Shanice Janice van de Sanden (born 2 October 1992)[1] is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club Pachuca and the Netherlands national team.[2]

Shanice van de Sanden
Van de Sanden with Lyon in 2019
Personal information
Full name Shanice Janice van de Sanden
Date of birth (1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Utrecht, Netherlands
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Pachuca
Number 17
Youth career
2006–2008 VVIJ
2008 SV Saestum
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Utrecht 30 (5)
2010–2011 Heerenveen 21 (8)
2011–2016 Twente 103 (32)
2016–2017 Liverpool 23 (3)
2017–2020 Lyon 47 (11)
2020–2022 VfL Wolfsburg 25 (4)
2021–2022 VfL Wolfsburg II 6 (1)
2022–2024 Liverpool 24 (2)
2024– Pachuca 12 (1)
International career
2008 Netherlands U17 4 (1)
2008–2011 Netherlands U19 27 (9)
2008– Netherlands 97 (21)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing the  Netherlands
FIFA Women's World Cup
Runner-up 2019 France
UEFA Women's Championship
Winner 2017 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
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Utrecht 2008–09 Eredivisie 15 4 ? ? 15 4
2009–10 Eredivisie 15 1 ? ? 15 1
Total 30 5 ? ? 30 5
Heerenveen 2010–11 Eredivisie 21 8 ? ? 21 8
Twente 2011–12 Eredivisie 17 3 ? ? 1 0 18 3
2012–13 BeNe League 25 4 ? ? 25 4
2013–14 BeNe League 25 11 ? ? 4 1 29 12
2014–15 BeNe League 24 6 ? ? 2 0 26 6
2015–16 Eredivisie 12 8 ? ? 7 2 19 10
Total 103 32 ? ? 14 3 117 35
Liverpool 2016 Women's Super League 16 3 0 0 2 0 18 3
2017 Women's Super League 7 0 3 1 10 1
Total 23 3 3 1 2 0 28 4
Lyon 2017–18 D1 Féminine 16 2 2 0 5 0 23 2
2018–19 D1 Féminine 19 7 5 1 7 0 31 8
2019–20 D1 Féminine 11 2 2 0 3 0 16 2
2020–21 D1 Féminine 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 47 11 9 1 15 0 71 12
Wolfsburg 2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga 15 2 2 1 2 1 19 4
2021–22 Frauen-Bundesliga 10 2 1 0 4 0 15 2
Total 25 4 3 1 6 1 34 6
Liverpool 2022–23 Women's Super League 14 1 0 0 1 0 15 1
2023–24 Women's Super League 10 1 2 0 2 0 14 1
Total 24 2 2 0 3 0 29 2
Career Total 273 65 17 3 5 0 35 4 330 72

International

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As of match played 28 February 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 2008 1 0
2009 9 2
2010 4 0
2015 5 1
2016 13 6
2017 17 1
2018 11 4
2019 15 4
2020 7 0
2021 13 3
2023 1 0
2024 1 0
Total 97 21
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. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 March 2009 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus   South Africa 4–0 5–0 2009 Cyprus Women's Cup
2 13 July 2009 Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3–2 3–2 Four Nations Cup
3 20 May 2015 Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands   Estonia 5–0 7–0 Friendly
4 22 January 2016 Limak Arcadia Atlantis Football Center, Belek, Turkey   Denmark 2–0 2–0
5 2 March 2016 Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands   Switzerland 4–1 4–3 2016 Women's Olympic Qualifier
6 7 April 2016 Telstar Stadium, Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands   New Zealand 1–0 2–0 Friendly
7 2–0
8 17 September 2016 Georgia Dome, Atlanta, United States   United States 1–0 1–3
9 20 October 2016 Tony Macaroni Arena, Livingston, Scotland   Scotland 6–0 7–0
10 16 July 2017 Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands   Norway 1–0 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017
11 28 February 2018 Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal   Japan 4–0 6–2 2018 Algarve Cup
12 6 April 2018 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands   Northern Ireland 5–0 7–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
13 8 June 2018 Shamrock Park, Portadown, Northern Ireland 3–0 5–0
14 5 September 2018 Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda, Netherlands   Denmark 2–0 2–0 2019 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Play-off SF
15 9 April 2019 AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands   Chile 6–0 7–0 Friendly
16 1 June 2019 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands   Australia 1–0 3–0
17 3–0
18 8 November 2019 Bornova Stadium, Izmir, Turkey   Turkey 1–0 8–0 2021 UEFA Women's Euro qualification
19 15 June 2021 De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands   Norway 6–0 7–0 Friendly
20 21 July 2021 Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan   Zambia 6–1 10–3 2020 Olympic Games
21 27 July 2021 Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan   China 1–0 8–2

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.”[27] 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.[28]

Personal life

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Van de Sanden was born in the Netherlands and is of Surinamese descent.[29] As of August 2020, Van de Sanden has a girlfriend.[30] 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. ^ UEFA.com. "History: Wolfsburg 1-4 Lyon | UEFA Women's Champions League 2017/18 Final". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  24. ^ UEFA.com. "History: Lyon 4-1 Barcelona | UEFA Women's Champions League 2018/19 Final". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  25. ^ UEFA.com. "History: Wolfsburg 1-3 Lyon | UEFA Women's Champions League 2019/20". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  26. ^ "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast" (in Dutch). nu.nl. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  27. ^ "ARSEBLOG EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ARSENAL'S LISA EVANS". Arseblog. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  28. ^ "Arsenal's Lisa Evans launches scheme to get more women playing football". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  29. ^ "Shanice van de Sanden mist interlands door familie-omstandigheden". www.rtvutrecht.nl. February 9, 2021.
  30. ^ "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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