Tiny Hoekstra (born 15 September 1996) is a Dutch women's footballer, who plays for Ajax. She previously played for Heerenveen between 2012 and 2021, and was the top scorer in the

2018–19 Eredivisie The 2018–19 Eredivisie was the 63rd season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. The season began on 10 August 2018 and concluded on 15 May 2019; the Europa League and relegation play-offs will take place later that month. PSV we ...

. Hoekstra has played for the Netherlands under-17, under-19 and under-21 teams.

Club career

Hoekstra made her senior club debut for Heerenveen in the

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, and scored on her home debut against

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 October 2018 Hoekstra was prevented from doing a post-match interview in Frisian, and told that all interviews must be done in Dutch. In April 2019, she scored six goals in a match against

Achilles '29 Achilles '29 is a football club from Groesbeek, Netherlands, competing in the sixth-tier Eerste Klasse. The club is known for its successes in the Dutch domestic cup, having knocked FC Volendam, Heracles Almelo, RKC Waalwijk, Telstar and MV ...

; Heerenveen won the match 12–0. She was the top scorer in the

with 27 goals. In May 2020, she signed a one-year contract extension with Heerenveen. In October 2020, she was critical of the

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(KNVB) for suspending the

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for a month due to the

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. She made 12 appearances in the 2020–21 Eredivisie, scoring two goals. One of the goals was against Ajax. In May 2021, Hoekstra announced a move to Ajax on a one-year contract, for the

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. She scored in the final of the Eredivisie Cup, as Ajax lost 4–3 to

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International career

Hoekstra has played for the Netherlands under-17 and under-19 teams. She scored for Netherlands under-19s in a

2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification The 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-19 football competition played in 2014 and 2015 to determine the seven teams joining Israel, who qualified automatically as hosts, in the 2015 UEFA Women's Under ...

match against Slovenia. Hoekstra has not been selected for the Dutch senior team.

Personal life

Hoekstra is from

Rinsumageest Rinsumageast ( nl, Rinsumageest) is a village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 965 in 2017. The village is locally called ''De Geest'' (Dutch) or ''De Geast''Gildemacher, Karel F. (2007). ...

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, Netherlands.

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