Marieke Anouk Dekker (; born 15 November 1986) is a Dutch
footballer
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who plays for
Braga
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. She is a member of the
Netherlands national team.
Club career
She played for
FFC Heike Rheine
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History
The club has its origins at the VfB Rheine. They had played on a loca ...
in the
Frauen-Bundesliga
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from 2005 to 2007 before moving to Dutch club
FC Twente
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, which played in the
Eredivisie
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and later the
BeNe League
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, in 2007. After almost nine seasons with FC Twente, she moved to the
Division 1 Féminine
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side
Montpellier HSC
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in January 2016. She played in France for years before moving to Portugal to play for SC Braga in the summer of 2021.
International career
On 21 November 2009,
Netherlands national team coach
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Vera Pauw
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awarded Dekker her first senior
cap
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, versus
Belarus
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.
She was called up to be part of the national team squad for
UEFA Women's Euro 2013
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in Sweden. Despite suffering a facial injury in the last warm-up
friendly, a 3–0 win over
Northern Ireland
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, Dekker retained her place in the squad.
Dekker was also part of the Dutch teams of the
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
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and the winning team of the
UEFA Women's Euro 2017
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, she played all matches in both tournaments and was named in the
2017 UEFA Team of the Tournament.
Dekker was selected in the final squad for the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
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in France. She scored in the last group game helping to secure a 2–1 win against
Canada
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. The win left Netherlands top of group E.
International goals
:''Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.''
Personal life
Dekker has a twin brother, Xander.
Honours
Club
Twente
*
BeNe League
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:
2012–13
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,
2013–14
*
Eredivisie
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:
2010–11
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,
2012–13
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*,
2013–14*,
2014–15*,
2015–16
*
KNVB Women's Cup
The KNVB Women's Cup ( nl, KNVB Beker voor Vrouwen) is the cup competition for women's football in the Netherlands. The competition was established in 1980, along with the KNVB Amateur Cup.
From the 2007-08 season onwards, the first round of th ...
: 2007–08, 2014–15; runner-up 2012–13
*
BeNe Super Cup
The BeNe Super Cup was a women's association football, women's football competition between the holders of the Dutch Eredivisie (women), Vrouwen Eredivisie and the Belgian Women's First Division. It was played two times.
Its inaugural edition took ...
: runner-up 2011
*During the BeNe League period (2012 to 2015), the highest placed Dutch team is considered as national champion by the Royal Dutch Football Association
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.
Montpellier
*
Coupe de France Féminine
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The term ''coupé'' was first applied to horse-drawn carriages for two passengers without rear-facing seats. It comes from the French past parti ...
: runner-up 2015–16
International
Netherlands
*
UEFA European Women's Championship
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:
2017
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References
External links
Profileat Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
Profileat vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch)
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Profileat fussballtransfers.com
at soccerdonna.de
Player stats at footofeminin.fr
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1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Almelo
Dutch women's footballers
Netherlands women's international footballers
Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
Expatriate women's footballers in France
Eredivisie (women) players
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Women's association football forwards
FFC Heike Rheine players
FC Twente (women) players
Montpellier HSC (women) players
UEFA Women's Championship-winning players
Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Division 1 Féminine players
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
LGBT association football players
Dutch LGBT sportspeople
Dutch twins
Twin sportspeople
Lesbian sportswomen
Dutch expatriate women's footballers
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of the Netherlands
21st-century LGBT people
Footballers from Overijssel
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate women's footballers in Portugal
S.C. Braga (women's football) players
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players