Asii Berthelsen

Asii Berthelsen
Personal information
Full name Asii Kleist Berthelsen
Date of birth (2004-01-26) 26 January 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Greenland, Denmark
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Fortuna Hjørring
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 GSS 8 (40)
2020- Fortuna Hjørring 28 (0)
2022-2023 → Sundby BK (loan) 12 (0)
Total 48 (40)
International career‡
2020 Denmark U-16 2 (0)
2021- Denmark U-19 17 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 August 2023

Asii Kleist Berthelsen (born 26 January 2004) is a Greenlandic footballer who plays as a forward for Kvindeliga club Fortuna Hjørring and the Denmark women's national under-19 team.[1][2][3]

Club career

In 2018 and 2019, Berthelsen won the Greenland Football Championship with GSS Nuuk. In both years she was top scorer of the tournament.[4][5] She scored a hat trick in the 2018 finale at only 14 years old.[6]

In 2020, Berthelsen signed for Danish top flight side Fortuna Hjørring.[7][8][9][10] In the same year, she was named Greenland Sportsperson of the year by the Greenland Sports Association.[11]

In 2021, Berthelsen became the first Greenlandic player to appear in the UEFA Champions League, playing as a substitute against FC Barcelona in a round of 16 match.[12]

In 2022, she was loaned to Sundby in Denmark,[13] before coming back to Fortuna Hjørring in 2023.

International career

Berthelsen has 13 appearances for the Denmark U-19 team. She scored two goals against Turkey in October 2021.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Et sted mellem drømmen og ingenting blev Grønlands nye fodboldstjerne skabt". dr.dk. 24 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Dansk landstræner har udtaget grønlænder: - Kan sparke en hjørnesofa over Rundetårn". sport.tv2.dk. 11 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Stort fodboldtalent drømmer om at spille i udlandet". sermitsiaq.ag.
  4. ^ https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/groenl-wom2018.html
  5. ^ https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/groenl-wom2019.html
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Stortalentet Asii skifter til dansk fodbold". sermitsiaq.ag. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Nyt kapitel i Grønlands fodboldhistorie". sermitsiaq.ag.
  9. ^ "Ligatræner: Asii kan blive profil i den danske liga". knr.gl.
  10. ^ "Viljestærk grønlænder vil på det danske kvindelandshold". jyllands-posten.dk. 7 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Maligassiuisut: Asii er Årets Idrætsperson | Sermitsiaq.AG". sermitsiaq.ag (in Danish). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Første grønlandske fodboldspiller i Champions League | Sermitsiaq.AG". sermitsiaq.ag (in Danish). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Asii skifter klub på en lejeaftale". sermitsiaq.ag.
  14. ^ "Asii Berthelsen scorer to mål mod Tyrkiet | Sermitsiaq.AG". sermitsiaq.ag (in Danish). Retrieved 22 August 2023.


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