Loes Geurts (; born 12 January 1986) is a Dutch

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Since making her international debut in 2005, Geurts has collected over 100

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for the Netherlands national team. She kept goal for the Netherlands at the

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and

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editions of the

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Club career

Geurts' career started at the youth team of club RES in

Bolsward Bolsward (, West Frisian: ''Boalsert'') is a city in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. Bolsward has a population of just under 10,200. It is located 10 km W.N.W. of Sneek. History The town is founded on thr ...

. She then played for

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands. History Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 July ...

for one season, before returning to RES. In 2004 she played American

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for

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, returning to Europe in March 2006 for the second half of the 2005–06, joining

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team

FFC Heike Rheine FFC Heike Rheine was a German women's football club based in Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia. Heike Rheine was the first independent women's football club in Germany. History The club has its origins at the VfB Rheine. They had played on a loca ...

. In 2007, Geurts returned to the Netherlands to play in the newly created professional league

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with

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ (), is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and ho ...

. Her four seasons at the club were very successful, winning the league title three times and the

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once. In 2011, she moved to

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. She left Telstar for Sweden's

in 2012 and joined

Vittsjö GIK Vittsjö Gymnastik- och Idrottsklubb is a football club from Vittsjö, Sweden. They play in the highest level of women's soccer leagues in Sweden, the Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OB ...

. Geurts left Vittsjö after her second season in November 2013, signing for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, who were in the market for a goalkeeper following

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's retirement. After five seasons during four years in Sweden, on 21 September 2016, it was announced she signed a two-year contract with

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of the

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. In August 2017, citing her "battery was empty", Geurts announced she was taking a break from football. On 31 January 2018, it was announced that Geurts was returning to Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC where she had previously played from 2014 to 2016.

International career

On 20 August 2005, at the age of 19, Geurts was given her debut in the senior Netherlands national team by

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, playing in a 4–0 defeat to

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. In 2006, Geurts was elevated to first-choice goalkeeper for the Netherlands when

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retired. Geurts played in every match as the Netherlands reached the semi-final of

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. In June 2013, national team coach

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selected Geurts in the squad for

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. She was also part of the Dutch squads of the

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2015 World Cup
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World Cup as well as the winning team of the

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Honours

AZ Alkmaar *

: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 *

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: 2010–11 Netherlands *

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