Mikka Hansen

Mikka Kirsten Hansen (born 11 November 1975) is a Danish international footballer who played as a forward for the Denmark national team. She was part of the team at the 1999 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Mikka Hansen
Personal information
Full name Mikka Kirsten Hansen[1]
Date of birth (1975-11-11) 11 November 1975
Place of birth San Jose, California, United States[1]
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1]
Position(s) Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 Santa Clara Broncos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Denver Diamonds
1999 FB
1999–2000 Fortuna Hjørring
2001–2002 Carolina Courage 19 (1)
International career‡
1999 Denmark 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:10, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Hansen played for the USL W-League club Denver Diamonds, where she was the league's top assist provider in 1996 and second top goal scorer in 1998.[1] In January 1999, she moved to Denmark to play for Frederiksberg Boldklub on a semi-professional basis.[3] In summer 1999, after playing in the FIFA World Cup, Hansen signed a one and a half-year contract with Fortuna Hjørring.[4] By May 2000, Hansen had grown weary of football and had started competing as an elite cyclist instead.[5]

Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first official professional women's soccer league in the United States, began in 2001. Hansen was a ninth-round draft pick (70th overall in the global draft) by the Carolina Courage.[6] In 2001 Hansen started seven of her 19 regular season appearances, scoring once.[1] She was released by the team in January 2002.[7]

International career

Hansen was briefly part of the United States national under-20 team, but decided to play for Denmark at senior level.[3] She won her first cap in a 1–1 draw with Australia at the 1999 Algarve Cup on March 14, 1999. Deployed on the left wing by Denmark,[3] Hansen won a total of 12 caps, all in 1999, including a 3–0 1999 FIFA World Cup Group A defeat by the United States at Giants Stadium on June 19, 1999.[8]

References
  1. "WUSA - Carolina Courage". Archived from the original on 17 December 2001.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 - Denmark". FIFA Women's World Cup United States 1999. FIFA. 1999. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  3. "Women's World Cup '99: Hansen Feels At Home". Soccer America. 25 June 1999. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  4. Ankerdal, Steen (30 June 1999). "FB-direktør ny træner i Fortuna" (in Danish). Berlingske. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  5. de los Reyes, Marco (13 May 2000). "Stjerne skifter idrætsgren" (in Danish). Berlingske. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  6. "Rating the eight WUSA teams" (PDF). Soccer America. 25 December 2000. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  7. "Sports transactions for Friday, January 4+". United Press International. 4 January 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  8. "Mikka Hansen" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 25 May 2021.


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