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Desiree van Lunteren

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Lunteren, not Lunteren.

Desiree van Lunteren
Van Lunteren in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-12-30) 30 December 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Almere, Netherlands
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, right-back
Team information
Current team
 AZ
Number 21
Youth career
Sv Almere
Sv Buiten Boys
AS'80
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 AZ 36 (5)
2011–2012 Telstar 16 (4)
2012–2018 Ajax 142 (58)
2018–2019 SC Freiburg 20 (2)
2019–2021 Ajax 11 (3)
2021–2022 PSV 24 (10)
2023– AZ 21 (9)
International career
2008 Netherlands U16 4 (0)
2008–2009 Netherlands U17 9 (2)
2008–2011 Netherlands U19 27 (0)
2012–2019 Netherlands 84 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing the  Netherlands
FIFA Women's World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 France
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:21, 13 June 2024

Desiree van Lunteren (Dutch pronunciation: [deːziˈreː vɑn ˈlʏntərə(n)]; born 30 December 1992) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a right-back or a midfielder for AZ in the Eredivisie Vrouwen.

Club career

First spell at AZ

Van Lunteren began her senior career at Eredivisie team AZ Alkmaar. She made her league debut against Twente on 15 October 2009.[2] Van Lunteren scored her first league goal against VVV on 30 September 2010.[3]

Telstar

Van Lunteren made her league debut against ADO Den Haag on 9 September 2011.[4] She scored her first league goal against Heerenveen on 30 September 2011, scoring in the 52nd minute.[5]

First spell at Ajax

Van Lunteren scored on her league debut against Heerenveen on 24 August 2012, scoring in the 27th minute.[6] She scored a hattrick against Club Brugge on 17 January 2014.[7] Van Lunteren scored a hattrick against Anderlecht on 30 May 2014.[8]

SC Freiburg

In June 2018, a personal sponsor helped her move to SC Freiburg, departing Ajax after 6 years and 166 matches.[9][10][11] She made her league debut against SC Sand on 16 September 2018.[12] Van Lunteren scored her first league goal against SC Sand on 9 December 2018, scoring in the 49th minute.[13]

Second spell at Ajax

In July 2019, after one season in Germany, van Lunteren returned to Ajax on a two-year contract.[14] She scored on her league debut against Alkmaar on 25 August 2019, scoring in the 31st minute.[15]

PSV

On 10 March 2021, it was announced that van Lunteren had joined PSV on a two-year deal.[16] She scored on her league debut against PEC Zwolle on 27 August 2021, scoring in the 44th minute.[17] In 2022, van Lunteren retired.[18]

Second spell at AZ

In 2023, van Lunteren came out of retirement and signed for AZ.[19] She made her league debut against Excelsior Rotterdam on 8 September 2023.[20] She scored her first league goal against ADO Den Haag on 5 November 2023.[21] Van Lunteren scored a hattrick against Telstar on 1 May 2024.[22] On 28 March 2024, van Lunteren's contract was renewed until mid 2025.[23]

International career

Van Lunteren was handed her first senior national team cap by coach Roger Reijners on 15 February 2012, in a 2–1 friendly defeat to France in Nîmes.[24][25]

She was called up to be part of the national team for the 2013.[26] and the 2017 UEFA Women's Euros.[27] At the 2017 tournament, Van Lunteren started 5 of the team's 6 games and helped the team win the tournament. She assisted a goal in the final before being subbed off in the 57th minute. 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.[28]

Van Lunteren was an integral part of the Dutch team that finished second in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, playing in every match.

She retired from the national team on 21 November 2019.[29]

Honours

AZ Alkmaar
AFC Ajax
Netherlands
Individual

References

  1. ^ 2015 World Cup
  2. ^ "AZ vs Twente - 15 October 2009". int.soccerway.com.
  3. ^ "VVV vs AZ - 30 September 2010". int.soccerway.com.
  4. ^ "ADO Den Haag vs Alkmaar - 9 September 2011". int.soccerway.com.
  5. ^ "Alkmaar vs Heerenveen - 30 September 2011". int.soccerway.com.
  6. ^ "Ajax vs Heerenveen - 24 August 2012". int.soccerway.com.
  7. ^ "Ajax vs Club Brugge - 187 January 2014". int.soccerway.com.
  8. ^ "Ajax vs Anderlecht - 30 May 2014". int.soccerway.com.
  9. ^ "Sponsor koopt contract Desiree van Lunteren (Ajax Vrouwen) af voor Duits avontuur – Het Amsterdamsche Voetbal". www.hetamsterdamschevoetbal.nl (in Dutch). 18 June 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Ajacied Desiree van Lunteren naar SC Freiburg – Sport – PAROOL". Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Europameisterin Desiree van Lunteren wechselt zum SC Freiburg | SC Freiburg". www.scfreiburg.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  12. ^ "SC Sand vs Freiburg - 16 September 2018". int.soccerway.com.
  13. ^ "Freiburg vs SC Sand - 9 December 2018". int.soccerway.com.
  14. ^ "Oranje-international Van Lunteren keert na jaar terug bij Ajax Vrouwen". NU. 17 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Alkmaar vs Ajax - 25 August 2019". int.soccerway.com.
  16. ^ "PSV VROUWEN CONTRACTEERT VAN LUNTEREN". www.psv.nl (in Dutch). 10 March 2021.
  17. ^ "PSV vs PEC Zwolle - 27 August 2021". int.soccerway.com.
  18. ^ "Voetbalster Van Lunteren beëindigt loopbaan". www.rtl.nl (in Dutch). 20 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Van Lunteren tekende bij AZ: "Vinden we ook heel erg belangrijk"". www.vrouwenvoetbalnieuws.nl (in Dutch).
  20. ^ "AZ vs Excelsior - 8 September 2023". int.soccerway.com.
  21. ^ "AZ vs ADO Den Haag - 8 September 2023". int.soccerway.com.
  22. ^ "Telstar vs AZ - 1 May 2024". int.soccerway.com.
  23. ^ "AZ LANGER DOOR MET VAN LUNTEREN". www.az.nl (in Dutch).
  24. ^ "Desiree van Lunteren" (in Dutch). Vrouwenvoetbal Nederland. 22 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  25. ^ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  26. ^ "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". uefa.com. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  27. ^ "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl. 14 June 2017.
  28. ^ "Voetbalsters Oranje geridderd in Den Haag (in Dutch)". NOS.nl. 25 October 2017.
  29. ^ @oranjevrouwen (21 November 2019). "'Lieve fans, ik moet jullie iets vertellen. Ik ga stoppen bij Oranje.'" (Tweet) (in Dutch) – via Twitter.
  30. ^ "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast" (in Dutch). nu.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiree_van_Lunteren