Aniek Nouwen

Aniek Nouwen

Aniek Nouwen training at the KNVB Campus on 14 May 2019.
Personal information
Full name	Aniek Nouwen
Date of birth	(1999-03-09) 9 March 1999
Place of birth	Helmond, Netherlands
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Chelsea
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2021	PSV	69	(15)
2021–	Chelsea	11	(1)
International career‡
2014–2016	Netherlands U17	11	(3)
2017–2018	Netherlands U19	8	(2)
2018–2019	Netherlands U20	4	(1)
2019–	Netherlands	26	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2022

Aniek Nouwen (born 9 March 1999) is a Dutch football player who plays as a defender for Chelsea in the Women's Super League.

Career

Club

Since 2016, Nouwen played professionally for PSV at the Eredivisie, where she recorded 69 appearances and 15 goals for the team. In 2017 and 2018, she and her team were runners-up of the KNVB Women's Cup, the cup competition for women's football in the Netherlands.

On 12 May 2021, Nouwen agreed pre-contract terms on a three-year deal with Chelsea which commits her to the club until the summer of 2024. She joined them ahead of the 2021/22 campaign.

On 10 October 2021, Nouwen made her first league start for Chelsea in a 3–0 victory against Leicester City a game in which she would play 90 minutes.

On 26 February 2022, Nouwen scored her first goal for Chelsea in a FA Cup 5th round tie against Leicester City a game in which Chelsea would go onto win 7-0.

A month later on 27 March 2022, Nouwen scored her first league goal for Chelsea once again Leicester City were the opponents a game that saw Chelsea win 9-0 away from home.

International

Nouwen played for Netherlands U17 team at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification and at the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification. In both occasions, the Dutch team failed to qualify to the tournament's Elite round. She also played for the Netherlands U19 team at the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and at the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. In 2017, the team reached the semi-finals where they lost 3–2 to Spain. In 2018, the team was eliminated in the Group Stage due to the goal difference criteria. Nouwen played in all matches for the Netherlands in both tournaments. In 2018, Nouwen was called to represent the Netherlands U20 team at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Again, she played all of her team's matches in the tournament. The Dutch team was eliminated in quarter-finals after losing 2–1 for England.

On 4 March 2019, Nouwen made her debut for the Netherlands senior national team when she started and played 63 minutes in the 1–0 defeat for Poland. Two days later, on 6 March, she recorded her second international cap when replaced Siri Worm in the 66th minute of the match against China PR.

On 23 October 2020, Nouwen scored her first goal for the Netherlands senior national team in a 7–0 victory over Estonia which saw the side qualify for the Women's Euros in 2022.

International goals

As of match played 23 October 2020, Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each Nouwen goal.

G	C	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	8	23 October 2020	Euroborg, Groningen, Netherlands	Estonia	6–0	7–0	UEFA Women's Euro qualifying

External links

• Aniek Nouwen at Soccerway
• Aniek Nouwen – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Aniek Nouwen at WorldFootball.net