Shanice van de Sanden

Shanice Janice van de Sanden (born 2 October 1992)[1] is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Liverpool and the Netherlands national team.[2]

Shanice van de Sanden
Van de Sanden with Lyon in 2019
Personal information
Full nameShanice Janice van de Sanden
Date of birth (1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 (age 31)
Place of birthUtrecht, Netherlands
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)Forward
Team information
Current team
Liverpool
Number19
Youth career
2006–2008VVIJ
2008SV Saestum
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2010Utrecht30(5)
2010–2011Heerenveen21(8)
2011–2016Twente103(32)
2016–2017Liverpool23(3)
2017–2020Lyon47(11)
2020–2022VfL Wolfsburg25(4)
2021–2022VfL Wolfsburg II6(1)
2022–2024Liverpool24(2)
International career
2008Netherlands U174(1)
2008–2011Netherlands U1927(9)
2008–Netherlands97(21)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing the  Netherlands
FIFA Women's World Cup
Runner-up2019 France
UEFA Women's Championship
Winner2017 Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:07, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:07, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Club career

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Her career started at amateur club VVIJ in IJsselstein, before moving to FC Utrecht in 2008 where she also played for its farm team SV Saestum.[3]

In May 2010, she moved to SC Heerenveen,[4] where she played for one season before joining FC Twente in May 2011.[5]

After four and a half seasons at FC Twente, she signed with Liverpool of the English WSL1 on 4 February 2016.[6][7]

On 29 August 2017, after two seasons at Liverpool where she played a total of 28 matches (in all competitions), she moved to France and joined Division 1 Féminine club Olympique Lyonnais.[8]

In September 2020 it was announced that Van de Sanden would be moving to Germany to play for Wolfsburg with immediate effect.[9]

On 16 July 2022, Van de Sanden rejoined Liverpool.[10]

International career

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Aged 16, she made her debut for the senior Netherlands women's national football team on 14 December 2008 in a friendly match 2–0 win over France.[11] She was part of the Dutch squad in the UEFA Women's Euro 2009[12] and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[13]

In June 2017, she was in the 23 players squad which won the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[14] 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.[15]

Later that year, she was shortlisted for the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award.[16]

Van de Sanden was selected in the final squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.[17]

On 31 May 2023, she was named as part of the Netherlands provisional squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[18]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 18 April 2024[19][20][21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup[a]League Cup[b]Continental[c]Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Utrecht2008–09Eredivisie154??154
2009–10Eredivisie151??151
Total305??305
Heerenveen2010–11Eredivisie218??218
Twente2011–12Eredivisie173??10183
2012–13BeNe League254??254
2013–14BeNe League2511??412912
2014–15BeNe League246??20266
2015–16Eredivisie128??721910
Total10332??14311735
Liverpool2016Women's Super League1630020183
2017Women's Super League7031101
Total2333120284
Lyon2017–18D1 Féminine1622050232
2018–19D1 Féminine1975170318
2019–20D1 Féminine1122030162
2020–21D1 Féminine10000010
Total4711911507112
Wolfsburg2020–21Frauen-Bundesliga1522121194
2021–22Frauen-Bundesliga1021040152
Total2543161346
Liverpool2022–23Women's Super League1410010151
2023–24Women's Super League1012020141
Total2422030292
Career Total273651735035433072

International

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As of match played 28 February 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands200810
200992
201040
201551
2016136
2017171
2018114
2019154
202070
2021133
202310
202410
Total9721
Scores and results list Netherlands's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each van de Sanden goal.
List of international goals scored by Shanice van de Sanden
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
112 March 2009GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus  South Africa4–05–02009 Cyprus Women's Cup
213 July 2009Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands3–23–2Four Nations Cup
320 May 2015Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands  Estonia5–07–0Friendly
422 January 2016Limak Arcadia Atlantis Football Center, Belek, Turkey  Denmark2–02–0
52 March 2016Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands  Switzerland4–14–32016 Women's Olympic Qualifier
67 April 2016Telstar Stadium, Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands  New Zealand1–02–0Friendly
72–0
817 September 2016Georgia Dome, Atlanta, United States  United States1–01–3
920 October 2016Tony Macaroni Arena, Livingston, Scotland  Scotland6–07–0
1016 July 2017Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands  Norway1–01–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017
1128 February 2018Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal  Japan4–06–22018 Algarve Cup
126 April 2018Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands  Northern Ireland5–07–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
138 June 2018Shamrock Park, Portadown, Northern Ireland3–05–0
145 September 2018Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda, Netherlands  Denmark2–02–02019 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Play-off SF
159 April 2019AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands  Chile6–07–0Friendly
161 June 2019Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands  Australia1–03–0
173–0
188 November 2019Bornova Stadium, Izmir, Turkey  Turkey1–08–02021 UEFA Women's Euro qualification
1915 June 2021De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands Norway6–07–0Friendly
2021 July 2021Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan  Zambia6–110–32020 Olympic Games
2127 July 2021Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan  China1–08–2

Honours

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FC Utrecht
FC Twente

*During the BeNe League period (2012 to 2015), the highest placed Dutch team is considered as national champion by the Royal Dutch Football Association.[22]

Lyon
Netherlands
Individual

We Play Strong

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Van de Sanden is one of UEFA's official ambassadors for #WePlayStrong, a social media and vlogging campaign which was launched in 2018. The campaign's "...aim is to promote women’s football as much as we can and to make people aware of women’s football, really,” Evans, another participant explains. “The ultimate goal is to make football the most played sport by females by 2020. So it’s a UEFA initiative to get more women and girls playing football, whether they want to be professional or not.”[24] The series, which also originally included professional footballers Sarah Zadrazil, Eunice Beckmann, Laura Feiersinger and Lisa Evans and now also includes Petronella Ekroth and Shanice van de Sanden, follows the daily lives of female professional footballers.[25]

Personal life

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Van de Sanden was born in the Netherlands and is of Surinamese descent.[26] As of August 2020, Van de Sanden has a girlfriend.[27] She welcomed a daughter in November 2023.

References

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  1. ^ "List of Players – Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Netherlands - S. van de Sanden - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Women Soccerway". uk.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  3. ^ "Shanice van de Sanden". vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch). 15 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Nieuw trio voor Heerenveen". vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch). 30 May 2010. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Van de Sanden naar FC Twente Vrouwen". FC Twente (in Dutch). 11 May 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Shanice van de Sanden naar Liverpool FC". FC Twente (in Dutch). 4 February 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Shanice van de Sanden: Liverpool Ladies sign Netherlands striker". BBC Sport. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Shanice van de Sanden: Lyon sign forward from Liverpool Ladies". BBC Sport. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Player profile Shanice van de Sanden". Vfl-Wolfsburg. 2021-09-26. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  10. ^ "Breaking: Liverpool Announce Return Of Popular Dutch Winger". 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  12. ^ Profile in UEFA's Euro 2009 archive
  13. ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  14. ^ "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 14 June 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  15. ^ "Voetbalsters Oranje geridderd in Den Haag (in Dutch)". NOS.nl.
  16. ^ "Harder, Marozsán and Martens on women's shortlist | Inside UEFA". 15 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Sarina Wiegman names Netherlands Women's World Cup squad". KNVB. 10 April 2019.
  18. ^ Mark White (2023-06-05). "Netherlands Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 30-player preliminary team named". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  19. ^ "Netherlands - S. van de Sanden - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  20. ^ "Shanice van de Sanden - Leistungsdaten". Soccerdonna. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  21. ^ "Footofeminin.fr - Shanice van de Sanden". Footofeminin.fr. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  22. ^ "Eredivisie Vrouwen". KNVB (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  23. ^ "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast" (in Dutch). nu.nl. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  24. ^ "ARSEBLOG EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ARSENAL'S LISA EVANS". Arseblog. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  25. ^ "Arsenal's Lisa Evans launches scheme to get more women playing football". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  26. ^ "Shanice van de Sanden mist interlands door familie-omstandigheden". www.rtvutrecht.nl. February 9, 2021.
  27. ^ "Van de Sanden: Marozsan is on another level". FIFA.com. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2021. And I had my girlfriend at home, so we both did some Tabata and that was fun as well.
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