Shanice Janice van de Sanden (born 2 October 1992)
is a Dutch professional
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
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for
Women's Super League
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club
Liverpool
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and the
Netherlands national team.
Club career
Her career started at amateur club VVIJ in
IJsselstein, before moving to
FC Utrecht
Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion Galgenwaard.
The club was formed in 1970 as a merge ...
in 2008 where she also played for its
farm team SV Saestum
SV Saestum is a sports club from Zeist, Netherlands.
It is most known for its successful women's football team.
History
The club was founded on 6 January 1926. The women's football section opened in 1981.
Since the founding of the Hoofdklasse, ...
.
In May 2010, she moved to
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 ...
, where she played for one season before joining
FC Twente
Football Club Twente () is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, sometimes known internationally as Twente Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub Enschede with Enschedese Bo ...
in May 2011.
After four and a half seasons at FC Twente, she signed with
Liverpool
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of the English
WSL1 on 4 February 2016.
On 29 August 2017, after two seasons at Liverpool where she played a total of 28 matches (in all competitions), she moved to France and joined
Division 1 Féminine
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club
Olympique Lyonnais
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.
In September 2020 it was announced that Van de Sanden would be moving to Germany to play for Wolfsburg with immediate effect.
On 16 July 2022, Van de Sanden rejoined Liverpool.
International career
Aged 16, she made her debut for the senior
Netherlands women's national football team
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In 1971, the team played the first women's international foo ...
on 14 December 2008 in a
friendly match
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2–0 win over
France
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.
[ She was part of the Dutch squad in the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 and the ]2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
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.
In June 2017, she was in the 23 players squad which won the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. Later that year, she was shortlisted for the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award.
Van de Sanden was selected in the final squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
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in France.
International goals
:''Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.''
Honours
Club
;FC Utrecht
* 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 ...
(1): 2009–10
;FC Twente
* BeNe League
The BeNe League was the highest women's football league in Belgium and the Netherlands. To increase competitiveness in their national leagues, the BeNe League was a joint cooperation between the Royal Belgian Football Association and the Royal Du ...
(2): 2012–13
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, 2013–14
* Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...
(4): 2012–13
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*, 2013–14*, 2014–15*, 2015–16
* 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 ...
(1): 2014–15
*During the BeNe League period (2012 to 2015), the highest placed Dutch team is considered as national champion by the Royal Dutch Football Association
The Royal Dutch Football Association (, ; KNVB ) is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues (Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie), the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch men's and women ...
.
;Lyon
* Division 1 Féminine
The Division 1 Féminine, shortened as D1 Féminine or D1F, and currently known as D1 Arkema for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in France. Run by the French Football Federation, the league is contested by twelv ...
(3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
* Coupe de France Féminine (2): 2018–19, 2019–20
* UEFA Women's Champions League
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The ...
(3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
International
;Netherlands
* UEFA Women's Euro (1): 2017
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* Algarve Cup: 2018
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We Play Strong
Van de Sanden is one of UEFA's official ambassadors fo
#WePlayStrong
a social media and vlogging campaign which was launched in 2018. The campaign's "...aim is to promote women’s football as much as we can and to make people aware of women’s football, really,” Evans, another participant explains. “The ultimate goal is to make football the most played sport by females by 2020. So it’s a UEFA initiative to get more women and girls playing football, whether they want to be professional or not.” The series, which also originally included professional footballers Sarah Zadrazil
Sarah Zadrazil (born 19 February 1993) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club Bayern Munich and the Austria national team.
College career
Zadrazil played college soccer for the East Tennessee State Buccaneers (ETS ...
, Eunice Beckmann
Eunice Nketiah Beckmann (born 8 February 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays for 1. FC Köln (women), 1. FC Köln.
Beckmann was born in Wuppertal to Ghanaian parents. She started playing with her local youth side, Wuppertaler ...
, Laura Feiersinger
Laura Feiersinger (born 5 April 1993) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for German Frauen-Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Austria women's national team.
Club career
USK Hof, 2008–2010
Feiersinger starter her se ...
and Lisa Evans
Lisa Catherine Evans (born 21 May 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for West Ham United in the FA WSL, the top-tier for women's football in England, and for the Scotland national team. She previously played club football for ...
and now also includes Petronella Ekroth
Hilda Petronella Ekroth (born 12 December 1989) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender.
Club career
Ekroth started her football career in the Damallsvenskan playing for Djurgårdens IF. She followed this with years at Linköpings FC ...
and Shanice van de Sanden, follows the daily lives of female professional footballers.
Personal life
As of August 2020, Van de Sanden has a girlfriend.
References
External links
*
*
Profile
at vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl
Senior national team profile
at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
Under-19 national team profile
at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
Under-17 national team profile
at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
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1992 births
Living people
Footballers from Utrecht (city)
Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent
Dutch women's footballers
Netherlands women's international footballers
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate women's footballers in England
Expatriate women's footballers in France
Eredivisie (women) players
Women's Super League players
Division 1 Féminine players
FC Utrecht (women) players
SC Heerenveen (women) players
FC Twente (women) players
Liverpool F.C. Women players
Olympique Lyonnais Féminin players
Women's association football forwards
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
UEFA Women's Championship-winning players
Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Dutch expatriate women's footballers
LGBT association football players
Dutch LGBT sportspeople
SV Saestum players
Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of the Netherlands
VfL Wolfsburg (women) players
Frauen-Bundesliga players
Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players