Name Kirsten de Date joined 2014 Years Team Weight 62 kg | Number 8 Height 1.72 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Full name Kirsten Johanna Maria van de Ven Date of birth (1985-05-11) 11 May 1985 (age 30) Current team FC Rosengard (#8 / Forward) | ||
Place of birth Heesch, Netherlands | ||
Kirsten van de ven neem afscheid het was fantastisch
Kirsten Johanna Maria van de Ven ( [ˈkɪrstən joːˈɦɑnaː maːˈriaː vɑn də ˈvɛn]; born 11 May 1985) is a retired Dutch professional footballer. She played in the Damallsvenskan for FC Rosengård and Tyresö FF, and in the Eredivisie for FC Twente and Willem II Tilburg. She trained at university level in the United States, spending three seasons with Florida State University's women's soccer team. For the Netherlands women's national football team, she represented her country at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship, and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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- Kirsten van de ven neem afscheid het was fantastisch
- Kirsten van de ven wenst jong oranje succes
- Club career
- International career
- International goals
- Club
- References
Kirsten van de ven wenst jong oranje succes
Club career
Van de Ven attended Quinnipiac University in 2004 and was named the North East Conference's Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year. She played the rest of her college career for Florida State Seminoles at NCAA level, as a team mate of Hermann Trophy winner Mami Yamaguchi.
In 2010 Van de Ven left Willem II for newly promoted Damallsvenskan club Tyresö FF. She won a League Championship with the club in 2012.
After four years at Tyresö FF, Van de Ven joined their Damallsvenkan rivals FC Rosengård in search of a new challenge.
She returned to her home country in January 2016, signing for Dutch champions FC Twente. After winning the Dutch title, she announced her retirement from football on 23 May 2016.
International career
She has played for the senior Netherlands national team since 2004. On 6 August 2004 she played the second half of a 2–0 friendly defeat by Japan in Zeist. Van de Ven played for the Netherlands in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying rounds. On 23 August 2009 she scored the first goal of the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 at the inaugural match against Ukraine, which marked Netherlands' debut at a final stage.
In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected Van de Ven in the 23-player Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.
At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Van de Ven scored in the Netherlands' 1–1 draw with hosts Canada and in their 2–1 second round defeat by Japan.