Chantal Alida Maria de Ridder (born 19 January 1989) is a Dutch former

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striker, who played for

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club

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as well as the senior

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. She had previously competed in the Netherlands'

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, winning four titles with

Ter Leede Ter Leede is a football club based in Sassenheim, Netherlands. The club was established on 30 April 1930, as a merger of the clubs ''Poellaan'' and ''Roda''. The men's team is currently playing in the Dutch Vierde Divisie. The women's team play ...

and AZ.

Club career

AZ

De Ridder scored a hattrick against

PEC Zwolle Prins Hendrik Ende Desespereert Nimmer Combinatie Zwolle, commonly known as PEC Zwolle, is a Dutch professional football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football. They have played in the Ered ...

on 21 April 2011.

Turbine Potsdam

Before signing for Ajax in January 2013, De Ridder last played for

Turbine Potsdam 1. Frauenfußballclub Turbine Potsdam 71 e. V., commonly known as 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (or Turbine Potsdam outside of Germany), is a German women's football club located in Potsdam, Brandenburg. They are one of the most successful women's footb ...

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. She made her league debut against

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on 28 August 2011. De Ridder scored her first goal for the club in the

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against

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on 30 October 2011, scoring in the 79th minute. She scored for Turbine in the 10–0 2011–12 Champions League home win against Glasgow City. Due to a long term knee injury suffered in December 2011, 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

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Ajax

De Ridder made her league debut against Lierse on 19 February 2013. She scored her first league goal against

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on 23 February 2013, scoring in the 17th minute. De Ridder scored a hattrick against PEC Zwolle on 4 October 2013. On 14 June 2018, it was announced that she had signed a new deal.

International career

She was a member of the Dutch national team, and played in the 2009 European Championship after making her senior debut on 29 July 2007 against

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. In June 2013 national team

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selected De Ridder in the Netherlands squad for

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International goals

:''Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.''

Personal life

De Ridder has one daughter.

Honours

;Ter Leede * Dutch Championship (1): 2006–07 *

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(1): 2006–07 ;AZ *

(3): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 *

(1): 2010–11 ;Turbine Potsdam *

(1): 2011–12 ;Ajax *

(1): 2016–17 *

(2): 2013–14, 2016–17

References

External links

*
de Ridder profile on club website
*
de Ridder profile on women's Netherlands
{{DEFAULTSORT:de Ridder, Chantal 1989 births Living people Footballers from Leiden Dutch women's footballers Netherlands women's international footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Eredivisie (women) players Frauen-Bundesliga players AZ Alkmaar (women) players 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players AFC Ajax (women) players Women's association football forwards Dutch expatriate women's footballers Ter Leede players 20th-century Dutch women 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch sportswomen