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Isabella Bryld Obaze

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Isabella Obaze
Obaze with the Portland Thorns in 2024
Personal information
Full name Isabella Bryld Obaze
Date of birth (2002-10-30) 30 October 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Kolding, Denmark
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Portland Thorns
Number 5
Youth career
2017–2018 KoldingQ
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 KoldingQ 27 (0)
2020–2022 HB Køge 35 (0)
2022–2023 FC Rosengård 10 (1)
2024– Portland Thorns 3 (0)
International career
2018 Denmark U16 5 (1)
2018–2019 Denmark U17 13 (0)
2019–2020 Denmark U19 8 (1)
2023 Denmark U23 4 (1)
2022– Denmark 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 April 2024

Isabella Bryld Obaze (born 30 October 2002) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Portland Thorns and the Denmark national team.

Club career

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Obaze played in the youth clubs of Danish club KoldingQ (now called Kolding IF Women) and became a member of the senior team starting in the 2018–2019 season. In December 2020 she transferred to HB Køge, playing there for two years.

In December 2022 she transferred to Swedish club FC Rosengård.[1] She scored her first goal for Rosengård on Nov. 11, 2023 against IFK Kalmar.[2]

In January 2024 it was announced that she had been transferred to NWSL team Portland Thorns FC for the 2024 season.[3]

International career

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Obaze was born in Denmark and is of Nigerian descent. She was a youth international for Denmark, participating in the 2019 UEFA Under-17 European Championship in Bulgaria.[4] Obaze most recently played for the Denmark national under-19 team at the 2020 La Manga Tournament.[5] She first played for the senior Denmark team in a friendly against Italy on Feb. 16, 2022 and appeared in four UEFA Women's Nation's League games in fall 2023.[3][6]

International goals

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 25 October 2024 Aalborg Stadium, Aalborg, Denmark  South Africa 1–0 5–0 Friendly

References

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  1. ^ "Isabella Bryld Obaze (FC Rosengård) – Player profile". Forza Football. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Isabella Bryld Obaze – stats, career and market value". FotMob. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Portland Thorns FC acquire 21-year-old Danish defender Isabella Obaze". Portland Thorns FC. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  4. ^ "20 spillere udtaget til U17-EM i Bulgarien". fodboldforpiger.dk. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Isabella Bryld Obaze DR Player ID". DR. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Isabella Bryld Obaze". UEFA Women's Nations League. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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