Siri Worm (born 20 April 1992) is a Dutch

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defender who plays for

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club PSV and the senior

Netherlands women's national football team The Netherlands women's national football team ( nl, Nederlands vrouwenvoetbalelftal) is directed by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), which is a member of UEFA and FIFA. In 1971, the team played the first women's international foo ...

Club career

Twente

Worm emerged from the youth academy of

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. After several seasons as a

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, she secured a place in the team at

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during the

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season, during which FC Twente were league champions and qualified for the

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. FC Twente qualified for the Champions League 3 more times during Worm's tenure with the club.

Everton

Worm transferred to Everton in July 2017, part of a double transfer with teammate Marthe Munsterman.

Tottenham Hotspur

Following their promotion to the

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, in July 2019 Worm was announced as one of seven new

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signings. Worm was released by Tottenham at the end of the 2020/21

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season.

Eintracht Frankfurt

After four years in England Worm moved to Germany to play for

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in the German

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PSV

One year later she signed a 2-year deal to play for

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in her native country.

International career

She was the

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of the Dutch Under-19 national team in the

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and

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U-19 European Championships. In October 2012

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Roger Reijners called Worm up to the senior national team, as a replacement for the injured

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. She won her first cap on 25 November 2012, in a 2–0

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win over

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. Worm was named in the Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in

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. She made a substitute appearance in the 1–0 defeat to

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, replacing established left back

Claudia van den Heiligenberg Claudia Voňková, née Anna Gerarda Maria "Claudia" van den Heiligenberg (born 25 March 1985) is a former Dutch footballer who played for Bayern Munich II in the German 2. Bundesliga. She played for the Dutch national team between 2005 and 201 ...

for the last 30 minutes. In April 2019, Worm was named as one of seven players on the Netherlands' standby list for the

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International goals

:''Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

;FC Twente *

(2):

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, 2015–16 *

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(2):

, 2013–14 *

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

International

Dutch Senior Team * Algarve Cup:

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References

External links

Profile
at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
Profile
at onsorange.nl
Profile
at vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Worm, Siri 1992 births Living people People from Doetinchem Dutch women's footballers Netherlands women's international footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Eredivisie (women) players Women's Super League players FC Twente (women) players Everton F.C. (women) players Women's association football defenders Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women players Dutch expatriate women's footballers 1. FFC Frankfurt players PSV (women) players Eintracht Frankfurt (women) players Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Footballers from Gelderland