Izzy Christiansen


Isobel Mary Christiansen is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Everton in the FA WSL and the England national team.

Club career

Christiansen captained the women's football club at the University of Birmingham.
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. In April 2016, she won three awards, two of which were the PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year and PFA WSL Team of the Year. Upon winning the awards, Christiansen said: "I'm pretty shocked. Three awards is a great achievement and I'm so pleased to have been able to have done that for the team."
On 23 July 2018, Christiansen signed a contract with defending European Champions Olympique Lyon until 2020. In her first season with the club, Lyon won the treble: winning Division 1 Féminine, Coupe de France and Champions League.
On 27 December 2019, Christiansen announced her return to England, signing an 18-month deal with Everton.

International career

As a junior international, she won the 2009 U-19 European Championship and a silver in the following year's edition, and played the 2008 U-17 and 2010 U-20 World Cups.
Christiansen helped Great Britain to win a gold medal in the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia. In January 2014, she was promoted from the under-23s into the senior England squad, to replace Jodie Taylor who had withdrawn.
Coach Mark Sampson gave Christiansen her senior international debut in a UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying match against Estonia on 21 September 2015. She marked the occasion by scoring in England's 8–0 win.
In March 2019, Christiansen underwent surgery on an ankle injury sustained in England's 3–0 SheBelieves Cup win over Japan. England coach Phil Neville called her "vital" to his squad and hoped that her rehabilitation programme would restore her to fitness for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
121 September 2015A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia5–08–0Euro 2017 qualifying
223 October 2015Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China1–01–0Dewellbon Cup
34 June 2016Adams Park, Wycombe, England5–07–0Euro 2017 qualifying
410 April 2017Stadium MK, Milton Keynes, England3–03–0Friendly
528 November 2017Colchester Community Stadium, Colchester, England5–05–02019 World Cup qualifying
64 September 2018Tsentralniy, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan3–06–02019 World Cup qualifying

Personal life

Christiansen used to be in a same-sex relationship with fellow footballer Billie Murphy.

Honours

Manchester City
Olympique Lyonnais
England
Individual