Kika van Es (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkikaː vɑn ˈɛs]; born 11 October 1991) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender for the Netherlands national team.
_(cropped).jpg) Van Es with Netherlands in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 October 1991[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Boxmeer, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympia '18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Willem II | 36 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | VVV-Venlo | 37 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | PSV/FC Eindhoven | 56 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Achilles '29 | 24 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Twente | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Ajax | 23 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Everton | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Twente | 35 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | PSV | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Netherlands U15 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Netherlands U17 | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Netherlands U19 | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2022 | Netherlands | 77 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club career
editShe started her career at Olympia '18 and in 2008 moved to Willem II of the Eredivisie where she played for two seasons. In 2010, she signed with Eredivisie's newly created team VVV-Venlo[2] and when the club dissolved in 2012, all its players were taken by another newly created team, PSV/FC Eindhoven to play in the BeNe League.
In 2016, she signed with Achilles '29.[3] After one season with the club, she moved to FC Twente on 16 June 2017.[4]
After Twente she played a year for Ajax before moving to England to play for Everton. In September 2020, van Es left Everton.[5]
On 21 September it was announced that van Es had rejoined FC Twente after two seasons away from the club.
International career
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She is a member of the Netherlands women's national football team, making her debut on 21 November 2009 against Belarus.[6] In June 2013 Van Es was among the last three players to be cut from national team coach Roger Reijners' Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[7]
In 2017, Van Es was called up to be part of the team that participated in UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[8] She started all 6 games for the team, and helped the team win the tournament. After the tournament, the whole team was honoured by the Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of Sport Edith Schippers and made Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[9]
Van Es was selected to the final squad for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.[10]
On 31 May 2023, she was named as part of the Netherlands provisional squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[11]
Honours
edit- Netherlands
- UEFA Women's Euro: 2017
- Algarve Cup: 2018[12]
- FIFA Women's World Cup: 2019 runners-up[13]
- Individual
References
edit- ^ "Kika van Es". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Lamberts, Marc (27 February 2022). "Eredivisie: Fortuna Sittard and Telstar added to Dutch 2022/23 roster". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Achilles'29 presenteert selectie vrouwenelftal". Achilles '29 (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Kika van Es naar FC Twente Vrouwen, Sherida Spitse verlengt". FC Twente (in Dutch). 16 June 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ Frith, Wilf (22 September 2020). "Kika van Es exits Everton Women". She Kicks.
- ^ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Scholten, Berend (30 June 2013). "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl. 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Voetbalsters Oranje geridderd in Den Haag (in Dutch)". NOS.nl. 25 October 2017.
- ^ "Sarina Wiegman names Netherlands Women's World Cup squad". KNVB. 10 April 2019.
- ^ Mark White (5 June 2023). "Netherlands Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 30-player preliminary team named". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast" (in Dutch). nu.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "USWNT wins 4th World Cup by blanking Dutch". ESPN. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
External links
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- Van Es profile at women's football Netherlands
- Van Es profile at PSV/FC Eindhoven
- Profile at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
- Kika van Es at Soccerway
- Kika van Es at Olympedia
- Kika van Es at Olympics.com
- Kika van Es at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
