Nikki de Roest (

Heerjansdam Heerjansdam () is a village in the western Netherlands, in the municipality of Zwijndrecht, Netherlands, Zwijndrecht, South Holland. It has a population of 3,590. History It was originally called "''Heren Heyenland''", a name which first appeare ...

, 4 April 1993) is a Dutch educator and a former

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player, who played professionally in 2012–2013 season for PSV/FC Eindhoven. She played internationally for the Netherlands in young soccer selections. De Roest plays as a midfielder. At present she plays

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Football career

De Roest played initially played on boys teams of VV Heerjansdam and from 2010 at

ASWH ASWH, short for Altijd Sterker Worden Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, is an association football club from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1929. It won section championships in 1949, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1883, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, a ...

. From 2011 she started playing on women's teams, initially one year at the

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-side

RVVH Ridderkerkse Voetbal Vereniging Hercules, known as RVVH is a Dutch football club, based in Ridderkerk. Since 2023, its main male squad competes in the Vierde Divisie. RVVH has a highly successful women's squad. It played most years in the Topklas ...

in the

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Dutch International teams

In 2009 De Roest played in Netherlands U–16, gaining 3 caps in total. In 2009-2010 she continued her international career in Netherlands U–17, where she had 8 caps.

BeNe League with PSV/FC Eindhoven

In 2012 De Roest transferred to the newly established women's team PSV/FC Eindhoven, playing in the

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. On 24 Augustus 2012 she played her first game (from the 85th minute) for PSV/FC Eindhoven playing in

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against

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation ...

. This was also the team's first game. In February 2013 De Roest and her team lost in the eighth finals of the National Cup, against

SC Buitenveldert Sportclub Buitenveldert is a Dutch association football club based in the neighborhood Buitenveldert, in Amsterdam. It was founded in 1974. In 2023–24, the club has a women's team in the Eerste Klasse and a men's team in the Derde Klasse. The ...

. De Roest had played 69 minutes in this game.

Hoofdklasse and Topklasse with RVVH

De Roest returned to RVVH Ridderkerk in the summer of 2013 due to the lack of the playing time at PSV/FC Eindhoven. In April 2015, she scored the finishing touch in a 4–0 victory against CVV Zwervers. On 25 October she headed a decisive goal in against VIOD Driesum, bringing her team to lead the

. In June 2016 De Roest played very strong but did not score, when RVVH beat

FC Eindhoven Football Club Eindhoven, commonly known as FC Eindhoven, is a professional association football, football club based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football ...

4–3. In December 2016 De Roest scored RVVH's sole victory goal (1–0) in the 8th finals of the Dutch National Cup, once more against VIOD Driesum. In May 2017 she missed out on a chance to score against SSS Klaaswaal. In June 2018, De Roest scored three out of six goals in the decisive game against RCL, bringing RVVH back to the Topklasse. In September 2018, after starting the new season at RVVH, Nikki decided to immediately end her field football player career.

TPP Rotterdam and Feyenoord Futsal

Since 2018, De Roest plays in the first tier futsal league

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, including the playoffs, for TPP Rotterdam (the women's team was VV Pernis the season before). Her team won the national championship in 2019, then became Feyenoord Futsal.

References

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