Malene Olsen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Malene Marquard Olsen | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hedehusene IK | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2014 | Brøndby IF | 178 | (3) |
| 2009 | Tyresö FF | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2002 | Denmark U-19 | 9 | (0) |
| 2003–2013 | Denmark | 14 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:46, 16 May 2017 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:46, 16 May 2017 (UTC) | |||
Malene Marquard Olsen (born 2 February 1983) is a retired Danish football defender. She lastly played for Elitedivisionen club Brøndby IF and has also played for the Danish national team.
Olsen began her club career at Hedehusene IK.[1] As of September 2012, Olsen had made the second most appearances for Brøndby with 247. Only Mia Brogaard had more with 327.[2]
In 2009 Olsen played for Swedish club Tyresö FF, while working as a nurse in Stockholm.[3]
Olsen made her debut for the senior Denmark national team in February 2003; a 4–0 defeat to Norway in La Manga Club. In October 2011 Olsen was recalled to the national team after a five-year absence, for a UEFA European Championship 2013 qualifying tie with Austria.[4] She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's squad for the final tournament,[5] where Denmark reached the semi-finals. Olsen retired from football in June 2014.[6]
