Eshly Bakker (born 10 February 1993) is a Dutch

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who plays as

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or forward in the

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for

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and the Netherlands national team.

Club career

Born in

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, she started her career at amateur club RKSV Pancratius from

Badhoevedorp Badhoevedorp is a town in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It lies next to the Ringvaart around Haarlemmermeer, the canal around the former Lake Haarlem, at the side of the polder bordering Amsterd ...

. In 2010, aged 17 she moved to

club

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. She won the women's Dutch League (Eredivisie) and

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in the 2011–12 season with ADO Den Haag at the age of 19. Her second Dutch Cup title came in the 2013–14 season, during the time she played for

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. She moved to

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before joining

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women's Bundesliga club

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on 16 June 2017.

International career

Bakker progressed through the national youth teams, where she played for the under-15, under-16, under-17 (including the

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) and under-19. She made her debut for the Netherlands senior national team on 5 April 2014, in a

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match against

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, coming on as a substitute and scoring the last goal of the 6–0 win.

International goals

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

Honours

;ADO Den Haag *

(1): 2011–12 *

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(1): 2011–12 ;Ajax *

(3): 2013–14, 2018-19, 2021-22,

References

External links

*
Eshly Bakker
at Onsoranje.nl
Eshly Bakker
at vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl * 1993 births Living people Footballers from Amsterdam 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 ADO Den Haag (women) players AFC Ajax (women) players FC Twente (women) players MSV Duisburg (women) players Women's association football midfielders Women's association football forwards Dutch expatriate women's footballers {{Netherlands-women-footy-bio-stub