.jpg) Obaze with thePortland Thorns in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Isabella Bryld Obaze | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-10-30)30 October 2002 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Kolding, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Portland Thorns | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2018 | KoldingQ | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | KoldingQ | 27 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | HB Køge | 35 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | FC Rosengård | 10 | (1) |
| 2024– | Portland Thorns | 34 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Denmark U16 | 5 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Denmark U17 | 13 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Denmark U19 | 8 | (1) |
| 2023 | Denmark U23 | 4 | (1) |
| 2022– | Denmark | 14 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 June 2025 | |||
Isabella Bryld Obaze (born 30 October 2002) is a Danish professionalfootballer who plays as adefender forNational Women's Soccer League (NWSL) clubPortland Thorns and theDenmark national team.
Obaze played in the youth clubs of Danish clubKoldingQ (now called Kolding IF Women) and became a member of the senior team starting in the 2018–2019 season. In December 2020 she transferred toHB Køge, playing there for two years.
In December 2022 she transferred to Swedish clubFC Rosengård.[1] She scored her first goal for Rosengård on Nov. 11, 2023 againstIFK Kalmar.[2]
In January 2024 it was announced that she had been transferred toNWSL teamPortland Thorns FC for the 2024 season.[3]
Her first season with the Thorns, she contested 1,017 minutes across 13 appearances and has appeared in 18 matches with over 1,800 minutes so far in 2025, playing as a starter on the backline.[4]
Obaze was born in Denmark and is ofNigerian descent. She was a youth international for Denmark, participating in the2019 UEFA Under-17 European Championship in Bulgaria.[5] Obaze most recently played for theDenmark national under-19 team at the 2020 La Manga Tournament.[6] She first played for thesenior Denmark team in a friendly against Italy on 16 February 2022 and appeared in fourUEFA Women's Nation's League games in fall 2023 as well as being called up for games in the summer and fall of 2025.[3][7]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 October 2024 | Aalborg Stadium,Aalborg, Denmark |  South Africa | 1–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
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