Samantha van Diemen (born 28 January 2002) is a Dutch footballer who plays as defender for Glasgow City in the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL).
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samantha van Diemen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Leiden, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Glasgow City | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2018 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Ajax | 12 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Feyenoord | 23 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Fortuna Sittard | 37 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Netherlands U17 | 13 | (1) |
| 2020 | Netherlands U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | Netherlands U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | Netherlands U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2021– | Netherlands | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:05, 28 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:05, 28 May 2024 | |||
Club career
editAjax
editVan Diemen played for CTO, an educational team organized by the national football association KNVB. When CTO stopped in 2018, Van Diemen went to Ajax Talententeam, the female youth team of Ajax. In the summer of 2019 she signed a contract for the Ajax Vrouwen-squad. Van Diemen made her league debut against SC Heerenveen on 9 October 2020.[2] She scored her first goal against ADO Den Haag on 28 March 2021, scoring in the 49th minute.[3]
Feyenoord
editIn July 2021 van Diemen signed a contract with Feyenoord to continue her career.[4] She made her league debut against ADO Den Haag on 29 August 2021.[5] Van Diemen scored her first league goal against Heerenveen on 12 November 2021, scoring in the 51st minute.[6] On 7 June 2022, it was announced that van Diemen would be leaving Feyenoord.[7]
Fortuna Sittard
editVan Diemen made her league debut against Ajax on 16 September 2022.[8] On May 31, 2023, it was announced that she had signed a new one year deal.[9]
International career
editOn 15 February 2018 Van Diemen played her first international game for Oranje U16.[10]
Van Diemen made her Oranje U17[11] debut against Lithuania U17s on 9 May 2018.[12] She scored her first goal against Germany U17s on 8 May 2019, scoring in the 30th minute.[13]
Van Diemen scored on her Netherlands U18 debut against United States U18s on 31 January 2020, scoring in the 10th minute.[14]
She also played for Oranje U19.[15]
Van Diemen made her Netherlands U20 debut against Mexico U20s on 22 June 2022.[16]
Since 2021, she plays for Oranje U23.
Van Diemen became the first ever female Feyenoord player to play for the Netherlands, when she started on 29 November 2021 in a 0–0 draw, during a friendly match against Japan.[17][18][19]
Personal life
editVan Diemen is studying a journalism course at NTI.[20]
Honours
editAjax
- Eredivisie (1): 2019–20
References
edit- ^ "Squad List, FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022: Netherlands (NED)" (PDF). FIFA. 3 August 2022. p. 12. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Heerenveen vs Ajax - 9 October 2020". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Ajax vs ADO Den Haag - 28 March 2021". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Feyenoord en Ajax doen opnieuw zaken: Verdedigster stapt over". Vrouwen Voetbal Nieuws.
- ^ "ADO Den Haag vs Feyenoord - 29 August 2021". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Heerenveen vs. Feyenoord 0 - 1". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Samantha van Diemen verlaat Feyenoord". Feyenoord (in Dutch).
- ^ "Ajax vs Fortuna Sittard - 16 September 2022". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "SAMANTHA VAN DIEMEN BLIJFT IN SITTARD". Fortuna Sittard (in Dutch).
- ^ OnsOranje–profile U16
- ^ OnsOranje–profile U17
- ^ "Lithuania U17 vs Netherlands U17 - 9 May 2018". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Germany U17 v Netherlands U17 - 8 May 2019". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "United States U18 vs Netherlands U18 - 31 January 2020". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ OnsOranje–profile U19
- ^ "Mexico U20 vs Netherlands U20 - 22 June 2022". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "OnsOranje".
- ^ "Netherlands vs. Japan – 29 November 2021". uk.soccerway.
- ^ "Samantha van Diemen is eerste Feyenoorder ooit bij Oranje Leeuwinnen: 'Bevestiging dat overstap van Ajax de juiste was'". Rijnmond (in Dutch). 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Voetbalster Samantha: 'Een studie is niet echt mijn ding, maar met mijn teamgenoten studeren motiveert echt.'". NTI (in Dutch).
External links
edit- Samantha van Diemen at Soccerway
- Samantha van Diemen at WorldFootball.net
- Profile at onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)