Angela Christ

Angela Christ
Personal information
Full name	Angela Anna Christ
Date of birth	6 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	s.v. Lew
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2004	ODC Boxtel
2004–2007	Saestum
2007–2012	Utrecht
2012–2018	PSV/FC Eindhoven
International career
2009–2017	Netherlands
Medal record
Women's football
Representing the Netherlands
UEFA Women's Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Angela Anna Christ (born 6 March 1989) is a Dutch former football goalkeeper who played for Eredivisie club PSV and for the Netherlands women's national football team.^[2]

Club career

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]

Christ made her final league appearance for Utrecht against PEC Zwolle on 18 May 2012.^[5]

In 2012, she joined PSV/FC Eindhoven ahead of the newly created BeNe League.^[6] She made her league debut against ADO Den Haag on 24 August 2012.^[7]

International career

Christ made her senior Netherlands women's national football team debut on 13 July 2009, a 3–2 win over South Africa in Amsterdam.^[8]^[9] 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.^[10] 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.^[11]

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.^[12]

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.^[13]^[14]

Post playing career

After retiring in 2018, she started doing a weekly internship with PSV Women, taking goalkeeper training sessions.^[15]

Honours

Club

Dutch Leagues (2): 2005, 2006
Dutch Cup (1): 2010
Dutch Supercup (3): 2005, 2006, 2010

International

UEFA European Women's Championship (1): 2017

Individual

Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau: 2017

References

^ ^a ^b 2015 World Cup
^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
^ Winnaars klassementen Eredivisie 2010-2011 Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine Vrouwen Voetbal Nederlands
^ "Angela Christ". UEFA.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
^ "PEC Zwolle vs Utrecht - 18 May 2012". uk.women.soccerway.
^ "Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
^ "ADO Den Haag vs PSV - 24 August 2012". uk.women.soccerway.com.
^ "Angela Christ" (in Dutch). Vrouwenvoetbal Nederland. 6 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
^ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
^ "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 14 June 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
^ "Voetbalsters Oranje geridderd in Den Haag (in Dutch)". NOS.nl. 25 October 2017.
^ "Angela Christ zwaait af als international". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 29 November 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
^ "Keepster Christ stopt bij Oranje". NOS (in Dutch). 30 November 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
^ "CHRIST IN NIEUWE ROL BIJ PSV VROUWEN". PSV. 25 September 2018.

External links

Angela Christ profile on Onsoranje (in Dutch)
Angela Christ profile on women's Netherlands (in Dutch)
Angela Christ profile on UEFA.com

[WC2015-1] 2015 World Cup

[2] "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.

[3] Winnaars klassementen Eredivisie 2010-2011 Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine Vrouwen Voetbal Nederlands

[4] "Angela Christ". UEFA.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2013.

[5] "PEC Zwolle vs Utrecht - 18 May 2012". uk.women.soccerway.

[6] "Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 November 2016.

[7] "ADO Den Haag vs PSV - 24 August 2012". uk.women.soccerway.com.

[8] "Angela Christ" (in Dutch). Vrouwenvoetbal Nederland. 6 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.

[9] "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[10] "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.

[11] "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 14 June 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.

[12] "Voetbalsters Oranje geridderd in Den Haag (in Dutch)". NOS.nl. 25 October 2017.

[13] "Angela Christ zwaait af als international". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 29 November 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.

[14] "Keepster Christ stopt bij Oranje". NOS (in Dutch). 30 November 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.

[15] "CHRIST IN NIEUWE ROL BIJ PSV VROUWEN". PSV. 25 September 2018.

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