Gitte Krogh

Gitte Krogh
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-05-13) 13 May 1977
Place of birth Horsens, Denmark
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]
Position Forward
Youth career
Stensballe IK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1998 HEI Aarhus
1998–2001 OB
International career
1994–2001 Denmark 90 (46)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gitte Krogh (born 13 May 1977) is a Danish former football forward. She was part of the Denmark women's national football team.

She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, playing three matches.[2]

After playing for Denmark in their 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2001 semi-final defeat by Sweden, Krogh made a shock retirement from football at the age of 24.[3][4]

International career

Krogh made her debut for the senior Denmark team as a 17-year-old, in a 1–0 friendly defeat by the Netherlands in Hoogezand on 14 September 1994. She scored three goals at the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup,[1] and a tournament preview of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup on the SoccerTimes.com website described her as a "top striker".[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "KROGH Gitte". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 October 2000. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  2. ^ Women's Olympic Rosters Archived 2016-04-04 at the Wayback Machine Soccer America, 18 July 1996
  3. ^ "Slutar efter 89 landskamper i följd" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 2 August 2001. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Gitte Krogh stopper" (in Danish). Fyens Stiftstidende. 26 July 2001. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  5. ^ "USA 1999: Denmark". SoccerTimes.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2025.


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