Maruschka Waldus
 Maruschka Waldus at Mallbackens IF Stadium | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maruschka Waldus | ||
| Date of birth | 20 September 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Heerenveen, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder / Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Twente | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014 | Alabama Crimson Tide | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2014 | SC Heerenveen | 68 | (9) |
| 2015 | Sky Blue FC | 1 | (0) |
| 2015 | Mallbackens IF | 12 | (1) |
| 2016 | Turbine Potsdam | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam II | 3 | (0) |
| 2016– | FC Twente | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2016 | |||
Maruschka Waldus (born 20 September 1992) is a Dutch football player who currently plays for FC Twente in the Vrouwen Eredivisie.
Waldus made her debut in May 2015 in the NWSL, being the first Dutch soccer player in the NWSL.
Career
Maruschka was two-time member of the KNVB Talent Team (2009 and 2010) in Amsterdam and attended the Johann Cruyff University in the Netherlands.
In 2011 she played three seasons for the soccer club SC Heerenveen in her home town. At first in the Eredivisie (women) which changed later on in the BeNe League. She was named to the women's first team for three consecutive seasons and was team captain in each of the last two seasons. She scored 9 goals during her career at Heerenveen, including 6 in 2013.
In August 2014 Waldus came to the Alabama Crimson Tide.ref [1] as a senior and made an immediate impact early in the season on the defensive side of the ball. Near halfway through the season, she became a defensive midfielder. She started and played in all 20 games of the season and scored 3 goals.
In 2015 Maruschka Waldus earned a spot on the roster of Sky Blue FC. In the summer of 2015 she signed a contract in Sweden with Mallbackens IF that plays in Damallsvenskan, the highest division, for the rest of the season.
In january 2016 she signed for the German side Turbine Potsdam where she played the second half of the season 2015-2016. At the end of the season she moved from Germany to the Netherlands to the champion of the Dutch first Division FC Twente.
Stats
| Season | Club | Country | Competition | Matches | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | Sc Heerenveen |  Netherlands |
Eredivisie | 13 | – |
| 2012–13 | Sc Heerenveen | Netherlands  Belgium |
BeNe League | 27 | 6 |
| 2013–14 | Sc Heerenveen | Netherlands Belgium |
BeNe League | 28 | 3 |
| 2014 | Alabama Crimson Tide |  United States |
NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship | 20 | 3 |
| 2015 | Sky Blue FC | United States |
National Women's Soccer League | 1 | - |
| 2015 | Mallbackens IF |  Sweden |
Damallsvenskan | 12 | 1 |
| 2015-16 | Turbine Potsdam |  Germany |
Bundesliga | 3 | 0 |
External links
- Maruschka Waldus at Soccerway
- Profile Maruschka Waldus At Alabama University – www.rolltide.com
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Dutch women's footballers
- Eredivisie (women) players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- Sky Blue FC (NWSL) players
- Women's association football defenders
- Damallsvenskan players
- Mallbackens IF players
- Dutch expatriates in Sweden
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Alabama Crimson Tide women's soccer players
- SC Heerenveen (women) players
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Dutch expatriates in the United States
- People from Heerenveen
- 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players
- Dutch expatriates in Germany
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- FC Twente (women) players