Isabella Bryld Obaze
Danish footballer (born 2002)
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Isabella Bryld Obaze (born 30 October 2002) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Portland Thorns and the Denmark national team.
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Obaze with the Portland Thorns in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Isabella Bryld Obaze | ||
| Date of birth | 30 October 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Kolding, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Portland Thorns | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2018 | KoldingQ | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | KoldingQ | 27 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | HB Køge | 35 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | FC Rosengård | 10 | (1) |
| 2024– | Portland Thorns | 34 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Denmark U16 | 5 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Denmark U17 | 13 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Denmark U19 | 8 | (1) |
| 2023 | Denmark U23 | 4 | (1) |
| 2022– | Denmark | 14 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 June 2025 | |||
Club career
Obaze played in the youth clubs of Danish club KoldingQ (now called Kolding IF Women) and became a member of the senior team starting in the 2018–2019 season. In December 2020 she transferred to HB Køge, playing there for two years.
In December 2022 she transferred to Swedish club FC Rosengård.[1] She scored her first goal for Rosengård on Nov. 11, 2023 against IFK Kalmar.[2]
In January 2024 it was announced that she had been transferred to NWSL team Portland Thorns FC for the 2024 season.[3]
Her first season with the Thorns, she contested 1,017 minutes across 13 appearances and has appeared in 18 matches with over 1,800 minutes so far in 2025, playing as a starter on the backline. [4]
International career
Obaze was born in Denmark and is of Nigerian descent. She was a youth international for Denmark, participating in the 2019 UEFA Under-17 European Championship in Bulgaria.[5] Obaze most recently played for the Denmark national under-19 team at the 2020 La Manga Tournament.[6] She first played for the senior Denmark team in a friendly against Italy on 16 February 2022 and appeared in four UEFA Women's Nation's League games in fall 2023 as well as being called up for games in the summer and fall of 2025.[3][7]
Career statistics
International
- As of match played 3 June 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Obaze goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 October 2024 | Aalborg Stadium, Aalborg, Denmark |  South Africa | 1–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
