Aniek Nouwen

Aniek Nouwen (born 9 March 1999) is a Dutch football player who plays as a defender for PSV in the Eredivisie.

Aniek Nouwen
Aniek Nouwen training at the KNVB Campus on 14 May 2019.
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-03-09) 9 March 1999
Place of birth Helmond, Netherlands
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 PSV
Number 14
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– PSV 69 (15)
National team‡
2014–2016 Netherlands U17 11 (3)
2017–2018 Netherlands U19 8 (2)
2018–2019 Netherlands U20 4 (1)
2019– Netherlands 10 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 November 2020

Career

Club

Since 2016, Nouwen plays professionally for PSV at the Eredivisie, where she recorded 69 appearances and 15 goals for the team.[1] In 2017 and 2018, she and her team were runners-up of the KNVB Women's Cup, the cup competition for women's football in the Netherlands.

International

Nouwen played for Netherlands U17 team at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification and at the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification. In both occasions, the Dutch team failed to qualify to the tournament's Elite round.[1] She also played for the Netherlands U19 team at the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and at the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. In 2017, the team reached the semi-finals where they lost 3–2 to Spain. In 2018, the team was eliminated in the Group Stage due to the goal difference criteria. Nouwen played in all matches for the Netherlands in both tournaments.[1] In 2018, Nouwen was called to represent the Netherlands U20 team at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Again, she played all of her team's matches in the tournament. The Dutch team was eliminated in quarter-finals after losing 2–1 for England.

On 4 March 2019, Nouwen made her debut for the Netherlands senior national team when she started and played 63 minutes in the 1–0 defeat for Poland.[2] Two days later, on 6 March, she recorded her second international cap when replaced Siri Worm in the 66th minute of the match against China PR.[3]

On 23 October 2020, Nouwen scored her first goal for the Netherlands senior national team in a 7-0 victory over Estonia which saw the side qualify for the Women's Euros in 2022.


International goals

As of match played 23 October 2020, Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each Nouwen goal.

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 23 October 2020 Euroborg, Groningen, Netherlands Estonia 6-0 7-0 UEFA Women's Euro qualifying

References
  1. "A. Nouwen". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  2. "Netherlands vs. Poland 0 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  3. "China PR vs. Netherlands 1 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
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