Sherida Spitse (; born 29 May 1990) is a Dutch

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who plays as a

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for

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and the Netherlands national team.

Club career

Spitse started her career at VV Sneek before joining

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when the Dutch women's professional league ( Eredivisie Vrouwen) was established in 2007. After five seasons at Heerenveen where she played 100 official matches and scored 13 goals, in 2012 the Dutch and Belgian leagues merged (

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) and she moved to

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in May 2012. At Twente she won the BeNe League titles in 2012–13 and 2013–14. She was also the club top scorer in 2012–13. In December 2013, it was announced that Spitse would

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to Norwegian

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club

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from January 2014. For this transfer, money was paid for the first time in Dutch women's football. Spitse became a Norwegian League and Cup champion at the end of the 2014 season with LSK Kvinner. She was also voted on to Norway's Team of the Year at the annual NISO awards ceremony in Oslo. She remained in the club for the next two seasons (2015 and 2016) winning the League and Cup in both seasons. On 19 December 2016, during the 2015–16 Eredivisie winter break, she moved back to the Netherlands after agreeing a contract with FC Twente to play the second half of the season. On 16 June 2017, she extended her contract with FC Twente for one season. During the 2017–18 Eredivisie winter break, on 27 December 2017, she signed a two-year contract with

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, returning to the Norwegian Toppserien. On 20 November 2020, it was announced that Spitse had rejoined the Eredivisie this time to join

International career

Spitse made her debut for the Netherlands national team under coach

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on 31 August 2006, in a 4–0

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defeat to

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. At the time, she was 16 years old and still playing in the VV Sneek boys team. At the

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, she was a member of the Dutch squad which reach the semifinals of the tournament. In June 2013, national team

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selected Spitse in the Netherlands squad for

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in Sweden. On 7 February 2015 she earned her 100th

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for the Dutch against

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. Spitse helped the Netherlands qualify for the

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and was selected for the final squad. She played all four matches in the tournament. In January 2017, she played her 125th match for the national team against

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. Spitse was part of the Dutch winning team of the

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, playing in all matches and being named in the 2017 UEFA Team of the Tournament. In the

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, she reached the

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with the Netherlands, losing 2–0 to the

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. Spitse suffered a knee injury in July 2021, forcing her to miss the rescheduled

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Career statistics

:''Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Spitse goal.''

Personal life

Spitse and her wife Jolien van der Tuin have two children.

Honours

FC Twente *

(2):

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, 2013–14 *

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(2):

*, 2013–14* *During the BeNe League period (2012 to 2015), the highest placed Dutch team is considered as national champion by the

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. Ajax *

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(1): 2021-22, LSK Kvinner *

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, 2016 *

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: 2014, 2015, 2016 Vålerenga * Toppserien:

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...

* Norwegian Women's Cup: 2020 Netherlands *

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References

External links

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at onsoranje.nl * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Spitse, Sherida 1990 births Living people People from Sneek Dutch women's footballers Netherlands women's international footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Norway Eredivisie (women) players Toppserien players SC Heerenveen (women) players FC Twente (women) players LSK Kvinner FK players Vålerenga Fotball Damer players Women's association football midfielders LGBT association football players Dutch LGBT sportspeople FIFA Century Club 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 Lesbian sportswomen Dutch expatriate women's footballers VV Sneek Wit Zwart players AFC Ajax (women) players UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players Footballers from Friesland UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players