Levia Van Ouwerkerk (or Van Eurek, he, לביאה ואן אוורקרק; born 8 August 1991) is a Dutch-Israeli
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Sm ...
and has appeared for the
Israel women's national team.
Levie Van Ouwerkerk () was born in the
Netherlands
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, to a
Christian
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family. Her great-grandparents hid a Jewish girl during the
Holocaust
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.
[https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/54/ART2/217/187.html] Ouwerkerk's family immigrated to Israel in 2009.
She has been capped for the
Israel national team, appearing for the team during the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.
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1991 births
Living people
Israeli women's footballers
Israel women's international footballers
Women's association football forwards
Dutch women's footballers
Israeli Christians
Dutch emigrants to Israel
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