Women's Super League champions Manchester City have signed Denmark international Nadia Nadim.
The
29-year-old Afghanistan-born forward will join City in January, after
finishing the season with her current club, Portland Thorns, in the
United States. Nadim was part of the Danish squad who were beaten in the final of Euro 2017 by hosts Netherlands.
"I always wanted to come back to Europe to play for a big team," she said.
"I'm honoured to join Man City because it's one of the biggest clubs in Europe. Being a part of that and contributing to the goals they have is a dream come true."
Nadim fled her home country with her mother and four sisters at the age of 12. "When the Taliban gained power, my dad was executed so that made us flee the country," she explained.
They arrived at a refugee camp in Denmark, where she first started playing football, and she now has 74 international caps and 22 goals for her adoptive country.
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