Merel van Dongen

Merel van Dongen
Personal information
Full name Merel Didi van Dongen[1]
Date of birth (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Real Betis
Youth career
2012–2014 Alabama Crimson Tide
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Ter Leede
2011–2012 ADO 10 (2)
2015–2018 AFC Ajax 10 (0)
2018– Real Betis 0 (0)
National team‡
2015– Netherlands 19 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:07, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 March 2018

Merel Didi van Dongen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmeːrəl ˈdidi vɑn ˈdɔŋən]; born 11 February 1993) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder who plays for Spanish club Real Betis and the Netherlands women's national team.[2]

Club career

She played for Ter Leede and ADO Den Haag before going to the United States where she played for Alabama Crimson Tide. She returned to the Netherlands in 2015 and signed with AFC Ajax.[3]

International career

As a junior international she played the 2010 and 2011 U-19 European Championships.[4]

Van Dongen made her senior Netherlands women's national football team debut in a 7–0 friendly win over Thailand on 7 February 2015.[3] She was one of the last three players to be cut from national team coach Roger Reijners' final squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[5] When Mandy van den Berg subsequently suffered knee ligament damage, Van Dongen was called up as a late replacement.[6] She was also part of the Dutch squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[1]

International goals

Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.[7]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.20 May 2015Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands Estonia3–07–0Friendly

Honours

ADO Den Haag
Ajax

Dutch National Football Team

References

  1. 1 2 "List of Players - Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 16. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Merel van Dongen". VrouwenvoetbalNederland.NL. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Last-gasp Rudelic grabs victory for Germany. UEFA
  5. ↑ "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  6. ↑ Scholten, Berend (1 July 2013). "Van Dongen replaces Van den Berg for Oranje". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast" (in Dutch). nu.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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