Cristian Eriksen's Life and Career Journey in Football "Grew up as the first child who was independent"

Christian Dannemann Eriksen was born on Valentine's Day, 14 February 1992 in Middelfart, Denmark. Eriksen was born by Thomas and Dorthe.

Eriksen grew up as the first child who was independent, had high dreams and curiosity. Apart from the role of parents, little Eriksen can handle many things himself. When he was 5 years old, Eriksen had a younger brother named Louise Eriksen.

Since he was young, Eriksen has been fond of playing football. He began his career with his hometown club, Middelfart at the age of three. Starting a football career at a very young age also made her younger sister like the game of the round skin.

Eriksen and his sister often play soccer together. Eriksen played at the Middelfart club from 1995 to 2005. At the age of 13, he joined Odense Boldklub who competed in the Danish youth championship.

In the tournament, Eriksen stood out, he managed to bring Odense to advance to the semifinals. For his neat appearance, he was named the best player.

Not only that, his slick performance also made many European clubs interested. At the age of 15 years Eriksen was summoned by several European clubs to undergo a trial, at that time he trained with young squad Barcelona, AC Milan and Chelsea.

Eriksen's teenage years passed through hard work. In fact he has never rested since receiving the call. If you are not training with your team-mates, Eriksen will hone his own abilities.

In addition to training, Eriksen also likes to watch the actions of great players like Ryan Giggs, Zidane and Beckham via video. This was done so that he was able to learn many things from the legend and allow him to succeed in his trial with the three clubs.

Unfortunately, that did not happen, both AC Milan, Barcelona and Chelsea did not accept it. His hard work failed to bear positive results, but Eriksen did not give up so easily.

Even so, Eriksen's impressive appearance apparently attracted Ajax Amsterdam's interest. The Dutch club recruited him in 2008 when Eriksen was 16 years old.

Eriksen scored his first goal for Ajax on March 25, 2010, in a match against Go Ahead Eagles. During his first season with the team, he played in a total of 21 matches and scored one goal. Although his goal scoring is very small, but he is highly valued.

After playing with Ajax for two years. Young Eriksen made his debut with the Danish national team in March 2010. Eriksen also appeared in the South African world cup which made him the youngest player to appear in the edition of the world cup, when he was 18 years and four months old.

After the 2010 World Cup, Eriksen underwent many developments. His performance in the 2010/11 season was very good. September 2010, he made his debut in the Champions League. Then in December of the same year, he got the Danish title 'Talent of the Year'.

Eriksen continues to prove his ability by scoring goals in several matches. In 2011, Eriksen received numerous individual awards including 'Ajax Talent of the Year' and 'Dutch Football Talent of the Year', and became the second Danish player to win an award.

Eriksen provided many assists throughout the season and his contribution to the team was greatly appreciated. In all he scored 8 goals in 44 appearances in the 2010/11 season.

His brilliant performances with Ajax helped the team win the eredivise trophy for three consecutive seasons from 2010 to 2013. In addition to the three eredivisie titles, Eriksen also won the Dutch Cup and Johan Cruyff Shield.

Eriksen left Ajax after playing in 165 matches for the team and scored 32 goals in all competitions. Eriksen then signed a contract with English club Tottenham Hotspur in the summer of 2013 at a cost of 11 million euros.

Eriksen made his primary league debut on September 14, 2013 in a match against Norwich City, which ended in a 2-0 win for his team.

While his first goal for the club came five days later in a match against Tromso IL in the European League.

Eriksen continued to perform brilliantly for the team, scoring a lot of goals. he scored ten goals and made 11 assists in his first season in uniform Lily Whites, in addition to being selected as the Spurs best player, he also won the Danish Player of the Year award.

In the following season, under the direction of the new coach, Mauricio Pochettino, Eriksen continued to play consistently. Between November and December 2014, Eriksen scored the final winning goals against Aston Villa, Hull City and Swansea City.

The 2014/15 season completed Eriksen with a record of 48 matches and scored 12 goals in all competitions.

When Eriksen continued his successful career, he was named Danish Football Player of the Year for the third time in 2016. This made him the first player to win an award three times in a row.

Eriksen scored 12 goals and 15 assists during the 2016-17 season, the league trip ended with his club being runner-up under the champion, Chelsea. The following season, he continued to score for his team and finally won the Spurs best player award for the second time.

Without counting appearances in the 2019/20 season, so far the score of the playmaker scored 66 goals from 277 matches in all competitions with Spurs. Eriksen's best achievement with Spurs was the 2018/19 champions league runner-up.

On the international stage, Eriksen became the backbone of the Denmark U-17 national team by posting 27 appearances and scoring 9 goals. After that, he broke through the u-18 to u-21 squad.

After making his debut with the senior national team in 2010. Then on June 4, 2011, Eriksen scored his first goal to give Denmark a 2-0 win over Iceland in a Euro 2012 qualification. By doing that, he became the youngest Danish player to score in European cup qualifiers, nine days younger than Michael Laudrup when he scored his first goal in 1983.

In the prestigious tournament, Eriksen has appeared in the 2010 and 2018 world cup and the European cup in 2012, he also became part of the team in the UEFA Nations League competition. So far Eriksen has played 90 matches and scored 29 goals for Denmark.

In his personal life, Eriksen lives with his girlfriend, Sabrina Kvist Jensen in Hampstead, London. Their first child, Alfred, was born on June 4, 2018.

While Adik Eriksen, Louis is currently one of the Danish Women's national team players. Eriksen's father admitted hating Chelsea, because the London club had said that Eriksen was too weak and not great when his son was on trial at Chelsea.

Currently, Christian Eriksen still holds the record for most goals scored by Danish players in the Premier League. The 182 cm player will continue to look his best for the club and country.