Katja Snoeijs (; born 31 August 1996) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a striker for the

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club Everton and the Netherlands national team.

Club career

SC Telstar and VV Alkmaar

A youth academy product of Fortuna Wormerveer, Snoeijs made her senior club debut with

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on 28 August 2015 in a 6–0 loss to

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. She scored her first goal on 7 November 2015 in a 4–1 defeat against

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. After finishing as the league's top scorer for two consecutive seasons, Snoeijs joined PSV in July 2018.

PSV

During the 2018–19 season, Snoeijs scored 20 goals in 24 matches for PSV, leading the club to a first-place finish. Her first goals for the team were a brace against her former team VV Alkmaar, lifting PSV to a 5–0 win. A week later, she scored another brace in a 5–0 win against

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. Snoeijs was in goals in the

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, just one goal behind Joëlle Smits of Twente. During the 2019–20 season, Snoeijs scored 13 goals in 12 matches before the season was suspended due to the

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. Snoeijs' 13 goals ranked second in the league.

Bordeaux

On 22 June 2020, French club

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signed Snoeijs on a two-year contract. She debuted for the club on 2 August 2020 against

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(PSG) in the semi-final of 2019–2020 Coupe de France. She scored a goal in the first half, but PSG answered with two goals in second half, thus advancing to the tournament final.

Everton

On 18 July 2022, Snoeijs joined English club Everton on a deal lasting until June 2024. She scored her first goal for the club in the 8th minute of the 3-0 victory over

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on 14 December 2022. She scored a brace in the 3-0 victory over

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in the 2023–24 FA Cup. Snoeijs signed a two-year contract extension with Everton on 25 May 2024.

International career

Snoeijs is a former Netherlands youth international and represented the under-23 team. On 28 May 2019, she scored the first ever goal in the history of the Netherlands under-23 team. After several call-ups, Snoeijs made her senior team debut on 8 November 2019 in an 8–0 win against

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. She scored her first goal on 23 October 2020 in a 7–0 win over

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. Snoeijs scored her first international hat-trick on 27 October 2020 in a 6–0 win over

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in a Euro 2022 qualifying game. On 1 December 2020, she scored her second international hat-trick, again in a 6–0 win over Kosovo. On 31 May 2023, Snoeijs was named in the provisional squad for the

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. She scored one goal in the tournament against

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. Netherlands advanced to the quarter-finals before being knocked out in overtime by eventual champions

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Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Snoeijs goal.''

Honours

Individual *

top scorer: 2016–17, 2017–18

References

External links

*
Senior national team profile
at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
Under-23 national team profile
at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Snoeijs, Katja 1996 births Living people Footballers from Amsterdam Women's association football forwards Dutch women's footballers Netherlands women's youth international footballers Netherlands women's international footballers Eredivisie (women) players Première Ligue players SC Telstar VVNH players PSV (women) players FC Girondins de Bordeaux (women) players Everton F.C. (women) players Dutch expatriate women's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate women's footballers in France Expatriate women's footballers in England 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players 21st-century Dutch sportswomen