Kika van Es
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Full name | Kika van Es | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 11 October 1991||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Boxmeer, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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*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
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
- ^ "Kika van Es". UEFA.com. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ "Achilles'29 presenteert selectie vrouwenelftal". Achilles '29 (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Kika van Es naar FC Twente Vrouwen, Sherida Spitse verlengt". FC Twente (in Dutch). 16 June 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Scholten, Berend (30 June 2013). "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl. 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast" (in Dutch). nu.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
External links
- Van Es profile at women's football Netherlands
- Van Es profile at PSV/FC Eindhoven
- Profile (in Dutch) at Onsoranje.nl
- Kika van Es at Soccerway
- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Boxmeer
- Dutch women's footballers
- Netherlands women's international footballers
- Eredivisie (women) players
- PSV (women) players
- Willem II (women) players
- VVV-Venlo (women) players
- FC Twente (women) players
- UEFA Women's Championship-winning players
- Women's association football defenders
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Dutch expatriate women's footballers
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- Dutch football defender stubs
- Dutch women's football biography stubs