Desiree van Lunteren

Desiree van Lunteren
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-12-30) 30 December 1992
Place of birth Almere, Netherlands
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 SC Freiburg
Number 23
Youth career
Sv Almere
Sv Buiten Boys
AS'80
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 AZ 36 (5)
2011–2012 Telstar 16 (4)
2012–2018 AFC Ajax 166 (67)
2018– SC Freiburg 0 (0)
National team‡
2012– Netherlands 62 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 November 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2018

Desiree van Lunteren (Dutch pronunciation: [deːsiˈreː vɑn ˈlɵntərə(n)]; born 30 December 1992) is a Dutch footballer. She plays as a midfielder for SC Freiburg[2] and the Netherlands national team.[3]

Club career

She played for AZ Alkmaar and Telstar in the Eredivisie before moving to AFC Ajax in 2012 to play in the first season of the BeNe League. In 2018, a personal sponsor helped her move to SC Freiburg after 6 years and 166 matches at Ajax[4][5].

International career

Van Lunteren was handed her first senior national team cap by coach Roger Reijners on 15 February 2012, in a 2–1 friendly defeat to France in Nîmes.[6][7]

She was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[8]

She was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[9] Van Lunteren started 5 of the team's 6 games at the tournament and helped the team win the tournament. She assisted a goal in the final before being subbed off in the 57th minute.

Honours

Club

AZ Alkmaar
AFC Ajax

International

Netherlands

References

  1. ↑ 2015 World Cup
  2. ↑ "Desiree van Lunteren (@dvlunteren) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  3. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sponsor koopt contract Desiree van Lunteren (Ajax Vrouwen) af voor Duits avontuur – Het Amsterdamsche Voetbal". www.hetamsterdamschevoetbal.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  5. ↑ "Ajacied Desiree van Lunteren naar SC Freiburg – Sport – PAROOL". Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  6. ↑ "Desiree van Lunteren" (in Dutch). Vrouwenvoetbal Nederland. 22 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-06. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". uefa.com. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl. 14 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast" (in Dutch). nu.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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