Danique Kerkdijk
{{short description|Dutch association football player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Danique Kerkdijk
| image = Danique Kerkdijk in Nov. 2018 (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Kerkdijk in 2018
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|5|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Olst, Netherlands
| height = 1.73 m
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = SC Overwetering
| youthyears2 = 2010–2013
| youthclubs2 = Twente
| years1 = 2013–2017
| clubs1 = Twente
| caps1 = 88
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2017–2019
| clubs2 = Bristol City
| caps2 = 37
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2019–2022
| clubs3 = Brighton & Hove Albion
| caps3 = 53
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2022–2024
| clubs4 = Twente
| caps4 = 19
| goals4 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2011
| nationalteam1 = Netherlands U15
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2014–2015
| nationalteam2 = Netherlands U19
| nationalcaps2 = 20
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2015–2020
| nationalteam3 = Netherlands
| nationalcaps3 = 18
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's football}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{NED}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|FIFA Women's World Cup}}
{{Medal|RU|2019 France|}}
{{MedalCompetition|UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship}}
{{Medal|Winner|2014 Norway|}}
| club-update = 4 February 2024
| ntupdate = 1 December 2020
}}
Danique Kerkdijk (born 1 May 1996) is a Dutch former professional footballer who plays as a defender.{{Soccerway|306660}}
Club career
File:20141015 - PSG-Twente 085.jpg in a match against Paris Saint-Germain at the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League on 14 October 2014|left]]
Her career begins at the youth teams of amateur club SC Overwetering in Olst. During the 2009–10 season, she was part of a training group of under-14 age players, training at both SC Overwetering and FC Twente. A season later, she became a FC Twente youth player; by 2012 she reached the club first team (which plays in the BeNe League / Eredivisie). By 2013 she started playing matches regularly for the first team and in 2014 she signed her first professional contract with the club.{{cite web |url=http://www.fctwente.nl/blog/2014/06/danique-kerkdijk-tekent-contract/ |title=Danique Kerkdijk tekent contract |language=Dutch |work=FC Twente |date=25 June 2014 |accessdate=21 December 2017}} Over the following years at the club she won many titles,{{cite web |url=http://www.fctwente.nl/blog/2017/06/danique-kerkdijk-bristol-city-fc/ |title=Danique Kerkdijk naar Bristol City FC |language=Dutch |work=FC Twente |date=15 June 2017 |accessdate=21 December 2017 |archive-date=22 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052846/http://www.fctwente.nl/blog/2017/06/danique-kerkdijk-bristol-city-fc/ |url-status=dead }} played for them in 88 games and scored five times.
Following the end of the 2016–17 season for FC Twente, she signed for Bristol City, who play in the English FA WSL 1 league. At the announcement she said: "I was really impressed at the club's vision for the future, I believe this is the best place for me to grow and develop as a player."{{cite news|title=Danique Kerkdijk: Bristol City Women sign Netherlands defender for 2017–18|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40296269|accessdate=9 November 2017|work=BBC Sport|date=15 June 2017}} She made her debut for the team in the 6–0 defeat against reigning champions Chelsea L.F.C. in September 2017. Kerkdijk expressed the hope that the increased level of training at Bristol compared to Twente would result in continued call ups for the national team.{{cite news|last1=van Zoeren|first1=Walter|title=De oranje missie van Danique Kerkdijk|url=https://www.destentor.nl/regiosport/de-oranje-missie-van-danique-kerkdijk~acf92997/|accessdate=9 November 2017|work=De Stentor|date=9 November 2017|language=Dutch}}
On 1 June 2019 Danique signed for WSL side Brighton & Hove Albion.{{cite news|title=Danique Kerkdijk: Brighton & Hove Albion Women sign World Cup Finalists −18|url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/2019/july/albion-sign-dutch-international/40296269|accessdate=9 November 2017|work=BBC Sport|date=1 June 2019}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
After five years in England she returned to the Netherlands to play for Twente again.
International career
Kerkdijk progressed through the Netherlands national team youth system, she won the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship,{{cite web |url=http://www.fctwente.nl/blog/2014/07/kerkdijk-roord-europees-kampioen-oranje-19/ |title=Kerkdijk en Roord Europees Kampioen met Oranje onder 19 |language=Dutch |work=FC Twente |date=27 July 2014 |accessdate=21 December 2017 |archive-date=22 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052728/http://www.fctwente.nl/blog/2014/07/kerkdijk-roord-europees-kampioen-oranje-19/ |url-status=dead }} before arriving at the senior team.
She debuted for the senior team on 17 September 2015, in an 8–0 friendly win over Belarus.{{cite web|url=http://www.vrouwenvoetbalnieuws.nl/oranje-vanavond-tegen-wit-rusland/|title=Oranje vanavond tegen Wit-Rusland|trans-title=Orange tonight against Belarus|language=Dutch|publisher=Vrouwenvoetbalnieuws|date=17 September 2015|access-date=10 November 2017|archive-date=10 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114746/http://www.vrouwenvoetbalnieuws.nl/oranje-vanavond-tegen-wit-rusland/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/report/frauen-freundschaft-2015-september-niederlande-belarus/|title=Netherlands – Belarus 8:0|publisher=World Football|date=17 September 2015}}
In April 2015, it was announced that Kerkdijk was one of seven FC Twente players named for the initial Dutch team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.{{cite news|title=Marthe Munsterman en Danique Kerkdijk in voorlopige WK-selectie|url=https://www.tubantia.nl/fc-twente/marthe-munsterman-en-danique-kerkdijk-in-voorlopige-wk-selectie~add89c22/|accessdate=9 November 2017|work=De Stentor|date=24 April 2015|language=Dutch}} She was cut from the squad when it was reduced from 35 to 23 players in the following month.{{cite news|title=Ajax hofleverancier definitieve WK-selectie Oranjevrouwen|url=https://www.nu.nl/voetbal/4046516/ajax-hofleverancier-definitieve-wk-selectie-oranjevrouwen.html|accessdate=9 November 2017|work=Nu Sport|date=10 May 2015}}
Honours
=FC Twente=
- BeNe League: 2012–13, 2013–14
- Eredivisie: 2013–14*, 2014–15*, 2015–16
- KNVB Women's Cup: 2014–15
*During the BeNe League period (2012 to 2015), the highest placed Dutch team is considered as national champion by the Royal Dutch Football Association.{{cite web |url=https://www.knvb.nl/competities/eredivisie-vrouwen |title=Eredivisie Vrouwen |language=Dutch |work=KNVB |accessdate=20 December 2017 |archive-date=31 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531063714/https://www.knvb.nl/competities/eredivisie-vrouwen |url-status=dead }}
=Netherlands U19=
=Netherlands=
References
{{reflist|30em}}{{Portal|Women's association football}}
External links
- [https://www.onsoranje.nl/teams/207834/speler/630 Senior national team profile] at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
- [https://www.onsoranje.nl/teams/210484/speler/630 Under-19 national team profile] at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
- [https://www.onsoranje.nl/teams/210489/speler/630 Under-15 national team profile] at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
- [https://www.bcfc.co.uk/teams/city-women-squad/6-danique-kerkdijk/ Bristol City player profile]
- [https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/danique-kerkdijk_prs371764/person.shtml Danique Kerkdijk] on Eurosport
{{FC Twente (women) squad}}
{{Netherlands squad 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup}}
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Category:Dutch women's footballers
Category:Netherlands women's youth international footballers
Category:Netherlands women's international footballers
Category:Women's association football defenders
Category:FC Twente (women) players
Category:Bristol City W.F.C. players
Category:Eredivisie (women) players
Category:Women's Super League players
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in England
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Category:2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. players
Category:Dutch expatriate women's footballers