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Izzy Christiansen

Isobel Mary Christiansen (born 20 September 1991) is an English football pundit and former footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. She is known for her time with Manchester City Women between 2014 and 2018, and Everton (2019–2023). She has also played for Birmingham City and Lyon. She played as a junior international in 2009 and later in the senior team, including in the 2019 World Cup qualifiers.

She currently works as an under-16 girls' assistant coach at Manchester City.

Isobel Mary Christiansen was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, on 20 September 1991. Her father, Niels, was born in Ledbury, Herefordshire, but lived with his Danish parents in the parish of Raklev [nl], near Kalundborg on the island of Zealand, until the age of four.

Christiansen grew up in the village of Rainow, where she played football with friends and her brother Will. She has a younger sister, Rosie, who is a doctor. She attended Rainow Primary School, and joined the under-10s side at Manchester United, before moving to Everton when she was 14. During that time she attended Tytherington School in Macclesfield, and her mother would pick her up from school before the end of the day and drive her to training three days a week, picking up Danielle Turner (later Everton captain) in Warrington on the way.

Christiansen studied sports science at Birmingham University from 2011. She worked alongside studying, including a stint in the Maggoty Johnson bistro in Bollington. She initially aspired to be a teacher.

Christiansen captained the women's football club at the University of Birmingham. She played mostly as a midfielder or forward. Christiansen has played in the UEFA Women's Champions League with Everton and also played for Birmingham City.

On 7 February 2014, Christiansen officially signed for new WSL club Manchester City Women. On 16 October 2014, she scored the only goal to help Manchester City defeat Arsenal Ladies and win the 2014 FA WSL Continental Cup.

On 23 July 2018, Christiansen signed a contract with defending European Champions Lyon until 2020. In her first season with the club, Lyon won the treble: winning Division 1 Féminine, Coupe de France and Champions League.[citation needed]

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