Stefanie van der Gragt (; born 16 August 1992) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a defender for

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and the Netherlands national team. She has represented her country at the

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and

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Club career

Her career started at the youth teams of amateur club Reiger Boys in

Heerhugowaard Heerhugowaard (; West Frisian Dutch: ''Heerhugoweard'', ''Heregeweard'' or ''De Weard'') is a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West Friesland. Heerhugowaard was previously a municipality, which merged w ...

. She then played for Kolping Boys youth team, another amateur club in Oudorp. A move to AZ Alkmaar in 2009 started her professional career, as she was able to play in the highest professional national league (

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). After two seasons at the club, in 2011, she joined

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where she played for the next four years. In 2015 she moved to

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and after one season she joined the German

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team

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. Due to injuries, she had few opportunities to play in Germany and in 2017 she moved back to the Netherlands, signing with Ajax. On 4 July 2018, she joined Spanish side

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. On 12 June 2020, she moved back to join

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. On 5 August 2022, van der Gragt joined Italian club

International career

Her debut for the

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came on 8 March 2013 against

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in a 2013 Cyprus Cup match. She was also part of the Dutch teams of the

and the winning team of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, playing all matches in both tournaments. At the

, she scored in the Netherlands' quarter-final victory over

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International goals

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

Personal life

She had a daughter in 2020 with her girlfriend Maryze Borst.

Honours

Club

;AZ Alkmaar *

: 2009–10 *

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: 2010–11 ;FC Twente *

: 2015–16 ;AFC Ajax *

: 2017–18 *

: 2017–18, 2021–22 ;FC Barcelona *

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: Winner, 2019–20 *

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: Runner-up, 2018–19 * Supercopa Femenina: Winner,

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* Copa Catalunya: Winner, 2018, 2019

International

;Netherlands * UEFA Women's Euro: Winner

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* Algarve Cup:

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: Silver Medal

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References

External links

Profile
at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
Profile
at onsorange.nl
Profile
at vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch) * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gragt, Stefanie van der 1992 births Living people Dutch women's footballers Netherlands women's international footballers Eredivisie (women) players Telstar (women's football club) players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football defenders FC Twente (women) players AZ Alkmaar (women) players People from Heerhugowaard FC Bayern Munich (women) players AFC Ajax (women) players Inter Milan (women) players Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain Frauen-Bundesliga players UEFA Women's Championship-winning players Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players FC Barcelona Femení players Primera División (women) players Dutch expatriate women's footballers Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of the Netherlands LGBT association football players LGBT sportspeople from the Netherlands Lesbian sportswomen 21st-century LGBT people UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players Footballers from North Holland UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players