Chantal de Ridder

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Chantal de Ridder
Personal information
Full nameChantal Alida Maria de Ridder[1]
Date of birth (1989-01-19) 19 January 1989
Place of birthLeiden, Netherlands
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubAjax
Number21
Youth career
19942001Ter Leede
20012006Foreholte
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
20062007Ter Leede
20072011AZ78(45)
20112012Turbine Potsdam7(0)
2013Ajax6(7)
National team
2007Netherlands47(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Chantal Alida Maria de Ridder (born 19 January 1989) is a Dutch football striker, who plays for BeNe League club AFC Ajax as well as the senior Netherlands women's national football team.

Club career

Before signing for Ajax in January 2013, De Ridder last played for Turbine Potsdam in Germany's Bundesliga.[2] She had previously competed in the Netherlands' Eredivisie, winning four titles with Ter Leede and AZ. She scored her first goal for Turbine in the 100 2011–12 Champions League home win against Glasgow City.[3]

Due to a long term knee injury suffered in December 2011, she only played seven Bundesliga matches. She left Potsdam in January 2013 and headed back to the Netherlands, intent on getting more match practice and breaking back into the Dutch team ahead of UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[4]

International career

She is a member of the Dutch national team, and played in the 2009 European Championship[5] after making her senior debut in July 2007 against North Korea.

In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected De Ridder in the Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[6]

Titles

References

  1. "UEFA Competitions Association player list". UEFA. Retrieved 2011-04-17. 
  2. Turbine vor Verpflichtung von Chantal de Ridder Focus
  3. Glasgow City beaten 10-0 by Potsdam in Champions League BBC
  4. "De Ridder leaves Potsdam" (in German). womensoccer.de. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013. 
  5. Profile in UEFA's 2009 Euro archive webpage
  6. "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013. 

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