Kathrine Møller Kühl
Kathrine Møller Kühl (born 5 July 2003) is a Danish football midfielder who plays for Women's Super League club Arsenal. In 2021 she won her first cap for the Denmark national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kathrine Møller Kühl | ||
Date of birth | 5 July 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Hillerød, Denmark | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Arsenal | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008-2017 | Hillerød Fodbold | ||
2018-2020 | Nordsjælland | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2023 | Nordsjælland | 79 | (5) |
2023– | Arsenal | 13 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Denmark U/16 | 2 | (0) |
2019 | Denmark U/17 | 14 | (2) |
2020 | Denmark U/19 | 3 | (0) |
2021– | Denmark | 21 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:10, 10 December 2022 (UTC) |
Club career
Møller Kühl joined Hillerød Fodbold at five years old, and remained with the club for nine years. She joined FC Nordsjælland in 2018.[1] She made her debut against FC Thy-Thisted Q, and she has since been a regular part of the team's starting line-up.[2] In July 2020, she was named Cup Fighter of the Year when FC Nordsjælland won the 2019–20 Danish Cup. After the match, she was highly praised by several media outlets for her good performance and was also compared to the Danish national team star Pernille Harder.[3][4] The same season she also helped win bronze for the team, in the club's first season in the league.[5]
Arsenal announced the signing of Møller Kühl on 7 January 2023.[6] On 26 January, she made her Arsenal debut, coming off the bench in the 67th minute in the FA Women's League Cup quarterfinal game against Aston Villa.[7]
International career
Her first call-up to the U/17 national team was on 28 February 2019, against Norway in Silkeborg. Her team won 5-2.[8] She substituted in the 46th minute as a replacement for Sofie Bredgaard. She took part in the 2019 U/17 European Championship in Bulgaria,[9] where the team did not progress from the group stage. Kühl officially played two games at the tournament. She has officially played 19 U-national matches, most recently in March 2020.
In March 2021, she was selected by national coach Lars Søndergaard for the senior national team for a friendly match against Wales, in a 1–1 friendly draw at Cardiff City Stadium.[10] She was an 81st-minute substitute for Emma Snerle.[11] She was in the squad for the subsequent friendlies, where she also started in the starting line-up, in Denmark's 3-2 win over Australia.[12]
International goals
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 25 November 2021 | Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
References
- "Kathrine Møller Kühl". Right to Dream Academy. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- "FC Nordsjælland skriver kontrakt med tre unge stortalenter". kvindeliga.dk. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- "FC Nordsjælland vinder dramatisk pokalfinale i fodbold". DR (in Danish). 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- "Den næste Harder? Ung pokalfighter kan 'gå hele vejen', hvis hun vil". DR (in Danish). 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- "FC Nordsjælland vinder bronze i Kvindeligaen". DR (in Danish). 2020-06-20. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- "Kathrine Kuhl joins Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- "Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa: Player ratings as Gunners ease into Continental Cup semi finals". 90min.com. 2023-01-26. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- DBU. "Landsholdsdatabasen". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- Trolle, Steen (2019-04-11). "20 spillere udtaget til U17-EM i Bulgarien". Fodbold for piger (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- Larsen, Simon Nykvist (2021-03-24). "Kathrine Kühl er udtaget til A-landsholdet". FC Nordsjælland (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2021-07-17. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- "Kühl efter A-landsholdsdebut: Måtte slå mig selv tre gange i hovedet" (in Danish). FC Nordsjælland. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- Trolle, Steen (2021-04-08). "Kathrine Møller Kühl på A-landsholdet: Det er kæmpestort". Fodbold for piger (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- Sanders, Emma (5 March 2023). "Arsenal 3–1 Chelsea: Gunners fight back to win Women's League Cup final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 March 2023.