Chantal de Ridder

Chantal Alida Maria de Ridder (born 19 January 1989) is a Dutch former football striker, who played for BeNe League club AFC Ajax as well as the senior Netherlands women's national football team.

Chantal de Ridder
Personal information
Full nameChantal Alida Maria de Ridder[1]
Date of birth (1989-01-19) 19 January 1989 (age 35)
Place of birthLeiden, Netherlands
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)Striker
Youth career
1994–2001Ter Leede
2001–2006Foreholte
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2007Ter Leede
2007–2011AZ78(45)
2011–2013Turbine Potsdam7(0)
2013–2019Ajax90(31)
International career
2007–2013Netherlands46(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 December 2015

She had previously competed in the Netherlands' Eredivisie, winning four titles with Ter Leede and AZ.

Club career

AZ

De Ridder scored a hattrick against PEC Zwolle on 21 April 2011.[2]

Turbine Potsdam

Before signing for Ajax in January 2013, De Ridder last played for Turbine Potsdam in Germany's Bundesliga.[3] She made her league debut against Bayer Leverkusen on 28 August 2011.[4] De Ridder scored her first goal for the club in the DFB-Pokal Frauen against Sindelfingen on 30 October 2011, scoring in the 79th minute.[5] She scored for Turbine in the 10–0 2011–12 Champions League home win against Glasgow City.[6]

Due to a long term knee injury suffered in December 2011,[7] she only played seven Bundesliga matches. She left Potsdam in January 2013 and headed back to the Netherlands, intent on getting more match practice and breaking back into the Dutch team ahead of UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[8]

Ajax

De Ridder made her league debut against Lierse on 19 February 2013.[9] She scored her first league goal against Beerschot on 23 February 2013, scoring in the 17th minute.[10] De Ridder scored a hattrick against PEC Zwolle on 4 October 2013.[11] On 14 June 2018, it was announced that she had signed a new deal.[12]

International career

She was a member of the Dutch national team, and played in the 2009 European Championship[13] after making her senior debut on 29 July 2007 against North Korea.[14]

In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected De Ridder in the Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[15]

International goals

Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.[14]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 December 2008Stade Paul Cosyns, Compiègne, France  France2–02–0Friendly
2.12 March 2009GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus  South Africa5–05–02009 Cyprus Cup
3.13 July 2009Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands  South Africa1–13–2Four Nations Cup
4.22 April 2010Gradski Stadion, Kumanovo, Macedonia  North Macedonia6–07–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5.21 August 2010Haradzki Stadium, Maladzechna, Belarus  Belarus4–04–0
6.12 December 2010Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil  Brazil2–12–32010 City of São Paulo Tournament
7.7 March 2011Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Switzerland4–06–02011 Cyprus Cup
8.6–0
9.19 November 2011Ivančna Gorica Stadium, Ivančna Gorica, Slovenia  Slovenia2–02–02013 UEFA Women's Euro qualification
10.24 November 2011Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands  Croatia1–02–0

Personal life

De Ridder has one daughter.[16]

Honours

Ter Leede
AZ
Turbine Potsdam
Ajax

References