Full name Merel Didi van Dongen Years Team 2012–2014 Alabama Crimson Tide Height 1.70 m | Playing position Role Football player Name Merel Dongen Position Midfielder | |
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Date of birth (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 22) Profiles | ||
Videodagboek merel van dongen straalt ook op het podium
Merel Didi van Dongen ( [ˈmeːrəl ˈdidi vɑn ˈdɔŋən]; born 11 February 1993) is a Dutch football midfielder who plays for AFC Ajax and the Netherlands women's national football team.
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- Videodagboek merel van dongen straalt ook op het podium
- Merel van dongen shoppen in het grootste winkelcentrum
- Club career
- International career
- International goals
- Honours
- References
Merel van dongen shoppen in het grootste winkelcentrum
Club career
She played for Ter Leede and ADO Den Haag before going to the United States where she played for Alabama Crimson Tide. She returned to the Netherlands in 2015 and signed with AFC Ajax.
International career
As a junior international she played the 2010 and 2011 U-19 European Championships.
Van Dongen made her senior Netherlands women's national football team debut in a 7–0 friendly win over Thailand on 7 February 2015. She was one of the last three players to be cut from national team coach Roger Reijners' final squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden. When Mandy van den Berg subsequently suffered knee ligament damage, Van Dongen was called up as a late replacement. She was also part of the Dutch squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.