Merel van Dongen

Merel van Dongen
Personal information
Full name	Merel Didi van Dongen^[1]
Date of birth	(1993-02-11) 11 February 1993
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	AFC Ajax
Number	4
Youth career
2012–2014	Alabama Crimson Tide
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Ter Leede
2011–2012	ADO	10	(2)
2015–	AFC Ajax	10	(0)
National team^‡
2015–	Netherlands	15^[2]	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:07, 8 June 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 November 2016

Merel Didi van Dongen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmeːrəl ˈdidi vɑn ˈdɔŋən]; born 11 February 1993) is a Dutch football midfielder who plays for AFC Ajax and the Netherlands women's national football team.

Club career

She played for Ter Leede and ADO Den Haag before going to the United States where she played for Alabama Crimson Tide. She returned to the Netherlands in 2015 and signed with AFC Ajax.^[3]

Van Dongen made her senior Netherlands women's national football team debut in a 7–0 friendly win over Thailand on 7 February 2015.^[3] She was one of the last three players to be cut from national team coach Roger Reijners' final squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.^[5] When Mandy van den Berg subsequently suffered knee ligament damage, Van Dongen was called up as a late replacement.^[6] She was also part of the Dutch squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 May 2015	Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Estonia	3–0	7–0	Friendly

↑ "List of Players - Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 16. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
1 2 "Merel van Dongen". VrouwenvoetbalNederland.NL. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
↑ Last-gasp Rudelic grabs victory for Germany. UEFA
↑ "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
↑ Scholten, Berend (1 July 2013). "Van Dongen replaces Van den Berg for Oranje". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 23 July 2013.

AFC Ajax (women) – current squad

1 Quaye 2 van der Most 3 Koster 4 van Dongen 5 Philtjens 6 Hoogendijk 7 Pieëte 8 Kaagman 9 de Ridder 10 van Lunteren 11 van den Bighelaar 12 van der Linden 15 Delleman 16 Hassett 17 Zeeman 18 Verhoeve 19 Oudemast 21 Willy 22 Sarasola 23 Vugts — Kop Head coach: E. Engelkes

Netherlands squads

Netherlands squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2013

1 Geurts 2 Bito 3 Koster 4 Van Dongen 5 Van den Heiligenberg 6 Hoogendijk 7 Van de Ven 8 Spitse 9 Melis 10 Van de Donk 11 Martens 12 Heuver 13 Smit 14 Slegers 15 Stentler 16 Van Veenendaal 17 Worm 18 Dekker 19 Versteegt 20 Van Lunteren 21 De Ridder 22 Roelvink 23 Christ Coach: Reijners

Netherlands squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Geurts 2 Van Lunteren 3 Van der Gragt 4 Van den Berg (c) 5 Hogewoning 6 Dekker 7 Melis 8 Spitse 9 Miedema 10 Van de Donk 11 Martens 12 Bito 13 Janssen 14 Hoogendijk 15 Van Dongen 16 Van Veenendaal 17 Middag 18 Van Erp 19 Van de Ven 20 Roord 21 Lewerissa 22 Van de Sanden 23 Christ Coach: Reijners

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