Christina Ørntoft

{{short description|Danish footballer (born 1985)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}

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| name = Christina Ørntoft

| image = Christina Ørntoft 2011-07-31 (2).JPG

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| fullname = Christina Øyangen Ørntoft

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|7|2|df=y}}

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| height = {{height|m=1.72}}

| position = Defender

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| youthclubs1 = Espergærde

| youthclubs2 = Lillerød

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| years2 = 2008

| years3 = 2008–2012

| years4 = 2012–2013

| clubs1 = Skovlunde IF

| clubs2 = Brøndby IF

| clubs3 = LdB FC Malmö

| clubs4 = Brøndby IF

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| caps3 = 41

| goals3 = 3

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| nationalyears1 = 2005–2013

| nationalteam1= Denmark

| nationalcaps1= 67

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| ntupdate = 12:20, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

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Christina Øyangen Ørntoft (born 2 July 1985) is a Danish former football defender. She most recently played for Elitedivisionen club Brøndby IF and the 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.{{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}}

Swedish Damallsvenskan club LdB FC Malmö signed Ørntoft during their 2008 season, after an injury to regular centre back Malin Levenstad.{{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 }} After playing with Skovlunde and, briefly, Brøndby in her homeland, Ørntoft had already acquired the nickname "Carlos" after Brazilian footballer Roberto Carlos. She would commute to Malmö from Copenhagen, where she had an apartment, boyfriend and was studying at University of Copenhagen.{{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}} After four years at LdB FC Malmö – disrupted by the injuries – she returned to Brøndby IF in December 2012. In December 2013 she announced a break from football and moved into a youth coaching role with Brøndby due to her pregnancy.{{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 }}

She was named in national coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.{{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}}