Andreas Christensen

Andreas Christensen

Christensen playing for the Chelsea U21s in 2013
Personal information
Full name Andreas Bødtker Christensen[1]
Date of birth (1996-04-10) 10 April 1996
Place of birth Lillerød, Denmark
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Borussia Mönchengladbach
(on loan from Chelsea)
Number 3
Youth career
2004–2012 Brøndby IF
2012–2015 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Chelsea 1 (0)
2015– → Borussia M'gladbach (loan) 40 (3)
National team‡
2011–2012 Denmark U16 2 (0)
2011–2012 Denmark U17 18 (5)
2013 Denmark U19 2 (0)
2013– Denmark U21 21 (1)
2015– Denmark 8 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2016

Andreas Bødtker Christensen (born 10 April 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender for German club Borussia Mönchengladbach on loan from English club Chelsea. He also plays for the Denmark national team.

Career

Chelsea

Early career

Born in Blovstrød, Denmark, the son of former Brøndby IF goalkeeper Sten Christensen, he began his career with Brøndby IF. He spent eight years there, attracting the interest of Europe's elite clubs including Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, and Bayern Munich. On 7 February 2012, Christensen signed for Chelsea on a free transfer, near the end of André Villas-Boas' tenure as the club's manager. Upon joining the London side, Christensen said: "I have chosen Chelsea because they play the kind of football I like.”[3]

Christensen was first included in a Chelsea senior squad for their last game of the 2012–13 season on 19 May 2013, but did not feature in the match, which ended a 2–1 home win over Everton in Rafael Benítez's last match as manager.[4] In the pre-season tour of the United States before the 2013–14 season, he was part of the senior team squad and signed a professional contract thereafter.[2]

2014–15 season

He made his professional debut on 28 October 2014, playing the full 90 minutes at right-back as Chelsea won 2–1 away to Shrewsbury Town in the fourth round of the League Cup.[5] Christensen did not play again until 24 January 2015, when he was utilized in the same position for Chelsea's 2–4 home defeat to League One club Bradford City in the FA Cup fourth round.[6]

Although Christensen played no further part in the campaign, Chelsea won the League Cup with a 2–0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the final. When asked who was man of the match for the final, manager José Mourinho said "Man of the match was Andreas Christensen who played well against Shrewsbury. There are more than John Terry (the official Man of the match for the final) because we are a team. I am proud of the guys."[7]

On 13 April 2015, Christensen played for Chelsea U19 in the final of the 2014–15 UEFA Youth League against Shakhtar Donetsk in Switzerland and although he scored an own goal to cancel out Isaiah Brown's opener in the first-half, Chelsea still ended with a 3–2 victory.[8] He made his Premier League debut against Sunderland on 24 May, replacing John Obi Mikel with 12 minutes remaining in a 3–1 home victory.[9] Although Christensen only made one league appearances out of the whole season, Mourinho stated that he would receive a winner's medal for his contributions this season.[10]

Loan to Borussia Monchengladbach

On 10 July 2015, Christensen joined Borussia Mönchengladbach on a two-year loan deal from Chelsea.[11][12] On August 10, 2015, Christensen made his debut for Gladbach against FC St. Pauli in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, winning 4–1.[13] Five days later, Christensen made his league debut against Borussia Dortmund, a match where Borussia Mönchengladbach lost 4–0.[14] After the defeat, Christensen was benched for the following games as Gladbach continued their losing streak. Christensen returned to the starting lineup on September 19, 2015, against rival team FC Köln, but was unable to save Gladbach from losing 1–0, as Gladbach losing streak stretched to six games.[15] Christensen continued his role in the starting lineup in the following match against FC Augsburg, the match ended in a 4–2 victory for the Gladbach, their first league victory of the season.[16] Christensen scored a brace in a 5-1 win over Werder Bremen on 5 February.[17] On March 18, 2016, Christensen scored his third goal of the season, but it was not enough to save Mönchengladbach from a 2–1 loss to Schalke 04.[18] On April 15, 2016, due to Granit Xhaka's suspension, Christensen was pushed up as midfielder against Hannover 96, the match ended in a 2–0 for Gladbach.[19]

After an impressive debut season, Christensen was voted Borussia Monchegladbach Player of the Season, ahead of team captain Granit Xhaka.[20] After the success of his first season, Monchegladbach made multiple attempts to move his loan move into a permanent during the 2016 summer, although it was reported Chelsea rejected the £14.25m bid from the German side.[21]

On 16 August 2016, Christensen made his first appearance in the first leg of the play-off round in the Champions League against BSC Young Boys, as his side went on to win 3–1.[22] On 15 October 2016, Christensen suffered a gluteal muscle injury during a goalless draw with Hamburg SV which would rule him out for about a month.[23]

International career

On 8 June 2015, Christensen made his senior international debut for Denmark in a 2–1 home friendly win against Montenegro at the Viborg Stadion, as a 69th-minute substitute for Pierre-Emile Højbjerg.[24] On 24 March 2016, Christensen made his first Denmark start in a 2-1 victory over Iceland, playing the full 90 minutes.[25]

Career statistics

Club

As of 26 November 2016[26]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chelsea 2014–15 Premier League 102[lower-alpha 1]000—30
Total 1020000030
Borussia M'gladbach (loan) 2015–16 Bundesliga 3133[lower-alpha 2]05[lower-alpha 3]0—393
2016–17 Bundesliga 90004[lower-alpha 3]0—130
Total 403309000523
Career totals 413509000553
  1. ↑ One appearances in FA Cup, one appearances in League Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in DFB-Pokal
  3. 1 2 Appearances in Champions League

International

As of match played on 13 June 2016[27]
Denmark national team
YearAppsGoals
201520
201640
Total60

Honours

Club

Chelsea[28]
Chelsea Reserves[29]

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "01 February 2013 Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Christensen Chelsea Profile". Chelsea F.C. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Chelsea complete signing of 15-year-old Brondby defender Andreas Christensen on a free transfer". Goal.com. Goal.com. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  4. ↑ Phillips, Owen (15 May 2013). "Chelsea 2–1 Everton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Chowdhury, Saj (28 October 2014). "Shrewsbury 1–2 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Emons, Michael (24 January 2015). "Chelsea 2-4 Bradford". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Matic's kit, phone calls, but no party: Chelsea's cup celebrations". BBC Sport. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  8. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/season=2015/matches/round=2000561/match=2016409/postmatch/report/index.html#brown+inspires+chelsea+youth+league+glory
  9. ↑ Winton, Richard (24 May 2015). "Chelsea 3-1 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  10. ↑ Every Chelsea player to get a Premier League medal says Jose Mourinho | ESPN
  11. ↑ "German loan for Christensen". Chelsea. 10 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "Borussia bring in Chelsea's Andreas Christensen on loan". Borussia Mönchengladbach. Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach GmbH. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "St. Pauli vs. Borussia M'gladbach 1 - 4", Soccerway, 10 August 2015
  14. ↑ "Borussia Dortmund vs. Borussia M'gladbach 4 - 0", Soccerway, 15 August 2015
  15. ↑ "Köln vs. Borussia M'gladbach 1 - 0", Soccerway, 19 September 2015
  16. ↑ "KBorussia M'gladbach vs. Augsburg 4 - 2", SkySports, 23 September 2015
  17. ↑ Dunbar, Ross (5 February 2016). "Gladbach rebound with emphatic win against Werder Bremen". Fox. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  18. ↑ "Schalke 04 vs. Borussia M'gladbach 2 - 1", Soccerway, 18 March 2016
  19. ↑ "Hannover 96 vs. Borussia M'gladbach - April 15 2016", Soccerway, 15 April 2016
  20. ↑ "Chelsea prodigy Andreas Christensen wins Borussia Monchegladbach player of the year ahead of Arsenal's Granit Xhaka". Metro. Metro. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  21. ↑ "Chelsea reject Borussia Monchengladbach bid for Andreas Christensen - Sky sources". SkySports. 19 July 2016.
  22. ↑ "Young Boys 1-3 M'gladbach". SkysSports. 16 August 2016.
  23. ↑ "Chelsea loanee Andreas Christensen out of Borussia Monchengladbach's Champions League clash with Celtic after picking up gluteal injury". 17 October 2016.
  24. ↑ Olsen, Allan (8 June 2015). "Pierre-Emile er vores panzerwagen!" [Pierre-Emile is our tank!]. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  25. ↑ "Denmark vs. Iceland (2 : 1)". OneFootball. 25 March 2016.
  26. ↑ Andreas Christensen profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  27. ↑ Andreas Christensen at National-Football-Teams.com
  28. ↑ Andreas Christensen profile at Soccerway
  29. ↑ Andreas Christensen Profile, retrieved 24 July 2016
  30. ↑ DFA: AC Snuppede Årets Talent (Danish), Accessed 22 March 2016
  31. ↑ DFA: Dansk Fodbold Award (Danish), Accessed 22 March 2016
  32. ↑ Christensen vinder hæder i Gladbach (Danish), Accessed 13 June 2016

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