Chantal Alida Maria de Ridder (born 19 January 1989) is a Dutch
football
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striker, who plays for
BeNe League club
AFC Ajax
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as well as the senior
Netherlands women's national football team
The Netherlands women's national football team ( nl, Nederlands vrouwenvoetbalelftal) is directed by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), which is a member of UEFA and FIFA.
In 1971, the team played the first women's international foo ...
.
Club career
Before signing for Ajax in January 2013, De Ridder last played for
Turbine Potsdam
1. Frauenfußballclub Turbine Potsdam 71 e. V., commonly known as 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (or Turbine Potsdam outside of Germany), is a German women's football club located in Potsdam, Brandenburg. They are one of the most successful women's footb ...
in
Germany
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's
Bundesliga
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. She had previously competed in the Netherlands'
Eredivisie
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, winning four titles with
Ter Leede
Ter Leede is a football club based in Sassenheim, Netherlands. The club was established on 30 April 1930, as a merger of the clubs ''Poellaan'' and ''Roda''.
The men's team is currently playing in the Dutch Hoofdklasse, after being relegated fr ...
and
AZ. She scored her first goal for Turbine in the 10–0
2011–12 Champions League home win against
Glasgow City.
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
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.
International career
She was a member of the
Dutch national team, and played in the
2009 European Championship after making her senior debut on 29 July 2007 against
North Korea
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.
[
In June 2013 national team ]coach
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Roger Reijners
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Playing career
Reijners turned professional with Fortuna Sittard and played in the 1–0 KNVB Cup Final defea ...
selected De Ridder in the Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013
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in Sweden
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.
International goals
:''Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.''
Honours
;Ter Leede
* Dutch Championship (1): 2006–07
* Dutch Cup
The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...
(1): 2006–07
;AZ
* Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...
(3): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
* Dutch Cup
The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...
(1): 2010–11
;Turbine Potsdam
* Bundesliga
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(1): 2011–12
;Ajax
* Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...
(1): 2016–17
* Dutch Cup
The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...
(2): 2013–14, 2016–17
References
External links
*
de Ridder profile on club website
*
de Ridder profile on women's Netherlands
1989 births
Living people
Footballers from Leiden
Dutch women's footballers
Netherlands women's international footballers
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
Eredivisie (women) players
Frauen-Bundesliga players
AZ Alkmaar (women) players
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players
AFC Ajax (women) players
Women's association football forwards
Dutch expatriate women's footballers
Ter Leede players
20th-century Dutch women
20th-century Dutch people
21st-century Dutch women
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