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Anja Heiner-Møller

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Anja Heiner-Møller
Personal information
Full name Anja Heiner-Møller
Birth name Anja Møller
Date of birth (1978-05-11) 11 May 1978 (age 46)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Hillerød GI
2001–2003 Odense BK
2003–2004 Brøndby IF
International career
1994 Denmark U17 7 (1)
1995–1999 Denmark U21 30 (5)
1999–2001 Denmark 7 (0)
Managerial career
2015 Lyngby Boldklub (academy)
2015–2017 FC Helsingør (academy)
2018–2020 Whitecaps FC Girls Elite (academy)
2018–2020 North Shore Girls SC (academy)
2000 BSF (women)
2020–2022 FC Nordsjælland U18 (women)
2020–2022 Denmark U16 (women) (assistant)
2022–2024 Denmark U19 (women)
2025– Vancouver Rise FC (women)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anja Heiner-Møller (née Møller; born 11 May 1978) is a Danish football coach and former player who currently serves as head coach of Canadian club Vancouver Rise FC of the Northern Super League.

Club career

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During her playing career, Heiner-Møller played with Hillerød GI, Odense BK, and Brøndby IF accumulating over 250 career appearances.[1]

International career

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Heiner-Møller represented Denmark at international level, accumulating 44 appearances from U16 to senior level, including playing at the UEFA Women's Euro 2001.[1]

Coaching career

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From 2015 to 2017, she worked as a girls academy coach with Lyngby Boldklub and FC Helsingør.[2]

Between 2018 and 2020, she worked in Canada serving as an academy coach with both Vancouver Whitecaps FC and North Shore Girls SC.[3]

In September 2020, she returned to Denmark and became the head coach of the BSF first team in the second tier.[4]

In December 2020, she became the head coach of the FC Nordsjælland U18 women's team, also serving as an assistant with Denmark women's U16 team.[5]

In July 2022, Heiner-Møller became the head coach of the Denmark women's U19 team.[6] In November 2024, she announced she would step down as the U19 head coach at the end of 2024 to pursue a new opportunity abroad.[7]

In November 2024, she was announced as the first head coach for Vancouver Rise FC of the Northern Super League, ahead of the inaugural 2025 season.[3]

Personal life

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Heiner-Møller is the wife of fellow Danish football coach Kenneth Heiner-Møller.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Vancouver Rise FC Announce Anja Heiner-Møller as First Head Coach". Northern Super League. 21 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Anja Heiner-Møller LinkedIn profile". LinkedIn.
  3. ^ a b "Vancouver Rise FC hires Anja Heiner-Moller as first head coach". Sportsnet. 21 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Ny cheftræner til Kvindeholdet" [New head coach for the Women's team]. Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold (in Danish). 14 September 2020.
  5. ^ Tejwani, Karan (10 May 2022). "Analysing The Rise of Women's Football in Denmark". Breaking the Lines.
  6. ^ Trolle, Steen (28 April 2022). "DBU hyrer Anja Heiner-Møller og Kristine Pedersen som nye U-landstrænere" [DBU hires Anja Heiner-Møller and Kristine Pedersen as new U-national coaches]. Fodbold For Piger.
  7. ^ "Anja Heiner-Møller stopper som landstræner for U19-landsholdet" [Anja Heiner-Møller is stepping down as national coach for the U19 national team]. Fodbold For Piger (in Danish). 13 November 2024.
  8. ^ Jensen, Anders. "Dansker får stort job: Klub har kun syv spillere" [Danes get big job: Club only has seven players]. Tipsbladet (in Danish).
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