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Kika van Es
Personal information
Full name Kika van Es
Date of birth (1991-10-11) 11 October 1991 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth Boxmeer, Netherlands
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Everton
Number 5
Youth career
Olympia '18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Willem II 36 (1)
2010–2012 VVV-Venlo 37 (4)
2012–2016 PSV/FC Eindhoven 56 (3)
2016–2017 Achilles '29 24 (3)
2017–2018 FC Twente 21 (1)
2018–2019 Ajax 23 (1)
2019- Everton 10 (0)
International career
2009– Netherlands 57 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing the  Netherlands
FIFA Women's World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 France Team
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Netherlands Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 March 2018

Kika van Es RON (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkika vɑn ˈɛs]; born 11 October 1991) is a Dutch football defender who plays for Everton in the FA WSL.

Club career

She started her career at Olympia '18 and in 2008 moved to Willem II of the Eredivisie where she played for two seasons. In 2010, she signed with Eredivisie's newly created team VVV-Venlo and when the club dissolved in 2012, all its players were taken by another newly created team, PSV/FC Eindhoven to play in the BeNe League.

In 2016, she signed with Achilles '29.[2] After one season with the club, she moved to FC Twente on 16 June 2017.[3]

International career

van Es training with the Netherlands on November 6, 2018

She is a member of the Netherlands women's national football team, making her debut on 21 November 2009 against Belarus.[4] In June 2013 Van Es was among the last three players to be cut from national team coach Roger Reijners' Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[5]

In 2017, Van Es was called up to be part of the team that participated in UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[6] She started all 6 games for the team, and helped the team win the tournament.

Honours

Netherlands

References

  1. ^ "Kika van Es". UEFA.com. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Achilles'29 presenteert selectie vrouwenelftal". Achilles '29 (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Kika van Es naar FC Twente Vrouwen, Sherida Spitse verlengt". FC Twente (in Dutch). 16 June 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  5. ^ Scholten, Berend (30 June 2013). "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl. 14 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast" (in Dutch). nu.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2018.