Asii Berthelsen

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

Asii Berthelsen
Personal information
Full name Asii Kleist Berthelsen
Date of birth (2004-01-26) 26 January 2004
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

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. https://sermitsiaq.ag/node/207567
  7. "Stortalentet Asii skifter til dansk fodbold". sermitsiaq.ag.
  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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