Marlous Pieëte
Pieëte with Ajax in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 July 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Naarden, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder / Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Ajax | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
VVOG | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2014 | Twente | 117 | (49) |
2014– | Ajax | 23 | (10) |
National team‡ | |||
2009– | Netherlands | 48 | (8) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:37, 9 June 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 July 2013 |
Marlous Pieëte (born 19 July 1989)[1] is a Dutch female international footballer. She plays as either a midfielder or a striker. She currently plays her club football for Ajax and internationally for the Netherlands. She was born in Naarden.[2]
Club career
Pieëte began her career as a junior with VVOG, only leaving to join Be Quick '28 who were at the time playing at the highest level of women's football in the Netherlands.
She joined FC Twente in the 2007 close season as Twente were about to embark on the first season of the newly formed Eredivisie Vrouwen. At the end of her first season with the club, she won a cup winners' medal. In 2014, she moved to Ajax.
International career
Pieëte represented the Netherlands at Under-17 and Under-19 level. She made her debut for the Netherlands senior team on 5 March 2009 against Russia in the Cyprus Cup.[1] She was selected for the 2009 European Championships squad, playing three times and scoring in the semi-final as the Netherlands lost to England.[3]
In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected Pieëte in the final Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[4] When she sustained a knee injury on the eve of the tournament, FC Twente team mate Maayke Heuver was her replacement.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Netherlands player profile - Marlous Pieëte". UEFA. Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ↑ "Marlous Pieete" (in Dutch). Vrouwen voetball Nederland. 2009-10-30. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ↑ "England 2-1 Holland". The Football Association. 2009-09-06. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ↑ "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ↑ Scholten, Berend (9 July 2013). "Pieëte ruled out of Netherlands challenge". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 25 July 2013.