Bonny Madsen (born 10 August 1967) is a Danish former

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defender, who was part of the

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. She competed at the

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, playing three matches. At club level she played for

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in Sweden, as well as Lugo, Pisa and ACF Milan in Italy.

Club career

Madsen was born in Nigeria to a Danish father and Nigerian mother. She moved to Copenhagen aged one year and began playing football as a

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, before an injury to her team's regular defender prompted a successful change of position. In 1990 and 1991, Madsen won the Swedish

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title with Malmö FF Dam. She later moved to the Italian

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, where she was nicknamed: "Le Perla Nera" ( en, The Black Pearl). She played for Lugo, Pisa and ACF Milan, winning the 1998–99 league title with the latter.

International career

Madsen made her senior Denmark national team debut on 20 May 1987, in a 2–0 defeat by rivals

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. This was almost seven years before the male national team fielded its first

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player, Carsten Dethlefsen. She was dropped from the team after a 5–1 defeat by Sweden in October 1988, but was recalled in February 1991 for the Nordic Cup. At the

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in China, sweeper Madsen played the full 80 minutes in all three group games as Denmark qualified for the knockout stages. In the quarter-final against

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, she played the full match as Denmark lost 2–1 after

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. In February 1995 Madsen broke her leg before a 7–0 friendly defeat by the

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. The injury ruled her out of the

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in Sweden. After

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she retired from international football.

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* * 1967 births Living people Danish women's footballers Denmark women's international footballers Danish expatriate women's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Place of birth missing (living people) Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Denmark Women's association football defenders Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Danish people of Nigerian descent 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players FC Rosengård players Damallsvenskan players ACF Milan players {{Denmark-footy-defender-stub

Club career

International career

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