Kika van Es (; born 11 October 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Eredivisie club

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and the Netherlands national team.

Club career

She started her career at Olympia '18 and in 2008 moved to

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of the Eredivisie where she played for two seasons. In 2010, she signed with Eredivisie's newly created team VVV-Venlo and when the club dissolved in 2012, all its players were taken by another newly created team,

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to play in the

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. In 2016, she signed with

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. After one season with the club, she moved to FC Twente on 16 June 2017. After Twente she played a year for Ajax before moving to England to play for Everton. In September 2020, van Es left Everton. On 21 September it was announced that van Es had rejoined her former side FC Twente after two seasons away from the club.

International career

She is a member of the

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, making her debut on 21 November 2009 against Belarus. In June 2013 Van Es was among the last three players to be cut from national team

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Roger Reijners' Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in

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. In 2017, Van Es was called up to be part of the team that participated in UEFA Women's Euro 2017. She started all 6 games for the team, and helped the team win the tournament. Van Es was selected to the final squad for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.

Honours

;Netherlands * UEFA Women's Euro:

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* Algarve Cup:

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runners-up

References

External links

Van Es profile at women's football Netherlands

Van Es profile at PSV/FC Eindhoven

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at Onsoranje.nl * {{DEFAULTSORT:Es, Kika van 1991 births Living people People from Boxmeer Dutch women's footballers Netherlands women's international footballers Eredivisie (women) players Women's Super League players PSV (women) players Willem II (women) players VVV-Venlo (women) players FC Twente (women) players Everton F.C. (women) players UEFA Women's Championship-winning players Women's association football defenders 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Dutch expatriate women's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate women's footballers in England Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of the Netherlands Footballers from North Brabant UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players