Biography
Andreas Kristensen is a Danish football player, one of the best players of the European Championship - 2020. Shy and wounded defender, who has polished the bench in Chelsea for a long time, revealed under the leadership of Thomas Tuchiel. The fans immediately dubbed the number 4 "Danish Paolo Maldini" and prophesy to him the rank of English football star.Childhood and youth
On April 10, 1996, in the town of Lilleria, located at half an hour from the capital of Denmark, in the family of Kristensen Wall and his wife Tina born her son. The boy was called Andreas Bedtker. He has a brother Magnus, who also became a football player, and the sister of Melissa.
The head of the family was a goalkeeper, in 1992 defended the Gate of the Danish "Brondby" instead of Peter Schmeyhel, when Togi signed "Red Devils". When Andreas was born, the walls hung on a nail gloves and began to train future goalkeepers.
A boy with a diaper raised a football player: he studied walking, kicking the ball in front of him. When Andreas was 4, the father led him to FC Birkerod, where he worked at that time. In the club, the son of the coach played on the positions of the attacker and the left Winger.
In 2004, Lilleria's native was invited to watch Brøndby - a club, which was proud of such talented graduates as Mikael and Brian Laudrouds and Daniel Agger. Andreas did not believe his happiness: he couldn't dream at that moment. The next 8 years, the boy was engaged in the Club Academy. A special influence on him was the coach Niels Nielsen, who translated an athlete from the center of the field closer to the gate - to the defense.
Football
Talented Centerdef "Bondby" attracted the attention of the best European clubs, such as Bavaria, Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea. In February 2012, 16-year-old Viking as a free agent moved to Stamford Bridge."I chose Chelsea, because they play that football that I like."On May 13, 2013, the Danish defender was included in the main composition in the match against Everton, but did not come out on the field. In the summer of the same year, Kristensen went with Chelsea for the pre-season tour of the United States and signed the first contract with the "pensioners".
In 2014, the footballer became the champion of the youth premier League and the owner of the Youth Cup of England.
On October 28, 2014, Viking debut for the "blue": Kristensen won the entire match at the position of the right defender in the 4th round of the League Cup against the "Shrewsbury Town". Two goals scored brought Chelsea victory.
In 2015, Kristensen was rented by Borussia Menchengladbach for 2 years, where Dane played 62 matches and noted 5 scored goals.
On August 12, 2017, after a biennial lease in Borussia, Kristensen returned to Stamford Bridge with one of the most promising defenders of Germany. At that time, the "blue" steering Antonio Corte, and the year was extremely unsuccessful: for the first time in 20 years, Chelsea missed the UEFA Champions League season. However, Kristensen showed himself one of the best players of Londoners, outstanding from the starting lineup of Brazilian David Luis.
The successes of the Dane were noticed: in the winter transfer window he was offered a new contract, calculated until 2022. The painted defender in an interview was shared by plans for the future, but they were not destined to come true - Kristensen's football biography overshadowed a black strip. In January 2018, due to the injury of the head and hips, the defender was written for a month in Lazarut, but, not having time to recover, slightly with poisoning. A series of injury led to the fact that Kontte ceased to put the centerdef into the main composition and did not even include in the application for the Final of the Cup of England against the Mancunians.
At the 2018 World Cup, as part of the Denmark Denmark, Kristensen reached ⅛ finals and showed a good game, but the place in the main composition of Chelsea lost. Maurizio Sarry, who took the coaching bridge in July 2018, did not see the potential in the Dance. For the first time on the field in the 2018/19 season, Kristensen came out only on December 5 in the match against "Wolverhampton", which Londoners lost.
Rose Viking (height 188 cm, weight 81 kg) Interested in Dortmund "Borussia", Munich "Bavaria" and Juventus, but Londoners did not let go of a football player even for rent.
In July 2019, Chelsea headed the Best Club Scorer in his entire history of Frank Lampard. However, the changes in the manual did not benefit Kristensen's career: at first the coach was watching 4 in Chelsea number and released on the field, but I could not find an approach to the vane defender. Therefore, Andreas firmly prescribed on the reserve bench.
The arrival of Thomas Tuchiel in January 2021 became for "Chelsea" by a sip of fresh air. Kristensen, who, with Franke Lampard, practically did not play, began to go in the main composition and demonstrate a confident game in defense. The fans who have written off the defender from the bills still yesterday did not believe their eyes and called the guy the second Mateo Kovachic.
Personal life
Andreas Kristensen has long been happy in his personal life. The football player consists in a long relationship with the Bikini-model Catherine Fries. On Stamford Bridge, the Dane is always in the forefront. Couple often travels together and prefers rest in warm countries, for example in Greece, Thailand or Maldives.
The fans mistakenly believed that Katrin was the wife of Andreas Kristensen, however, the pair had not yet brought the union officially. At Christmas 2020, the model posted a diamond rings in the "Instagram", heated rumors about engagement.
Andreas Kristensen now
In the 2021, Andreas Kristensen as part of the Danish national team became the semifinalist of the European Championship - 2020. In the match with England, the defender was injured and early left the field, without reptile her tears.The inspiring breakthrough of the Danish Dynamite at Euro 2020 and the confident game of Kristensen, recognized by the Best Player of the Russian Federation - Denmark, did not remain unnoticed. Tuchiel was definitely not going to release a talented defender, the contract was expired in 2022, and proposed a new agreement.
The legend of "Red Devils" Rio Ferdinand said:
"Kristensen opened for me on the other side. His team flew out of the tournament, but Andreas should be pleased with his national team. It was nice to watch his game, and I really hope that his injury turned out to be frozen. The Chelsea defender showed the mentality of the warrior, he was the leader of his team on the field, and this is what is needed by his club. "Achievements
- 2013/14 - Champion of the Youth Premier League with Chelsea
- 2014 - owner of the Youth Cup of England with Chelsea
- 2015 - Football League Cup winner with Chelsea
- 2015 - Winner of the Youth League UEFA with Chelsea
- 2015 - Talent of the Year in Denmark with Chelsea
- 2017/18 - winner of the Cup of England with Chelsea
- 2018/19 - UEFA European League Winner with Chelsea
- 2020/21 - Winner of the UEFA Champions League with Chelsea