Burnley complete transfer of Peru defender Oliver Sonne, 24… whose auntie is a world famous supermodel
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BURNLEY have signed defender Oliver Sonne from Danish outfit Silkeborg. The Peru right-back becomes Clarets boss Scott Parker’s first signing of the January window and has penned a four-and-a-half-year deal. Sonne, 24, is the nephew of supermodel Helena Christensen and played more than 100 times in Denmark’s top flight.
![[Oliver Sonne has signed for Championship side Burnley]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/oliver-sonne-peru-walks-field-960772125.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
After his reveal on New Year's Eve, he said: "I’m super excited!. "To be here and experience the club and the facilities . . . it’s mind-blowing. "It’s a massive club with great ambitions. "The ambition is to go back up to the Premier League and I will fight to make that happen.".
![[The Peruvian is hoping to help the Clarets back to the Premier League]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-group-match-argentina-peru-960772138.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
Christensen, 56, is a former Miss Universe Denmark. She won the crown in 1986, going on to represent Denmark at the Miss Universe pageant later that year. Helena launched a pro modelling career and has since fronted magazines including Vogue, Elle, and Tatler.
![[The right-back's aunt is world-renowned supermodel Helena Christensen]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/helena-christensen-seen-wearing-saint-872160847.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
FOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS. She is also a former Victoria's Secret Angel. Christensen was even named as one of the Magnificent Seven alongside Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell and Elle McPherson in the mid-1990s. Sonne has previously followed in his aunt's footsteps, modelling for Gucci and Armani.
![[Christensen is a former Victoria's Secret Angel]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/picture-shows-full-length-shot-809244096.jpg?strip=all&w=632)
He said: " I had a period where I did it a lot [of modelling]. "I did some really cool things abroad with some of the top brands that we young people buy for a lot of money. "So it was a lot of fun trying to be on that side of it all.". Sonne joins Burnley with the club third in the Championship, three points off Sheffield United in second.
![[She won the Miss Universe Denmark crown in 1986]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/NINTCHDBPICT000770622040.jpg?strip=all&w=620)
