Esmee Brugts (born 28 July 2003) is a Dutch professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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club PSV and the Netherlands national team.

Club career

Brugts started playing football with boys as a 5 years old for SV Heinenoord. She moved to FC Binnenmaas eight years later to play there for four years. She was highly sought after when she signed her first contract with PSV at age 16 in 2020. On 13 August 2020 she made her debut for PSV in a pre-season match against

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. In her first season at PSV she played 13 league games, scoring three goals. In the final of the

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she played the whole match, with PSV defeating

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1–0. In her second season she played in the final of the 2022 KNVB Women's Cup, losing 2–1 to Ajax.

International

Brugts has played for several Netherlands youth teams. On 16 February 2022 she collected her first senior cap for the Netherlands in a game against

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during the

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. She came on the field as a substitute for Victoria Pelova six minutes before the end of the match. She scored her first goal for the national team on 8 April 2022 in a match against

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. On 6 September 2022, she scored a goal in the 93rd minute of the stoppage time in a 1–0 victory over

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, to qualify her country as top of

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to the

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International goals

:''"Score" represents the score in the match after Brugts' goal. "Score" and "Result" list the Netherlands' goal tally first. Cap represents the player's appearance in an international level match at senior level.''

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PSV (women) players Dutch women's footballers Netherlands women's international footballers Eredivisie (women) players 2003 births Living people Footballers from South Holland UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players People from Hoeksche Waard Women's association footballers not categorized by position {{Netherlands-women-footy-bio-stub