Shanice van de Sanden

{{Short description|Dutch footballer (born 1992)}}

{{family name hatnote|Van de Sanden|Sanden|lang=Dutch}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Shanice van de Sanden

| image = 2019-05-18 Fußball, Frauen, UEFA Women's Champions League, Olympique Lyonnais - FC Barcelona StP 1098 LR10 by Stepro.jpg

| caption = Van de Sanden with Lyon in 2019

| full_name = Shanice Janice van de Sanden

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1992|10|02}}

| birth_place = Utrecht, Netherlands

| height = 1.68 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Toluca

| clubnumber = 17

| youthyears1 = 2006–2008

| youthclubs1 = VVIJ

| youthyears2 = 2008

| youthclubs2 = SV Saestum

| years1 = 2008–2010

| clubs1 = Utrecht

| caps1 = 30

| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2010–2011

| clubs2 = Heerenveen

| caps2 = 21

| goals2 = 8

| years3 = 2011–2016

| clubs3 = Twente

| caps3 = 103

| goals3 = 32

| years4 = 2016–2017

| clubs4 = Liverpool

| caps4 = 23

| goals4 = 3

| years5 = 2017–2020

| clubs5 = Lyon

| caps5 = 47

| goals5 = 11

| years6 = 2020–2022

| clubs6 = VfL Wolfsburg

| caps6 = 25

| goals6 = 4

| years7 = 2021–2022

| clubs7 = VfL Wolfsburg II

| caps7 = 6

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2022–2024

| clubs8 = Liverpool

| caps8 = 24

| goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2024

| clubs9 = Pachuca

| caps9 = 12

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2025–

| clubs10 = Toluca

| caps10 = 17

| goals10 = 7

| nationalyears1 = 2008

| nationalteam1 = Netherlands U17

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2008–2011

| nationalteam2 = Netherlands U19

| nationalcaps2 = 27

| nationalgoals2 = 9

| nationalyears3 = 2008–

| nationalteam3 = Netherlands

| nationalcaps3 = 97

| nationalgoals3 = 21

| pcupdate = 17:07, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 17:07, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's football}}

{{Medal|Country|the {{NED}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|FIFA Women's World Cup}}

{{Medal|RU|2019 France|}}

{{Medal|Competition|UEFA Women's Championship}}

{{Medal|Winner|2017 Netherlands|}}

}}

Shanice Janice van de Sanden (born 2 October 1992){{cite web|title=List of Players – Netherlands|url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf|publisher=FIFA|access-date=31 May 2015|page=16|date=30 May 2015|archive-date=10 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410062327/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf|url-status=dead}} is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club Toluca and the Netherlands national team.{{Cite web|url=https://uk.women.soccerway.com/players/shanice-van-der-sande/55809/|title=Netherlands - S. van de Sanden - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Women Soccerway|website=uk.women.soccerway.com|access-date=2019-06-20}}

Club career

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl/vvned/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4602:shanice-van-de-sanden&catid=167:internationals |title=Shanice van de Sanden |language=nl |work=vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl |date=15 December 2014 |access-date=10 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202235026/http://www.vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl/vvned/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4602:shanice-van-de-sanden&catid=167:internationals |archive-date=2 December 2016}}

In May 2010, she moved to SC Heerenveen,{{cite web |url=http://www.vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5622&Itemid=1 |title=Nieuw trio voor Heerenveen |language=nl |work=vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl |date=30 May 2010 |access-date=10 January 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530175650/http://www.vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5622&Itemid=1 |archive-date=30 May 2012 |url-status=dead }} where she played for one season before joining FC Twente in May 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.fctwente.nl/blog/2011/05/van-de-sanden-naar-fc-twente-vrouwen/ |title=Van de Sanden naar FC Twente Vrouwen |language=nl |work=FC Twente |date=11 May 2011 |access-date=10 January 2018}}

After four and a half seasons at FC Twente, she signed with Liverpool of the English WSL1 on 4 February 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.fctwente.nl/blog/2016/02/shanice-sanden-liverpool-fc/ |title=Shanice van de Sanden naar Liverpool FC |language=nl |work=FC Twente |date=4 February 2016 |access-date=10 January 2018}}{{cite news |title=Shanice van de Sanden: Liverpool Ladies sign Netherlands striker |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35492660 |access-date=4 February 2016 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=4 February 2016}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41088208 |title=Shanice van de Sanden: Lyon sign forward from Liverpool Ladies |work=BBC Sport |date=29 August 2017 |access-date=10 January 2018}}

In September 2020 it was announced that Van de Sanden would be moving to Germany to play for Wolfsburg with immediate effect.{{Cite web|date=2021-09-26|title=Player profile Shanice van de Sanden|url=https://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/en/teams/womens-first-team/players-and-staff/player-profile/team-kader-2019-2020/profil/shanice-van-de-sanden-22/|access-date=2021-10-05|website=Vfl-Wolfsburg|language=en}}

On 16 July 2022, Van de Sanden rejoined Liverpool.{{cite web|title=Breaking: Liverpool Announce Return Of Popular Dutch Winger|url=https://www.si.com/soccer/liverpool/transfers/breaking-liverpool-announce-return-of-popular-dutch-winger-shanice-van-de-sanden|date=16 July 2022|access-date=16 July 2022}}

International career

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. She was part of the Dutch squad in the UEFA Women's Euro 2009[https://archive.today/20120712062347/http://en.archive.dr.infra.uefa.com/competitions/woco/players/Player=1909224/index.html Profile] in UEFA's Euro 2009 archive and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=386932/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611144009/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=386932/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 11, 2015 |title= Profile |publisher= FIFA.com |access-date=24 June 2015}}

In June 2017, she was in the 23 players squad which won the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.onsoranje.nl/nieuws/nederlands-vrouwenelftal/69717/wiegman-kiest-oranje-selectie-voor-weuro-2017 |title=Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017 |language=nl |work=onsoranje.nl |date=14 June 2017 |access-date=25 December 2017}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2199703-voetbalsters-oranje-geridderd-in-den-haag.html|title=Voetbalsters Oranje geridderd in Den Haag (in Dutch)|website=NOS.nl}}

Later that year, she was shortlisted for the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/023c-0e16a35f41fd-f1a960ac3ee4-1000--harder-marozsan-and-martens-on-women-s-shortlist/|title=Harder, Marozsán and Martens on women's shortlist|date=15 August 2017}}

Van de Sanden was selected in the final squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.{{cite news|url=https://www.knvb.com/news/knvb/womens-football/903/sarina-wiegman-names-netherlands-women%E2%80%99s-world-cup-squad|title=Sarina Wiegman names Netherlands Women's World Cup squad|date=10 April 2019|publisher=KNVB}}

On 31 May 2023, she was named as part of the Netherlands provisional squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.{{Cite web |author1=Mark White |date=2023-06-05 |title=Netherlands Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 30-player preliminary team named |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/netherlands-women-world-cup-2023-squad-team-roster-players-holland |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=fourfourtwo.com |language=en}}

Career statistics

= Club =

{{updated|match played 18 April 2024}}{{cite web |title=Netherlands - S. van de Sanden - Profile with news, career statistics and history |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/shanice-van-der-sande/55809/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=21 November 2023}}{{cite web |title=Shanice van de Sanden - Leistungsdaten |url=https://www.soccerdonna.de/de/shanice-van-de-sanden/leistungsdaten/spieler_1998.html |website=Soccerdonna |access-date=21 November 2023}}{{cite web |title=Footofeminin.fr - Shanice van de Sanden |url=http://www.statsfootofeminin.fr/joueur.php?joueur=10378&id=469#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.statsfootofeminin.fr%2Fjoueur.php%3Fjoueur%3D10378%26id%3D469#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-06-15 |website=Footofeminin.fr |access-date=21 November 2023}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |National Cup{{efn|Includes KNVB Women's Cup, Coupe de France, Women's FA Cup, DFB-Pokal}}

! colspan="2" |League Cup{{efn|Includes FA Women's League Cup}}

! colspan="2" |Continental{{efn|Includes UEFA Women's Champions League}}

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="3" |Utrecht

|2008–09

|Eredivisie

|15

|4

|?

|?

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" | —

|15

|4

2009–10

|Eredivisie

|15

|1

|?

|?

| colspan="2" | —

| colspan="2" | —

|15

|1

colspan="2" |Total

!30

!5

!?

!?

! colspan="2" |—

! colspan="2" |—

!30

!5

Heerenveen

|2010–11

|Eredivisie

|21

|8

|?

|?

| colspan="2" | —

| colspan="2" | —

|21

|8

rowspan="6" |Twente

|2011–12

|Eredivisie

|17

|3

|?

|?

| colspan="2" |—

| 1

|0

|18

|3

2012–13

|BeNe League

|25

|4

|?

|?

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" | —

|25

|4

2013–14

|BeNe League

|25

|11

|?

|?

| colspan="2" |—

| 4

|1

|29

|12

2014–15

|BeNe League

|24

|6

|?

|?

| colspan="2" |—

| 2

|0

|26

|6

2015–16

|Eredivisie

|12

|8

|?

|?

| colspan="2" | —

| 7

|2

|19

|10

colspan="2" |Total

!103

!32

!?

!?

! colspan="2" |—

!14

!3

!117

!35

rowspan="3" |Liverpool

|2016

|Women's Super League

|16

|3

|0

|0

| 2

|0

| colspan="2" | —

|18

|3

2017

|Women's Super League

|7

|0

|3

|1

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|10

|1

colspan="2" |Total

!23

!3

!3

!1

!2

!0

! colspan="2" |—

!28

!4

rowspan="5" |Lyon

|2017–18

|D1 Féminine

|16

|2

|2

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|5

|0

|23

|2

2018–19

|D1 Féminine

|19

|7

|5

|1

| colspan="2" |—

|7

|0

|31

|8

2019–20

|D1 Féminine

|11

|2

|2

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|3

|0

|16

|2

2020–21

|D1 Féminine

|1

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|0

|0

|1

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!47

!11

!9

!1

! colspan="2" |—

!15

!0

!71

!12

rowspan="3" |Wolfsburg

|2020–21

|Frauen-Bundesliga

|15

|2

|2

|1

| colspan="2" |—

|2

|1

|19

|4

2021–22

|Frauen-Bundesliga

|10

|2

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| 4

|0

|15

|2

colspan="2" |Total

!25

!4

!3

!1

! colspan="2" |—

!6

!1

!34

!6

rowspan="3" |Liverpool

|2022–23

|Women's Super League

|14

|1

|0

|0

|1

|0

| colspan="2" | —

|15

|1

2023–24

|Women's Super League

|10

|1

|2

|0

|2

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|14

|1

colspan="2" |Total

!24

!2

!2

!0

!3

!0

! colspan="2" |—

!29

!2

colspan="3" |Career Total

!273

!65

!17

!3

!5

!0

!35

!4

!330

!72

{{notelist}}

= International =

{{updated|match played 28 February 2024}}{{cite web |title=Profile |url=https://www.onsoranje.nl/teams/207834/speler/3042 |language=nl |work=onsoranje.nl |access-date=10 January 2018}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="12" |Netherlands

|2008

|1

|0

2009

|9

|2

2010

|4

|0

201551
2016136
2017171
2018114
2019154
202070
2021133
2023

|1

|0

2024

|1

|0

colspan="2" |Total||9721

:Scores and results list Netherlands's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each van de Sanden goal.

class="wikitable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Shanice van de Sanden

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|1

|12 March 2009

|GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus

|rowspan="2"|{{fbw|RSA}}

|align="center"|4–0

|align="center"|5–0

|2009 Cyprus Women's Cup

align="center"|2

|13 July 2009

|Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands

|align="center"|3–2

|align="center"|3–2

|Four Nations Cup

align="center"|3

|20 May 2015

|Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands

|{{fbw|EST}}

|align="center"|5–0

|align="center"|7–0

|rowspan="2"|Friendly

align="center"|4

|22 January 2016

|Limak Arcadia Atlantis Football Center, Belek, Turkey

|{{fbw|DEN}}

|align="center"|2–0

|align="center"|2–0

align="center"|5

|2 March 2016

|Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands

|{{fbw|SUI}}

|align="center"|4–1

|align="center"|4–3

|2016 Women's Olympic Qualifier

align="center"|6

|rowspan="2"|7 April 2016

|rowspan="2"|Telstar Stadium, Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands

|rowspan="2"|{{fbw|NZL}}

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="2" align="center"|2–0

|rowspan="4"|Friendly

align="center"|7

|align="center"|2–0

align="center"|8

|17 September 2016

|Georgia Dome, Atlanta, United States

|{{fbw|USA}}

|align="center"|1–0

|align="center"|1–3

align="center"|9

|20 October 2016

|Tony Macaroni Arena, Livingston, Scotland

|{{fbw|SCO}}

|align="center"|6–0

|align="center"|7–0

align="center"|10

|16 July 2017

|Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands

|{{fbw|NOR}}

|align="center"|1–0

|align="center"|1–0

|UEFA Women's Euro 2017

align="center"|11

|28 February 2018

|Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal

|{{fbw|JPN}}

|align="center"|4–0

|align="center"|6–2

|2018 Algarve Cup

align="center"|12

|6 April 2018

|Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands

|rowspan="2"|{{Nowrap|{{fbw|NIR}}}}

|align="center"|5–0

|align="center"|7–0

|rowspan="2"|2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

align="center"|13

|8 June 2018

|Shamrock Park, Portadown, Northern Ireland

|align="center"|3–0

|align="center"|5–0

align="center"|14

|5 September 2018

|Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda, Netherlands

|{{fbw|DEN}}

|align="center"|2–0

|align="center"|2–0

|2019 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Play-off SF

align="center"|15

|9 April 2019

|AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands

|{{fbw|CHI}}

|align="center"|6–0

|align="center"|7–0

|rowspan=3|Friendly

align="center"|16

|rowspan="2"|1 June 2019

|rowspan="2"|Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands

|rowspan="2"|{{fbw|AUS}}

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="2" align=center|3–0

align="center"|17

|align="center"|3–0

align="center"|18

|8 November 2019

|Bornova Stadium, İzmir, Turkey

|{{fbw|TUR}}

|align="center"|1–0

|align="center"|8–0

|2021 UEFA Women's Euro qualification

align="center"|19

|15 June 2021

|De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands

|{{Flagicon|Norway}} Norway

|align="center"|6–0

|align="center"|7–0

|Friendly

align="center"|20

|21 July 2021

|Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan

|{{fbw|ZAM}}

|align="center"|6–1

|align="center"|10–3

|rowspan="2"|2020 Olympic Games

align="center"|21

|27 July 2021

|Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan

|{{fbw|CHN}}

|align="center"|1–0

|align="center"|8–2

Honours

;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.{{cite web |url=https://www.knvb.nl/competities/eredivisie-vrouwen |title=Eredivisie Vrouwen |language=nl |work=KNVB |access-date=25 December 2017}}

;Lyon

  • Division 1 Féminine: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
  • Coupe de France Féminine: 2018–19, 2019–20
  • UEFA Women's Champions League: 2017–18,{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |title=History: Wolfsburg 1-4 Lyon |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2023928--wolfsburg-vs-lyon/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=UEFA |language=en}} 2018–19,{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |title=History: Lyon 4-1 Barcelona |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2025485--lyon-vs-barcelona/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=UEFA |language=en}} 2019–20{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |title=History: Wolfsburg 1-3 Lyon |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2030157--wolfsburg-vs-lyon/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=UEFA |language=en}}

;Netherlands

  • UEFA Women's Euro: 2017
  • Algarve Cup: 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.nu.nl/voetbal/5166413/finale-algarve-cup-tussen-oranjevrouwen-en-zweden-afgelast.html|title=Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast|date=7 March 2018|publisher=nu.nl|language=nl|access-date=7 March 2018}}

;Individual

We Play Strong

Van de Sanden is one of UEFA's official ambassadors for [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvjR2pbl-CzhSzg6dBYsEKw #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.”{{cite news|title=ARSEBLOG EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ARSENAL'S LISA EVANS|url=https://arseblog.news/2019/02/exclusive-interview-with-arsenals-lisa-evans/|publisher=Arseblog|access-date= 3 June 2019}} 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.{{cite news|title=Arsenal's Lisa Evans launches scheme to get more women playing football|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/womens-blog/2018/feb/06/arsenal-lisa-evans-increase-women-playing-football|work=The Guardian|access-date= 3 June 2019}}

Personal life

Van de Sanden was born in the Netherlands and is of Surinamese descent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtvutrecht.nl/sport/2136643/shanice-van-de-sanden-mist-interlands-door-familie-omstandigheden|title=Shanice van de Sanden mist interlands door familie-omstandigheden|date=February 9, 2021|website=www.rtvutrecht.nl}} As of August 2020, Van de Sanden has a girlfriend.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/van-de-sanden-marozsan-is-on-another-level|title=Van de Sanden: Marozsan is on another level|website=FIFA.com|date=8 August 2020|quote=And I had my girlfriend at home, so we both did some Tabata and that was fun as well.|access-date=4 March 2021}}

She welcomed a daughter in November 2023.

References

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