Personal information | |||
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Full name | Chantal Alida Maria de Ridder [1] | ||
Date of birth | 19 January 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Leiden, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–2001 | Ter Leede | ||
2001–2006 | Foreholte | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Ter Leede | ||
2007–2011 | AZ | 78 | (45) |
2011–2013 | Turbine Potsdam | 7 | (0) |
2013–2019 | Ajax | 90 | (31) |
International career‡ | |||
2007–2013 | Netherlands | 46 | (10) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 December 2015 |
Chantal Alida Maria de Ridder (born 19 January 1989) is a Dutch football striker, who played for BeNe League club AFC Ajax as well as the senior Netherlands women's national football team.
Before signing for Ajax in January 2013, De Ridder last played for Turbine Potsdam in Germany's Bundesliga. [2] She had previously competed in the Netherlands' Eredivisie, winning four titles with Ter Leede and AZ. She scored her first goal for Turbine in the 10–0 2011–12 Champions League home win against Glasgow City. [3]
Due to a long term knee injury suffered in December 2011, she only played seven Bundesliga matches. She left Potsdam in January 2013 and headed back to the Netherlands, intent on getting more match practice and breaking back into the Dutch team ahead of UEFA Women's Euro 2013. [4]
She was a member of the Dutch national team, and played in the 2009 European Championship [5] after making her senior debut on 29 July 2007 against North Korea. [6]
In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected De Ridder in the Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden. [7]
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 14 December 2008 | Stade Paul Cosyns, Compiègne, France | France | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
2. | 12 March 2009 | GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus | South Africa | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2009 Cyprus Cup |
3. | 13 July 2009 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands | South Africa | 1–1 | 3–2 | Four Nations Cup |
4. | 22 April 2010 | Gradski Stadion, Kumanovo, Macedonia | North Macedonia | 6–0 | 7–0 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
5. | 21 August 2010 | Haradzki Stadium, Maladzechna, Belarus | Belarus | 4–0 | 4–0 | |
6. | 12 December 2010 | Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil | Brazil | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2010 City of São Paulo Tournament |
7. | 7 March 2011 | Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Switzerland | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2011 Cyprus Cup |
8. | 6–0 | |||||
9. | 19 November 2011 | Ivančna Gorica Stadium, Ivančna Gorica, Slovenia | Slovenia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2013 UEFA Women's Euro qualification |
10. | 24 November 2011 | Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands | Croatia | 1–0 | 2–0 |
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