Karoline Smidt Nielsen

Karoline Nielsen
Personal information
Full name Karoline Smidt Nielsen
Date of birth 12 May 1994
Place of birth Odense, Denmark
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
HPTI
B 1913
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 OB Odense
2012–2018 Fortuna Hjørring
2018–2022 Turbine Potsdam 8 (2)
International career‡
2009–2011 Denmark U-17 12 (4)
2011–2013 Denmark U-19 23 (8)
2012–2018 Denmark 24 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:47, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:47, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Karoline Smidt Nielsen (born 12 May 1994) is a Danish former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for Turbine Potsdam of the German Frauen-Bundesliga as well as for the Denmark women's national football team.

Club career

Smidt Nielsen joined Fortuna Hjørring from OB Odense in summer 2012. She began playing in the boys' team at HPTI from being four years old, then played for B 1913 from 11 to 15, then joined OB where she played her first matches in the Danish Women's League.

She was forced to retire in October 2022, following a series of injuries which restricted her to nine appearances for her German club Turbine Potsdam since joining them in 2018.

International career

In December 2012 Smidt Nielsen made her senior international debut as a second-half substitute for Pernille Harder in Denmark's 5–0 win over Mexico in São Paulo, Brazil.

She was selected in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's Denmark squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.

Personal life

Karoline's mother Lone Smidt Nielsen (née Hansen) is also a former international footballer, who played professionally in Italy.

Honours

Club

Fortuna Hjørring

Winner