Kirsten van de Ven

Kirsten van de Ven
Personal information
Full nameKirsten Johanna Maria van de Ven[1]
Date of birth11 May 1985
Place of birthHeesch, Netherlands
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing positionWinger
Club information
Current team
FC Rosengård
Youth career
HVCH
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2004-2005Quinnipiac University(12)
2005–2008Florida State University
2008–2009Willem II Tilburg30(13)
2010–2013Tyresö FF79(39)
2014–FC Rosengård0(0)
National team‡
2004–Netherlands82(16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:47, 12 December 2013 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:05, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Kirsten Johanna Maria van de Ven (born 11 May 1985) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder in the Damallsvenskan for FC Rosengård. She previously played for Tyresö FF and for Willem II Tilburg in her home country. Trained at university level at the United States, she formerly played for three seasons with Florida State University's women's soccer team. She is a member of the Netherlands women's national football team and represented her country at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.

Club career

Van de Ven attended Quinnipiac University in 2004 and was named the North East Conference's Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year.[2] She played the rest of her college career for Florida State Seminoles at NCAA level, as a team mate of Hermann Trophy winner Mami Yamaguchi.

Playing for Tyresö FF in 2012

In 2010 Van de Ven left Willem II for newly promoted Damallsvenskan club Tyresö FF.[3] She won a League Championship with the club in 2012.[4]

After four years at Tyresö FF, Van de Ven joined their Damallsvenkan rivals FC Rosengård in search of a new challenge.[5]

International career

She has played for the senior Netherlands national team since 2004. On 6 August 2004 she played the second half of a 2–0 friendly defeat to Japan in Zeist.[6] Van de Ven played for the Netherlands in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying rounds.[7] On 23 August 2009 she scored the first goal of the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 at the inaugural match against Ukraine, which marked Netherlands' debut at a final stage.

In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected Van de Ven in the 23-player Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "UEFA Competitions Association player list". UEFA. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Quinnipiac's Kirsten van de Ven Selected NEC Women's Soccer Player & Rookie of the Year". North East Conference. 11 April 2004. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Awondatu, Sandra (2 January 2010). "Kirsten van de Ven: De top halen, maar niet ten koste van alles" (in Dutch). VrouwenvoetbalNederland.nl. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Cleris, Johannes (3 November 2012). "Tyresö vann SM-guld efter dramatik" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Tyresö tappar landslagsspelare till Malmö" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  6. ↑ Duret, Sébastien (5 April 2005). "International Matches (Women) 2004". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Kirsten van de Ven – FIFA competition record
  8. ↑ "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

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