Petra Marieka Jacoba Hogewoning (; born 26 March 1986) is a Dutch retired football defender. She played for clubs in the Netherlands, Russia, the United States and Germany, as well as for the Netherlands women's national football team.

Club career

In 2006–07 Hogewoning helped VV Ter Leede win the double in the last season of the pre- Eredivisie Vrouwen era. She moved to FC Utrecht for the start of the new competition, but missed most of 2007–08 with torn

cruciate ligaments Cruciate ligaments (also cruciform ligaments) are pairs of ligaments arranged like a letter X. They occur in several joints of the body, such as the knee joint and the atlanto-axial joint. In a fashion similar to the cords in a toy Jacob's lad ...

. She signed for German Bundesliga side FCR Duisburg in 2011. In 2012, she joined the newly formed AFC Ajax women's team, where she remained for almost four years. She retired from football in May 2016 after Ajax's

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 ...

final defeat by ADO Den Haag.

International career

On 6 August 2004 Hogewoning debuted for the senior Netherlands women's national football team, playing the first half of a 2–0 defeat to Japan in

Zeist Zeist () is the capital and largest town of the municipality of Zeist. The town is located in the Utrecht province of the Netherlands, east of the city of Utrecht. History The town of "Seist" was first mentioned in a charter in the year 8 ...

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

UEFA Women's Euro 2009 The 2009 UEFA Women's Championship, or just Women's Euro 2009, was played in Finland between 23 August and 10 September 2009. The host was appointed on 11 July 2006, in a UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Berlin and the Finnish proposal won over ...

. In October 2012 she suffered another anterior cruciate ligament injury, which cost her a place in the Dutch squad for

UEFA Women's Euro 2013 The 2013 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as Women's Euro 2013, was the 11th European Championship for women's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament, held in Sweden from 10 to 28 July 2013, became the mos ...

References

External links

Profile
at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
Profile
at vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch)

at uefa.com 1986 births Living people Footballers from Katwijk Dutch women's footballers Netherlands women's international footballers 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players FIFA Century Club Women's Professional Soccer players Expatriate women's footballers in Russia Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Eredivisie (women) players FC Utrecht (women) players Zvezda 2005 Perm players NJ/NY Gotham FC players FCR 2001 Duisburg players AFC Ajax (women) players Women's association football defenders Dutch expatriate women's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Russia Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in the United States Ter Leede players {{Netherlands-women-footy-bio-stub