After his contract at Chelsea ended in the summer of 2022, The 26-year-old Danish defender Andreas Christensen joined Barcelona on a free transfer in order to strengthen the Defense. After his fellow teammate at Chelsea, Antonio Rudiger joined Real Madrid the arch-rivals of FC Barcelona, many culers spoke ill about this transfer and expressed that the Barcelona board should have signed Rudiger instead of the Danishman, Andreas Christensen.
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Youth Career and Clubs
Christensen started his youth career at IF Skjold Birkeröd youth (2000-2004) and then he moved on to Bröndby IF Youth. In 2012 he arrived at Chelsea FC U18. He played at Chelsea until he was sent on loan in the 15/16 season to Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga. Andreas Christensen returned to Chelsea in 2017 and played for the senior team until his Barcelona move in 2022.
National Team Career
Andreas Christensen made his debut for the Denmark national team in 2015 against Montenegro in a friendly where he came on as a sub. Christensen made 62 appearances for the Danish national team while scoring 3 goals. He participated in 3 major tournaments for Denmark along the way ( 2018 world cup, 2021 Euros, 2022 World Cup)
Career Honors and Achievements
1x U21 Premier League Champion
1x UEFA Youth League Winner
1x English League Cup
1x English FA Cup
1x UEFA Champions League
1x UEFA Super Cup
1x UEFA Europa League
1x FIFA Club World Cup
1x Spanish Super Cup
Andreas Christensen dey under-rated🔵❗️
— Jus T Ice (@cfcjustice) June 9, 2021
Hin don win major trophies for #Chelsea. #CIP 🔵💥 pic.twitter.com/HMRSsKDZ04
Our Thoughts
Despite all the negativity, Andreas Christensen made his debut for FC Barcelona on the 13th of August 2022 against Rayo Vallecano which ended in a goalless draw. He played 7 laliga matches so far for Barcelona and hardly ever kept a wrong foot in any of the matches.
❗️| Andreas Christensen has surprised the squad positively. He will make his debut tonight. [@HelenaCondis] pic.twitter.com/HVzXpi57aj
— La Senyera (@LaSenyera) July 19, 2022
Up until this day, Andreas Christensen played very well for FC Barcelona, he never complained about his game time, performed at a great level when he was called on and he has been a team player for FC Barcelona.
Ronald Araujo and Jules Kounde might have the limelight on them this season but Andreas Christensen is as important as Araujo and Kounde for the success of FC Barcelona.
In the recent laliga match against Atletico de Madrid , Christensen once again dropped a masterclass of a performance to help the defense keep a clean sheet. Ronald Araujo’s excellent performance overshadowed Christensen. But the culers who have seen what he is capable of praised the Danish defender highly.
In the recent cup triumph over the arch-rivals Real Madrid, once again Andreas Christensen shined as the Catalans won 3-1 in Riyadh to claim the Spanish Super Cup. Christensen outperformed his former Chelsea teammate Antonio Rudiger and showed those who doubted him that the Barcelona board made the correct decision in signing him in the summer.
Proving to the haters up until now that he is more than capable of playing for Blaugrana, Andreas Christensen will be a great asset that Xavi possess in his squad, if we were to win major titles Andreas Christensen alongside Ronald Araujo, Jules Kounde and Alejandro Balde would be the key factors to solidifying that defense which was a nightmare for FC Barcelona in the recent seasons.
We hope that this core of young and exciting players would give us Culers much happiness in the near future.
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