the catch was besides criticized by Peter Schmeichel, forefather of Denmark ‘s keeper Kasper, who besides claimed that UEFA had threatened the team with a 3–0 loss if they refused to finish the match late on that day or the following day at noon, leaving the players with “ no choice ” but to continue. [ 115 ] The following day, Boesen confirmed Eriksen had suffered a cardiac apprehension. [ 107 ] [ 106 ] The incident itself drew comparisons to Fabrice Muamba and Abdelhak Nouri, two professional footballers who besides collapsed during play in similar circumstances and were forced to retire, with the latter hurt permanent brain damage. [ 116 ] [ 117 ] [ 118 ] On 15 June, Eriksen posted a photograph of himself in the hospital on his social media along with a abbreviated instruction, stating that he was “ fine under the circumstances ”. [ 119 ] The pursuit day, it was announced that he would be fitted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator device, a decision described by Boesen as “ necessity due to rhythm disturbances ” following his cardiac arrest. [ 120 ] On 18 June, the DBU declared that Eriksen had undergone a successful operation and was discharged from Rigshospitalet. After his discharge, he was besides said to have visited his danish teammates in Helsingør before returning home to his syndicate. [ 121 ]

expressive style of act [edit ]

Described as a “ classical numeral ten ” in the media, [ 9 ] [ 122 ] Eriksen ‘s prefer position is in a release character in the center of the pitch as an attacking midfielder behind the forwards ; [ 123 ] [ 124 ] however, he is besides capable of playing as a cardinal midfielder or mezzala in a 4–3–3 system ( as was the character during his beginning years with Ajax ), [ 122 ] and as a right winger in a 4–2–3–1 formation. [ 123 ] [ 124 ] He has besides been used on the left flank on occasion, and as a moment striker. [ 124 ] Eriksen is highly regarded by pundits for his ability to orchestrate attacking moves for his team with his distribution, create or exploit spaces with his runs, and provide assists to his teammates. [ 9 ] [ 122 ] [ 123 ] [ 124 ] [ 125 ] [ 126 ] Although naturally right-footed, he takes shots with either animal foot, in detail from distance ; [ 124 ] [ 125 ] [ 126 ] he has besides established himself as a complimentary kick specialist. [ 4 ] [ 127 ] [ 128 ] Pundits have compared him to his compatriots Michael and Brian Laudrup, [ 9 ] [ 22 ] who were two of his major influences in his youth, vitamin a well as Wesley Sneijder and Rafael van der Vaart ; [ 9 ] [ 122 ] Eriksen has besides cited Francesco Totti as an inspiration. [ 129 ]

personal life [edit ]

Eriksen lives with his girlfriend Sabrina Kvist Jensen. [ 130 ] [ 131 ] They have two children, a son and a daughter. [ 132 ] [ 133 ] His younger sister Louise Eriksen besides plays football and is the captain for KoldingQ in the Elitedivisionen. [ 134 ] [ 135 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 23 May 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 12 June 2021[145]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Denmark

2010
10
0

2011
10
2

2012
11
0

2013
11
2

2014
7
1

2015
8
1

2016
9
6

2017
9
9

2018
10
4

2019
10
6

2020
8
5

2021
6
0

Total
109
36

As of match played 12 June 2021. Denmark score listed first, score column indicates score after each Eriksen goal.[14]