| Angela Christ | |
| Fullname: | Angela Anna Christ |
| Birth Date: | 1989 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| Height: | 1.67m (05.48feet) |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Youthclubs1: | s.v. Lew |
| Years1: | 2002–2004 |
| Years2: | 2004–2007 |
| Years3: | 2007–2012 |
| Years4: | 2012–2018 |
| Clubs1: | ODC Boxtel |
| Clubs2: | Saestum |
| Clubs3: | Utrecht |
| Clubs4: | PSV/FC Eindhoven |
| Caps3: | 91 |
| Caps4: | 136 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2009–2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Netherlands |
| Nationalcaps1: | 17 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 23:00, 25 May 2024 (UTC) |
Angela Anna Christ (born 6 March 1989) is a Dutch former football goalkeeper who played for Eredivisie club PSV and for the Netherlands women's national football team.[1]
While playing with previous club FC Utrecht she was twice named the Eredivisie's best goalkeeper, in 2010 and 2011.[2] Before Eredivisie's foundation in 2007, she won two Hoofdklasse titles with SV Saestum and had debuted in the top division as a 14-year-old, with ODC Boxtel in 2003–04.[3]
Christ made her final league appearance for Utrecht against PEC Zwolle on 18 May 2012.[4]
In 2012, she joined PSV/FC Eindhoven ahead of the newly created BeNe League.[5] She made her league debut against ADO Den Haag on 24 August 2012.[6]
Christ made her senior Netherlands women's national football team debut on 13 July 2009, a 3–2 win over South Africa in Amsterdam.[7] [8] She was taken to UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland as one of two back-ups to recognised first choice goalkeeper Loes Geurts.
In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected Christ in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[9] She was also part of the Dutch teams of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup[10] and the winning team of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[11]
After the 2017 tournament, the whole team was honoured by the Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of Sport Edith Schippers and made Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[12]
On 24 November 2017, she played her 17th match for the national team against Slovakia in a 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match which the Netherlands won by 5–0, a few days later, she announced her retirement from the national team.[13] [14]
After retiring in 2018, she started doing a weekly internship with PSV Women, taking goalkeeper training sessions.[15]