Karin Stevens
{{Short description|Dutch footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Karin Stevens
Stevie Malagrida (since 2015)
| image =
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| fullname = Karin Christiaan Ida Catharina Stevens
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|6|11}}
| birth_place = Maastricht, Netherlands
| height =
| currentclub = DVC Eva's Tienen
| position = Midfielder / Striker
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Leonidas Wolder
| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = SC Jekerdal
| years1 = 2007–2010 | clubs1 = Willem II | caps1 = 37 | goals1 = 32
| years2 = 2011 | clubs2 = Lierse | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = 2015–2016 | clubs3 = Ladies Genk | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 6
| years4 = 2016– | clubs4 = DVC Eva's Tienen | caps4 = 3 | goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2006–2009
| nationalteam1 = Netherlands
| nationalcaps1 = 35
| nationalgoals1 = 16
| pcupdate = 1 July 2017
}}
Karin Christiaan Ida Catharina Stevens (born 11 June 1989) and known since 2015 as Stevie Malagrida,{{cite web |url=http://www.voetbalcentraal.nl/nieuws/124481/karin-stevens-onder-andere-naam-van-start-bij-zuiderburen |title=Karin Stevens onder andere naam van start bij zuiderburen |language=Dutch |work=voetbalcentraal.nl |date=29 August 2015 |accessdate=12 January 2018}} is a Dutch football striker, who plays for DVC Eva's Tienen in the women's Belgian First Division (second tier). She has also played for the Dutch national team.
Club career
Her career started at amateur clubs Leonidas Wolder and later SC Jekerdal where she played amongst the boys teams. She began as an offensive midfielder able to play in any position in the front. When the Dutch women's professional league (Eredivisie Vrouwen) was established in 2007, she signed to play for FC Twente, however she was prevented from playing for the club due to regulations restricting the number of national team players per club, in order to play she moved to Willem II.{{cite web |url=https://www.vrouwenvoetbalnieuws.nl/carriere-karin-stevens/ |title=De mooie, maar korte carrière van Karin Stevens |language=Dutch |work=vrouwenvoetbalnieuws.nl |date=2 January 2017 |accessdate=12 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113150337/https://www.vrouwenvoetbalnieuws.nl/carriere-karin-stevens/ |archive-date=13 January 2018 |url-status=dead }}
In her first season (2007–08) at Willem II, she scored 20 goals in 22 matches and was the club and league top scorer.{{cite web |url=http://www.vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3451&Itemid=396 |title=Eindstanden Topscorers Eredivisie, HK en EK - 2007-2008 |language=Dutch |work=vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl |date=11 October 2008 |accessdate=1 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328101544/http://www.vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3451&Itemid=396 |archive-date=28 March 2012}} In her second season (2008–09) she managed 10 goals in 12 matches as a shoulder injury sidelined her for five months of the season.{{cite web |url=http://www.vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl/vvned2/index.php?option=com_joomleague&view=player&p=2:eredivisie-2008-2009&tid=6:willem-ii&pid=2459:karin-stevens&Itemid=620 |title=Karin Stevens - Eredivisie 2008-2009 |language=Dutch |work=vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl |accessdate=12 January 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4761&Itemid=396 |title=Eindstanden Topscorers Eredivisie, HK en EK - 2008-2009 |language=Dutch |work=vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl |date=24 September 2009 |accessdate=2 January 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328101556/http://www.vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4761&Itemid=396 |archivedate=28 March 2012}} She received offers to play for clubs abroad, Brøndby IF (Denmark) and LdB FC Malmö (Sweden) showed interest, but planning for a career after football she decided to decline the offers from abroad. The shoulder injury required a second operation and she missed almost the entire 2009–10, playing just 2 matches and scoring 1 goal.{{cite web |url=http://www.vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl/vvned2/index.php?option=com_joomleague&view=player&p=18:eredivisie-2009-2010&tid=6:willem-ii&pid=2459:karin-stevens&Itemid=620 |title=Karin Stevens - Eredivisie 2009-2010 |language=Dutch |work=vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl |accessdate=12 January 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.onsoranje.nl/nieuws/nederlands-vrouwenelftal/2242/seizoen-stevens-al-heel-snel-over |title=Seizoen Stevens is al heel snel over |language=Dutch |work=onsoranje.nl |date=17 October 2009 |accessdate=12 January 2018}}
She was making her comeback during the 2010–11 season and played 4 matches scoring 1 goal,{{cite web |url=http://www.vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl/vvned2/index.php?option=com_joomleague&view=player&p=35:eredivisie-2010-2011&tid=6:willem-ii&pid=2459:karin-stevens&Itemid=620 |title=Karin Stevens - Eredivisie 2010-2011 |language=Dutch |work=vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl |accessdate=12 January 2018}} when on 4 January 2011, she joined Lierse in the Belgian First Division.{{cite web |url=http://www.lierse.com/nl/news/karin-stevens-tekent-bij-wd-lierse |title=Karin Stevens tekent bij WD Lierse |language=Dutch |work=Lierse SK |date=4 January 2011 |accessdate=12 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906152011/http://www.lierse.com/nl/news/karin-stevens-tekent-bij-wd-lierse |archive-date=6 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.onsoranje.nl/nieuws/nederlands-vrouwenelftal/18674/stevens-slegers-weg-bij-willem-ii |title=Stevens, Slegers weg bij Willem II |language=Dutch |work=onsoranje.nl |date=12 January 2011 |accessdate=12 January 2018}} At the end of the season, on 4 August 2011, she decided to retire from football.{{cite web |url=http://www.loft6.be/vrouwenteam/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2410:karin-stevens-stopt-met-voetballen&catid=34:eerste-klasse&Itemid=56 |title=Karin Stevens stopt met voetballen |language=Dutch |work=vrouwenteam.be |date=4 August 2011 |first=Maryan |last=Mahieu |accessdate=12 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191449/http://www.loft6.be/vrouwenteam/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2410:karin-stevens-stopt-met-voetballen&catid=34:eerste-klasse&Itemid=56 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}
In May 2015, she agreed a contract with Ladies Genk{{cite web |url=https://www.vrouwenvoetbalnieuws.nl/karin-stevens-vertrekt-naar-ladies-genk/ |title=Karin Stevens vertrekt naar Ladies Genk |language=Dutch |work=vrouwenvoetbalnieuws.nl |date=18 May 2015 |accessdate=12 January 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and in August 2015 she made a comeback under a new name {{em|Stevie Malagrida}}. She played 9 matches of the 2015–16 Belgian Super League season for Ladies Genk.{{cite web |url=https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nl/spelers/malagrida-stevie/wedstrijden/2015-2016 |title=Stevie Malagrida 2015-2016 |language=Dutch |work=voetbalkrant.com |accessdate=12 January 2018}}
She moved from Genk to DVC Eva's Tienen ahead of the 2016–17 Super League season.{{cite web |url=http://www.ladiesgenk.be/nl/news/detail/8/transfers-krc-genk-ladies |title=Transfers KRC Genk Ladies |language=Dutch |work=KRC Genk Ladies |date=15 July 2016 |accessdate=12 January 2018 |archive-date=13 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113035746/http://www.ladiesgenk.be/nl/news/detail/8/transfers-krc-genk-ladies |url-status=dead }} She played 3 matches for Tienen that season.{{cite web |url=https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nl/spelers/malagrida-stevie/wedstrijden/2016-2017 |title=Stevie Malagrida 2016-2017 |language=Dutch |work=voetbalkrant.com |date= |accessdate=12 January 2018}}
International career
She made her debut for the Netherlands women's national football team under coach Vera Pauw on 31 August 2006, in a 4–0 World Cup qualifying defeat to England.
She played an important part in qualifying the Netherlands to the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 for the first time by scoring three of the Dutch four goals in the two legs 2009 Euro qualifying play-offs against Spain.{{cite web |url=https://www.onsoranje.nl/nieuws/nederlands-vrouwenelftal/71540/oranjeleeuwinnen-met-24-speelsters-naar-spanje |title=OranjeLeeuwinnen met 24 speelsters naar Spanje |language=Dutch |work=onsoranje.nl |date=9 January 2018 |accessdate=12 January 2018}}[https://archive.today/20120710011332/http://en.archive.dr.infra.uefa.com/competitions/woco/players/Player=102212/index.html Profile] in UEFA's Euro 2009 archive She was selected for the Dutch team which reached the semifinals of the UEFA Women's Euro 2009, playing all of the Netherlands five matches in the tournament and scoring the second goal of the country debut match in major tournaments, against Ukraine.{{cite web |url=https://www.onsoranje.nl/nieuws/nederlands-vrouwenelftal/62438/memory-match-debuut-eindronde |title=Memory Match: debuut eindronde |language=Dutch |work=onsoranje.nl |date=4 June 2015 |accessdate=12 January 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/history/teams/500095--netherlands/ |title=2009 Women's Euro - Netherlands squad |work=UEFA |access-date=11 January 2018}} The semifinal match England was her 35th and last match for the national team, she scored 16 goals.
=International goals=
:Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.{{cite web |title=Profile |url=https://www.onsoranje.nl/teams/207834/speler/19386 |language=Dutch |work=onsoranje.nl |accessdate=12 January 2018}}
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| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | rowspan=3| 24 September 2006 | rowspan=3| Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands | rowspan=3| {{fbw|HUN}} | align=center| 1–0 | rowspan=3 align=center| 4–0 | rowspan=3| 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 2. | align=center| 2–0 | |||||
| 3. | align=center| 4–0 | |||||
| 4. | 22 November 2006 | Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion, Almere, Netherlands | {{fbw|RUS}} | align=center| 1–0 | align=center| 5–0 | Friendly |
| 5. | 6 March 2008 | Alpha Sports Center, Larnaca, Cyprus | {{fbw|JPN}} | align=center| 1–1 | align=center| 1–3 | rowspan=2| 2008 Cyprus Cup |
| 6. | 8 March 2008 | Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus | {{fbw|SCO}} | align=center| 1–0 | align=center| 1–0 | |
| 7. | 7 May 2008 | Univé Stadion, Emmen, Netherlands | {{fbw|CHN}} | align=center| 1–0 | align=center| 1–1 | rowspan=2| Friendly |
| 8. | 10 August 2008 | Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa | {{fbw|RSA}} | align=center| 2–1 | align=center| 2–1 | |
| 9. | 27 September 2008 | Kras Stadion, Volendam, Netherlands | {{fbw|BEL}} | align=center| 3–0 | align=center| 3–0 | rowspan=4| 2009 UEFA Women's Euro qualification |
| 10. | 25 October 2008 | Pabellón de la Ciudad del Fútbol, Madrid, Spain | {{fbw|ESP}} | align=center| 1–0 | align=center| 2–0 | |
| 11. | rowspan=2| 30 October 2008 | rowspan=2| Kras Stadion, Volendam, Netherlands | rowspan=2| {{fbw|ESP}} | align=center| 1–0 | align=center rowspan="2"| 2–0 | |
| 12. | align=center| 2–0 | |||||
| 13. | 14 December 2008 | Stade Paul Cosyns, Compiègne, France | {{fbw|FRA}} | align=center| 1–0 | align=center| 2–0 | Friendly |
| 14. | 11 July 2009 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands | {{fbw|SUI}} | align=center| 1–0 | align=center| 5–0 | rowspan=2| Four Nations Cup |
| 15. | 15 July 2009 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands | {{fbw|CHN}} | align=center| 1–1 | align=center| 2–4 | |
| 16. | 23 August 2009 | Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland | {{fbw|UKR}} | align=center| 2–0 | align=center| 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 |
References
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{{Netherlands Squad 2009 UEFA Women's European Championship}}
21. twitter page : https://twitter.com/karinstevens111?s=21
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stevens, Karin}}
Category:Footballers from Maastricht
Category:Dutch women's footballers
Category:21st-century Dutch sportswomen
Category:Netherlands women's international footballers
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Belgium
Category:Eredivisie (women) players
Category:Willem II (women) players
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:Super League Vrouwenvoetbal players
Category:Lierse SK (women) players
Category:KRC Genk Ladies players