- Christine Colombo Nilsen
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Christine Colombo Nilsen 
Personal information Full name Christine Colombo Nilsen Date of birth August 3, 1982 Place of birth Norway Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Playing position Goalkeeper Club information Current club Lyon Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† Kambo IL Athene Moss Arna-Bjørnar Liungen IF 2007–2009 Kolbotn 75 (0) 2009– Lyon 0 (0) National team‡ 2006- Norway 6 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 27, 2008.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 July 2008Christine Colombo Nilsen (born April 30, 1982) is a Norwegian football goalkeeper. She currently plays for Lyon. She is also a member of the Norway women's national football team.
She has appeared six times for the national team and made her debut on March 11, 2006 in a match against Finland. She was a member of the 2007 Women's World Cup squad.
On June 9, 2008 Nilsen was named to the Norwegian roster for the 2008 Summer Olympics to be held in Beijing, China. [1]
Nilsen left Olympique Lyonnaise in July 2010 and returned to Norway with no plans to continue in football. But she was persuaded to stand in goal for Arna-Bjørnar for a few games in the autumn while Erika Skarbø was injured, and was also a member of the Norway national squad that in September qualified for the 2011 World Cup.
References
External links
- Official Kolbotn club site
- FootballMagasinet.no profile
- Norwegian Football Association player profile
Norway squads • 2 Stangeland • 3 Følstad • 4 Stensland • 5 S. Nordby • 6 Christensen • 7 Rønning • 8 S. Gulbrandsen • 9 Herlovsen • 10 Lehn • 11 Kaufmann • 12 Hjelmseth • 13 Colombo Nilsen • 14 Mellgren • 15 Heimlund • 16 Blystad-Bjerke • 17 Paulsen • 18 Knutsen • 19 Frantzen • 20 Klaveness • Coach: Berntsen
Norway squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 4th place 1 B. Nordby • 2 Stangeland Horpestad • 3 Følstad • 4 Stensland • 5 S. Nordby • 6 Huse • 7 Rønning • 8 S. Gulbrandsen • 9 Herlovsen • 10 Wiik • 11 Larsen Kaurin • 12 Skarbø • 13 Colombo Nilsen • 14 Knutsen • 15 Giske • 16 R. Gulbrandsen • 17 Mykjåland • 18 Knutsen • 19 Fiane Christensen • 20 Klaveness • 21 Storløkken • Coach: BerntsenNorway squad – 2008 Summer Olympics (Women's Football) 1 Skarbø • 2 Stangeland Horpestad • 3 Følstad • 4 Stensland • 5 S. Nordby • 6 M. Knutsen • 7 Rønning • 8 S. Gulbrandsen • 9 Herlovsen • 10 Wiik • 11 Larsen Kaurin • 12 Christensen • 13 Storløkken • 14 G. Knutsen • 15 Lund • 16 Thorsnes • 17 Mykjåland • 18 Colombo Nilsen • Coach: Berntsen• 2 Akerhaugen • 3 Lund • 4 Stensland • 5 Giske • 6 Huse • 7 Rønning • 8 S. Gulbrandsen • 9 Herlovsen • 10 Wiik • 11 Larsen Kaurin • 12 Knutsen • 13 Colombo Nilsen • 14 Sandvei • 15 Gardsjord • 16 Thorsnes • 17 Mjelde • 18 Vikestad • 19 Isaksen • 20 Lie • 21 Storløkken • 22 Pedersen • Coach: Berntsen
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- Norwegian women's footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Norway women's international footballers
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Norway
- People from Akershus
- Olympique Lyon female players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Norwegian football biography stubs
- Norwegian women's football biography stubs
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