Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen

{{short description|Danish footballer and journalist (born 1975)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1975|11|6}}

| birth_place = Horsens, Denmark

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| position = Midfielder

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| years1 = 1990–1992

| years2 = 1993

| years3 = 1994–2000

| years4 = 2001

| years5 = 2002–2004

| years6 = 2004–2007

| clubs1 = Horsens FC

| clubs2 = Vejle BK

| clubs3 = HEI

| clubs4 = New York Power

| clubs5 = IK Skovbakken

| clubs6 = Brøndby IF (women)

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| nationalyears1= 1993–2007

| nationalteam1= Denmark

| nationalcaps1= 118

| nationalgoals1 = 26

| ntupdate = 18 December 2007

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Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen (born 6 November 1975) is a Danish former football midfielder and journalist. She most recently played for Brøndby and won over 100 caps for the Danish national team.

After the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup she and her Danish teammates accused the Chinese hosts of harassment and covert surveillance prior to China's first round match against Denmark. When FIFA refused to investigate Eggers Nielsen publicly related the matter to wider allegations of corrupt practices within FIFA.{{cite web|url=http://www.information.dk/164029|title=OL er en krejler, der fascinerer og provokerer|publisher=information.dk |accessdate=2012-02-13|language=Danish|author=Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen|date=20 August 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/grant_wahl/08/01/denmark/1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080805093028/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/grant_wahl/08/01/denmark/1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 August 2008|title=Danish coach accuses Chinese of spying at 2007 Women's World Cup |accessdate=2012-02-13|author=Grant Wahl|publisher=Sports Illustrated|date=1 August 2008}} She retired from international football in January 2008.{{cite web|url=http://forsiden.3f.dk/article/20080110/FODBOLD/423006511&profile=2140|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709225427/http://forsiden.3f.dk/article/20080110/FODBOLD/423006511&profile=2140|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 July 2012|title=Anne stopper på landsholdet|publisher=3f.dk|accessdate=2012-02-13|language=Danish|author=Helle Møller Riis|date=10 January 2008}}

After training as a journalist, in 2011 Eggers Nielsen contributed to a biography of former teammate Katrine Pedersen.{{cite web|url=http://tema.3f.dk/article/20110504/FODBOLD/110509938/1862/fodboldportal&template=fodboldportal |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714210107/http://tema.3f.dk/article/20110504/FODBOLD/110509938/1862/fodboldportal&template=fodboldportal |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2012 |title=Landsholdsduo bag ny bold-biografi |publisher=3f.dk |accessdate=2012-02-13 |language=Danish |author=Helle Møller Riis |date=4 May 2011 }}