Angela Christ

Angela Anna Christ (born 6 March 1989) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.^[2]

Angela Christ

Personal information
Full name	Angela Anna Christ
Date of birth	(1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	s.v. Lew
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	ODC Boxtel
2004–2007	Saestum
2007–2012	Utrecht	91	(0)
2012–2018	PSV/FC Eindhoven	136	(0)
International career
2009–2017	Netherlands	17	(0)
Medal record Women's football Representing the  Netherlands UEFA Women's Championship 2017 Netherlands Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:00, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

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