Christian Dannemann Eriksen was born on 14 February 1992 in Middelfart, on the Danish island of Funen, and came through the town club, Middelfart G&BK, where he played from 1995 to 2005. He then spent three years in the youth teams of Odense Boldklub before Ajax signed him in October 2008. A creative midfielder, he went on to play for Ajax, Tottenham Hotspur, Inter, Brentford, Manchester United and VfL Wolfsburg, and he won 151 caps for Denmark up to June 2026.
Ajax and three Eredivisie titles
Eriksen made his first-team debut for Ajax in January 2010, in a 1-1 Eredivisie draw with NAC Breda. That spring he was part of the side that won the 2009-10 KNVB Cup, beating Feyenoord 6-1 on aggregate in the final. With Frank de Boer in charge from December 2010, Ajax won three league titles in a row, in 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13, and Eriksen was a fixture in midfield. In 2011 he received the Johan Cruyff Trophy as the Eredivisie's best young player and the club's Marco van Basten Award as Talent of the Year. In all he played 162 matches and scored 32 goals for Ajax.
Seven seasons at Tottenham
On 30 August 2013 Tottenham Hotspur announced his signing for a reported fee of around £11 million. He was voted the club's Player of the Year in his first season, 2013-14, and again in 2016-17. Spurs reached the League Cup final in 2015, losing 2-0 to Chelsea at Wembley on 1 March, and he was named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year for 2017-18. The high point of the period was the run to the 2019 Champions League final in Madrid, lost 2-0 to Liverpool. Eriksen left north London in January 2020 after 305 appearances and 69 goals.
Inter and the collapse in Copenhagen
Inter signed him on 28 January 2020. He played in the Europa League final that August, which Sevilla won 3-2 in Cologne, and the following season he was part of the squad that won the 2020-21 Serie A title, Inter's first league championship since 2010. On 12 June 2021, in Denmark's opening match of Euro 2020 against Finland at Parken in Copenhagen, he collapsed in the 42nd minute after a cardiac arrest and was resuscitated on the pitch by medical staff. He was then fitted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), a device Italian regulations do not allow in professional football, and Inter announced his departure on 17 December 2021. He left the club with 60 appearances and eight goals.
Brentford and Manchester United
Brentford signed him on 31 January 2022, and on 26 February he made his comeback as a substitute against Newcastle United, 259 days after his cardiac arrest. He played 11 games and scored once before joining Manchester United, who announced his arrival on 15 July 2022. Under Erik ten Hag he won the 2022-23 EFL Cup, although injury kept him out of the final, and the 2023-24 FA Cup, after a 2-1 win over Manchester City at Wembley on 25 May 2024. In 2023 he received the Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year. United also reached the 2024-25 Europa League final, which they lost to Tottenham. His last game for the club came on 25 May 2025, a 2-0 win over Aston Villa in which he scored a penalty, taking his record to 107 appearances and eight goals.
Denmark national team
Eriksen made his senior debut for Denmark in a friendly against Austria in March 2010 and was the youngest player at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. He went on to play at Euro 2012, the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Euro 2020, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and Euro 2024, where he scored against Slovenia in Stuttgart on 16 June 2024, three years after his collapse in Copenhagen. Danish football named him its Talent of the Year in 2010 and 2011. Up to June 2026 he had played 151 internationals and scored 46 goals for his country.
Wolfsburg
On 10 September 2025 he joined VfL Wolfsburg, making his Bundesliga debut on 21 September in a 1-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund. He made 34 appearances and scored three goals for the German club. In June 2026 he collapsed again during a Denmark friendly against Ukraine, and his defibrillator delivered a shock that revived him. On 23 September 2026 Wolfsburg and Eriksen agreed to part ways at the player's request, so that he could return to Denmark to be close to his family.
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