Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen (born 15 August 1988) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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of the

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. Since 2008, she has been a part of the senior Danish national team.

Club career

In 2011, Troelsgaard was named Denmark's Player of the Year after scoring 29 goals in her first 15 matches for

Skovbakken Vejlby Skovbakken Aarhus (; commonly known as VSK Aarhus) is a Danish football club based in Risskov, a neighbourhood in Aarhus. The club was founded in 2016 when the football departments of Vejlby IK Fodbold and Idrætsklubben Skovbakken decide ...

. In February 2017, Troelsgaard signed for

FC Rosengård FC Rosengård, formerly Malmö FF Dam (1970–2007) and LdB FC Malmö (2007–2013), is a professional football club based in Malmö, Scania, Sweden. The team was established as Malmö FF Dam in 1970. It started out with playing 7 seasons in th ...

in the Swedish

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. On 21 December 2021,

announced the signing of Troelsgaard on a contract until June 2023.

International career

Troelsgaard made her senior international debut for

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in March 2008, playing the last four minutes of a 1–0 win over

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at the

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. At the 2011 Matchworld Women's Cup in June 2011, she scored all three goals in the Danes' 3–0 win over

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. A serious illness in the family caused Troelsgaard to withdraw from national

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Kenneth Heiner-Møller Kenneth Heiner-Møller (born Kenneth Heiner Christiansen; 17 January 1971) is a Danish football manager and former player. He is the former manager of the Canadian women's national team. In 1994–1995 he played for Ferencvárosi TC in Hungary, ...

's squad for

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Career statistics

Club

International goals

Honours

;Brøndby IF *

Elitedivisionen The Danish Women's League ( da, Danmarksturneringens Kvindeliga, Kvinde-DM Liga or Kvindeligaen) is a semi-professional top-flight league for women's football in Denmark. It is organised by the Danish Football Association (DBU) as part of the ...

: Winner 2010–11, 2012–13 *

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: Winner 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 ;FC Rosengård *

: Winner: 2019, Runner-up: 2020, 2017 * Svenska Cupen Women: 2017/2018, 2016/2017

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* 1988 births Living people Danish women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Brøndby IF (women) players FC Rosengård players Kolding IF players Damallsvenskan players Denmark women's international footballers FIFA Century Club Danish expatriate women's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Reading F.C. Women players Women's Super League players Danish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate women's footballers in England UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub Association football midfielders Denmark international footballers