Full name Maruschka Waldus Name Maruschka Waldus Position Defender 2014 Alabama Crimson Tide Current team Mallbackens IF | Number 12 Height 1.78 m Role Soccer player | |
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Date of birth (1992-09-20) 20 September 1992 (age 23) Place of birth Heerenveen, The Netherlands | ||
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Maruschka Waldus (born 20 September 1992) is a Dutch football player who currently plays for Western Sydney Wanderers in the Australian W-League.
Waldus made her debut in May 2015 in the NWSL, being the first Dutch soccer player in the NWSL.
Career
Maruschka was two-time member of the KNVB Talent Team (2009 and 2010) in Amsterdam and attended the Johann Cruyff University in the Netherlands.
In 2011, she played three seasons for the soccer club SC Heerenveen in her home town. At first in the Eredivisie (women) which changed later on in the BeNe League. She was named to the women's first team for three consecutive seasons and was team captain in each of the last two seasons. She scored 9 goals during her career at Heerenveen, including 6 in 2013.
In August 2014 Waldus came to the Alabama Crimson Tide.ref [1] as a senior and made an immediate impact early in the season on the defensive side of the ball. Near halfway through the season, she became a defensive midfielder. She started and played in all 20 games of the season and scored 3 goals.
In 2015 Waldus earned a spot on the roster of Sky Blue FC. In the summer of 2015 she signed a contract in Sweden with Mallbackens IF that plays in Damallsvenskan, the highest division, for the rest of the season.ref[2]
In January 2016 she signed for the German side Turbine Potsdam where she played the second half of the season 2015–2016. At the end of the season she moved from Germany to the Netherlands to the champion of the Dutch first Division FC Twente. After playing three games in the qualifying round of the UEFA Women's Champions League, Fc Twente was placed for the first round, in which they encountered Sparta Praha from Czech Republic (2–0 win at home and 1–3 win at Praha). In the second round they had to play Barcelona. After a 1–0 loss in Barcelona, Fc Twente had chances in the home game, but FC Barcelona scored the goals: 0–4.
In September 2017, Waldus joined Australian club Western Sydney Wanderers, together with fellow countrywoman Marlous Pieëte.