Shanice Janice van de Sanden (born 2 October 1992) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Netherlands national team.

Club career

Her career started at amateur club VVIJ in

IJsselstein IJsselstein () is a municipality and city in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. IJsselstein received city rights in 1331. IJsselstein owes its name to the river Hollandse IJssel which flows through the city. It is a major commuting su ...

, before moving to

FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion ...

in 2008 where she also played for its

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. In May 2010, she moved to

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian language, West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch professional association football, football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherla ...

, where she played for one season before joining

FC Twente Football Club Twente (), sometimes known internationally as FC Twente Enschede, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub E ...

in May 2011. After four and a half seasons at FC Twente, she signed with

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of the English WSL1 on 4 February 2016. On 29 August 2017, after two seasons at Liverpool where she played a total of 28 matches (in all competitions), she moved to France and joined

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club

Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a French professional association football, football club based in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. With origins dating back to 1899, they were founded in 1950 and p ...

. In September 2020 it was announced that Van de Sanden would be moving to Germany to play for Wolfsburg with immediate effect. On 16 July 2022, Van de Sanden rejoined Liverpool.

International career

Aged 16, she made her debut for the senior

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on 14 December 2008 in a

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2–0 win over

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. She was part of the Dutch squad in the

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and the

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. In June 2017, she was in the 23 players squad which won the

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. After the tournament, the whole team was honoured by the

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and Minister of Sport Edith Schippers and made

Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau () is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has performed acts of special merits for ...

. Later that year, she was shortlisted for the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award. Van de Sanden was selected in the final squad for the

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in France. On 31 May 2023, she was named as part of the Netherlands provisional squad for the

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Netherlands's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each van de Sanden goal.''

Honours

;FC Utrecht *

KNVB Women's Cup The KNVB Women's Cup () is the cup competition for women's football in the Netherlands. The competition was established in 1980, along with the KNVB Amateur Cup. It is organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (K''oninklijke Nederlandse ...

: 2009–10 ;FC Twente *

BeNe League The BeNe League was the highest women's football league in Belgium and the Netherlands. To increase competitiveness in their national leagues, the BeNe League was a joint cooperation between the Royal Belgian Football Association and the Royal D ...

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, 2013–14 *

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

*, 2013–14*, 2014–15*, 2015–16 *

: 2014–15 *During the BeNe League period (2012 to 2015), the highest placed Dutch team is considered as national champion by the

Royal Dutch Football Association The Royal Dutch Football Association (, ; KNVB ) is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues ( Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie), the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch men's and w ...

. ;Lyon *

: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 *

Coupe de France Féminine The Coupe de France Féminine (, ''Women's French Cup'') is the top annual cup tournament for French women's football clubs. The competition is open to all professional and non-professional women's teams in France. Founded in 2001 as Challenge ...

: 2018–19, 2019–20 *

UEFA Women's Champions League The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA. ...

: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 ;Netherlands *

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2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Algarve Cup The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

;Individual * Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau: 2017

We Play Strong

Van de Sanden is one of UEFA's official ambassadors fo
#WePlayStrong
a social media and vlogging campaign which was launched in 2018. The campaign's "...aim is to promote women’s football as much as we can and to make people aware of women’s football, really,” Evans, another participant explains. “The ultimate goal is to make football the most played sport by females by 2020. So it’s a UEFA initiative to get more women and girls playing football, whether they want to be professional or not.” The series, which also originally included professional footballers

Sarah Zadrazil Sarah Zadrazil (born 19 February 1993) is an Austrian Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club FC Bayern Munich (women), Bayern Munich and the Austria women's national football team, Austria national team. With ...

Eunice Beckmann Eunice Nketiah Beckmann (born 8 February 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays for German side Viktoria Berlin. Beckmann was born in Wuppertal to Ghanaian parents. She started playing with her local youth side, Wuppertaler SV. C ...

Laura Feiersinger Laura Feiersinger (born 5 April 1993) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for 1. FC Köln and the Austria women's national team. Club career USK Hof, 2008–2010 Feiersinger starter her senior career with USK Hof in the ÖF ...

and

Lisa Evans Lisa Catherine Evans (born 21 May 1992) is a Scottish Professional sports, professional women's soccer, footballer who plays for Glasgow City F.C., Glasgow City in the Scottish Women's Premier League, and for the Scotland women's national footba ...

and now also includes

Petronella Ekroth Hilda Petronella Ekroth (born 12 December 1989) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender. Club career Ekroth started her football career in the Damallsvenskan playing for Djurgårdens IF. She followed this with years at Linköpings F ...

and Shanice van de Sanden, follows the daily lives of female professional footballers.

Personal life

Van de Sanden was born in the Netherlands and is of Surinamese descent. As of August 2020, Van de Sanden has a girlfriend. She welcomed a daughter in November 2023.

References

External links

* * * * *
Senior national team profile
at Onsoranje.nl
Under-19 national team profile
at Onsoranje.nl
Under-17 national team profile
at Onsoranje.nl * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanden, Shanice Van De 1992 births Living people Footballers from Utrecht (city) Netherlands women's youth international footballers Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Dutch women's footballers Netherlands women's international footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate women's footballers in England Expatriate women's footballers in France Eredivisie (women) players Women's Super League players Première Ligue players FC Utrecht (women) players SC Heerenveen (women) players FC Twente (women) players Liverpool F.C. Women players Olympique Lyonnais Féminin players C.F. Pachuca (women) footballers Women's association football forwards 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players UEFA Women's Championship–winning players Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Dutch expatriate women's footballers Dutch LGBTQ footballers SV Saestum players Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for the Netherlands VfL Wolfsburg (women) players Frauen-Bundesliga players Expatriate women's footballers in Germany UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players Association football people awarded knighthoods UEFA Women's Champions League–winning players 21st-century Dutch sportswomen