Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen (born 6 November 1975) is a Danish former football midfielder and journalist. She most recently played for Brøndby and won over 100 caps for the Danish national team. After the

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international association football competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007. Originally, China was to host the 2003 edition, but th ...

she and her Danish teammates accused the Chinese hosts of harassment and covert surveillance prior to China's first round match against

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. When

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refused to investigate Eggers Nielsen publicly related the matter to wider allegations of corrupt practices within FIFA. She retired from international football in January 2008. After training as a journalist, in 2011 Eggers Nielsen contributed to a biography of former teammate Katrine Pedersen.

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(archived) 1975 births Living people Danish women's footballers Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Denmark Denmark women's international footballers 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players FIFA Women's Century Club New York Power players Brøndby IF (women) players VSK Aarhus (women) players Women's association football midfielders 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players People from Horsens Footballers from the Central Denmark Region Women's United Soccer Association players Expatriate sportspeople in the United States Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Germany {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub