Christian Eriksen is a Danish attacking fielder currently playing for the English club, Tottenham, Hotspur, and his national team who is popular for a crucial role in Denmark to qualify for Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Christian Eriksen is best famous for playing in UEFA Europa League against Anderlecht from 2010 -2011 and as youngest player of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Christian Eriksen was born as Christian Dannemann Eriksen on 14 February 1992 in Middelfart, Denmark to Thomas and Dorthe Eriksen. He has a sister, Louise Eriksen who is the national player for Denmark's national female team. He grew up in Middlefart, Denmark. He holds Danish nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. His religion is Christianity and the zodiac sign is Aquarius. While growing up, the Danish midfielder studied the tapes of greats like Ryan Giggs, Zinedine Zidane, and David Beckham to copy and learn from them. He started very early at the age of 3, his parents joined him to the Danish Youth Academy of Middelfart G&BK.
Christian Eriksen started his football career by playing for the Under 17 and 19 from 2007 to 2009. His professional career debut was from a Dutch club, Ajax where he signed a contract worth €1 million (1.2 million dollars) for two and a half years in October 2008. After graduating from the Ajax youth team, He scored his first goal for Ajax against Go Ahead Eagles. He further extended his contract with the club till 2014. With Eriksen on the side, the club went on to win the Eredivisie league for four consecutive season KNVB Cup and Johan Cruyff Shield. He won several individual titles during his stay in the club. He was then transferred to English Club, Tottenham Hotspur for £11 million ($12.45 million) during the summer of 2013. He scored his first goal for the English Club against Norwegian football club, Tromsø IL at the Europa League.
He helped Tottenham Hotspur to reach the final of the EFL Cup. He broke the record for the most goal scored by a Danish player at the Premier League previously held by Nicklas Bender. He made his debut for the international career against Austria in a friendly match 2010 from his national team. He also participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa. He was the youngest player to play in the tournament. He has established himself as one of the best players in the world by playing a key role during Denmark's successful campaign of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification.
He has won several individual titles playing under Dutch giant like Ajax Talent of the Year, Johan Cruyff Award 2011, Danish Footballer(2013 to 2017) of the Year, Danish U-17 Talent of the Year in 2008, Player of the Year for Totten ham Hotspur during 2013-14 and 2016-17 season and many others.
Christian Eriksen has an estimated net worth of 20 million Euro which he has mainly earned from his football career. Roughly he earns 3.9 million Euro annually. He drives a car, Porsche.
The star Danish midfielder is married to his girlfriend, Sabrina Kvist Jensen. The pair are enjoying their life at the moment. They welcomed their first child in 2018, just before the playmaker went to play for Denmark at the World Cup. The couple is often seen together on a dinner, date, events and also on vacations.
Eriksen stands at 1.82 m and weighs 76 kg. He has brown hair and green eyes. Other details of his body stats are yet to be authenticated.
Christian Eriksen is available on Instagram with profile id chriseriksen8 and on Twitter, chriseriksen8 where he has retained more than 1.5 million and 695K followers respectively. His Facebook page, @christian.eriksen.page has 9.5k followers.
He previously played for Ajax before joining Tottenham and has been honored with the Danish player of the year four times in the last five years. His nickname is Golazo which was given by his manager Pochettino because he was always able to create 'golazo' moments for his team: Tottenham Hotspur. In 2012, he won the Doubles Football Bronze Boot. He won the Denmark Football Player of the Year award, the first footballer for three times. Christian Eriksen records the record for most goals in the Premier League by Danish player.
In 2018, he played an important role in helping the team in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Danish players to make the most goals in the Irischine Premier League. He won the Tottenham Player of the Season award for the 2013/14 and 2016/17 season. Christian Ericsson is the first Danish player to win the three Danish Player of the Year award. For the first time in April 2011, Christian Irissen was named the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) The Year.