Jeanine van Dalen (born 18 June 1986) is a Dutch former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

, who played as a defender. She has previously played for

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation f ...

and for the Netherlands national team.

Club career

In 2007, Van Dalen moved from

RVVH Ridderkerkse Voetbal Vereniging Hercules, known as RVVH is a Dutch football, based in Ridderkerk. Since 2018, its main male squad competes in the Hoofdklasse. RVVH has a highly successful women's squad. It played most years in the Topklasse sin ...

in the newly formed

Women's Eredivisie The Vrouwen Eredivisie () (Dutch for ''Honor Division'', ''Eredivisie Vrouwen'' before 2020), also known as the Azerion Eredivisie Vrouwen due to a 3 year sponsor contract starting from the 2022–2023 season, is the highest women's football le ...

. She played for ADO Den Haag until 2012, winning the Double in the 2011–12 season.

International career

Van Dalen made her debut for the

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on 20 August 2005, in a 4–0

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defeat against

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. She was part of the Netherlands squad at the

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, but made no appearances during the tournament.

Honours

Club

;ADO Den Haag *

: 2011–12 *

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 ...

: 2011–12

Individual

* Women's Eredivisie Golden Shoe: 2008–09 (with Sheila van den Bulk)

References

External links

* 1986 births Living people Dutch women's footballers Netherlands women's international footballers Women's association football defenders Eredivisie (women) players ADO Den Haag (women) players Footballers from Rotterdam 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-women-footy-bio-stub