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{{short description|Danish footballer (born 1985)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Christina Ørntoft
| image = Christina Ørntoft 2011-07-31 (2).JPG
| image_size = 220
| caption = Ørntoft in 2011
| fullname = Christina Øyangen Ørntoft
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|7|2|df=y}}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| height = {{height|m=1.72}}
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1=
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs1 = Espergærde
| youthclubs2 = Lillerød
| years1=
| years2 = 2008
| years3 = 2008–2012
| years4 = 2012–2013
| clubs1 = [[Skovlunde IF]]
| clubs2 = [[Brøndby IF (women)|Brøndby IF]]
| clubs3 = [[FC Rosengård|LdB FC Malmö]]
| clubs4 = [[Brøndby IF (women)|Brøndby IF]]
| caps1=
| goals1 =
| caps2=
| goals2 =
| caps3 = 41
| goals3 = 3
| caps4=
| goals4 =
| nationalyears1 = 2005–2013
| nationalteam1= [[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]]
| nationalcaps1= 67
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| ntupdate = 12:20, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
}}

'''Christina Øyangen Ørntoft''' (born 2 July 1985) is a [[Danes|Danish]] former [[football defender]]. She most recently played for [[Elitedivisionen]] club [[Brøndby IF (women)|Brøndby IF]] and the [[Denmark women's national football team|Danish national team]].

In 2009, Ørntoft suffered an [[anterior cruciate ligament injury]], which ruled her out of [[UEFA Women's Euro 2009]]. She re-injured the same knee in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.damfotboll.com/nyheter/2011/08/christina-orntoft-korsbandsskadad-igen|title=Christina Ørntoft korsbandsskadad igen!|date=11 August 2011|accessdate=13 July 2013|work=Damfotboll.com|language=Swedish}}</ref>

Swedish [[Damallsvenskan]] club [[FC Rosengård|LdB FC Malmö]] signed Ørntoft during their 2008 season, after an injury to regular [[centre back]] [[Malin Levenstad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skanskan.se/article/20080630/FOTBOLL/60281793/-/ldb-malmo-varvar-dansk-landslagsspelare|title=LDB Malmö värvar dansk landslagsspelare|date=30 June 2008|accessdate=13 July 2013|publisher=Skånska Dagbladet|language=Swedish|first=Torsten|last=Swenell }}</ref> After playing with Skovlunde and, briefly, Brøndby in her homeland, Ørntoft had already acquired the [[nickname]] "Carlos" after Brazilian footballer [[Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos]]. She would commute to [[Malmö]] from [[Copenhagen]], where she had an apartment, [[boyfriend]] and was studying at [[University of Copenhagen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itsawomensworld.se/ldb-fc/truppen/christina-oyangen-orntoft|title=13. Christina Öyangen Örntoft|accessdate=13 July 2013|work=Itsawomensworld.se|publisher=[[FC Rosengård]]|language=Swedish|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130713102048/http://www.itsawomensworld.se/ldb-fc/truppen/christina-oyangen-orntoft|archive-date=13 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> After four years at LdB FC Malmö, disrupted by the injuries, she returned to [[Brøndby IF (women)|Brøndby IF]] in December 2012. In December 2013, she announced a break from football and moved into a youth [[Coach (sports)|coaching]] role with Brøndby due to her [[pregnancy]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Frivillig pause til Christina Ørntoft|url=http://www.brondbyif.net/Frivillig%20pause%20til%20Christina%20%C3%98rntoft_news112826.aspx|accessdate=5 September 2015|publisher=[[Brøndby IF]]|date=13 December 2013|language=Danish}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

She was named in national [[Coach (sports)|coach]] [[Kenneth Heiner-Møller]]'s squad for [[UEFA Women's Euro 2013]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/020a-0e1416d60e73-ef0048a5dc34-1000--upbeat-heiner-moller-confirms-denmark-squad/|title=Upbeat Heiner-Møller confirms Denmark squad|date=21 June 2013|access-date=13 July 2013|work=[[UEFA]]|first=Peter|last=Bruun}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Denmark Squad 2007 Women's World Cup}}
{{Denmark squad 2013 UEFA Women's European Championship}}

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[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Danish Women's League players]]
[[Category:Danish women's footballers]]
[[Category:Denmark women's international footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden]]
[[Category:FC Rosengård players]]
[[Category:Damallsvenskan players]]
[[Category:Brøndby IF (women) players]]
[[Category:Women's association football defenders]]
[[Category:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players]]
[[Category:Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold (women) players]]
[[Category:21st-century Danish sportswomen]]

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