Marlous Pieëte
Pieëte in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-07-19) 19 July 1989
Place of birth Naarden, Netherlands
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder / Striker
Youth career
VVOG
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Be Quick '28
2007–2014 Twente 125 (49)
2014–2017 Ajax 64 (18)
2017–2018 Western Sydney Wanderers 12 (1)
International career‡
2009–2018 Netherlands 51 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 February 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 December 2017

Marlous Pieëte (born 19 July 1989, in Naarden)[1][2] is a Dutch female retired footballer who played either as a midfielder or as a striker for Western Sydney Wanderers in the Australian W-League and international football for the Netherlands women's national football team.

Club career

Pieëte playing for Twente in 2010

Pieëte began her career as a junior with VVOG, she progressed through the teams (from team E1 to B1) only leaving to join Be Quick '28 who were at the time playing at the highest level of women's football in the Netherlands.[1]

When the Dutch women's professional league (Eredivisie) was launched in 2007, Pieëte joined FC Twente.[3] At the end of her seven seasons with the club, she had won many titles (Eredivisie, BeNe League and Dutch Cup) as well as played in the UEFA Women's Champions League.[4][5]

In 2014, Pieëte moved to Ajax and played three seasons at the club, winning the Eredivisie and Cup titles in her last season at the club.[6]

Pieëte joined Australian W-League team Western Sydney Wanderers ahead of the 2017–18 season.[7]

In March 2018, Pieëte retired from football.[8]

International career

Pieëte represented the Netherlands at Under-17 and Under-19 level. She made her debut for the Netherlands senior team on 5 March 2009 against Russia in the 2009 Cyprus Cup.[2] She was selected for the 2009 European Championships squad, playing three times and scoring in the semi-final as the Netherlands lost to England.[9]

In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected Pieëte in the final Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden,[10] but sustained a knee injury on the eve of the tournament and was ruled out of the tournament.[11]

International goals

Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.[12]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 July 2009Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands Switzerland4–05–0Four Nations Cup
2.6 September 2009Ratina Stadion, Tampere, Finland England1–11–2UEFA Women's Euro 2009
3.24 February 2010GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus Scotland4–14–12010 Cyprus Cup
4.22 April 2010Gradski Stadion, Kumanovo, Macedonia North Macedonia2–07–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5.13 June 2010MAC³PARK Stadion, Zwolle, Netherlands Belgium2–04–1Friendly
6.15 August 2010TATA Steel Stadion, Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands Republic of Ireland1–02–0
7.5 April 2013Silkeborg Stadium, Silkeborg, Denmark Denmark1–01–0
8.7 March 2014GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus Scotland1–33–42014 Cyprus Cup

Honours

Twente

*During the BeNe League period (2012 to 2015), the highest placed Dutch team is considered as national champion by the Royal Dutch Football Association.[13]

Ajax

References

  1. 1 2 "Marlous Pieete" (in Dutch). Vrouwen voetball Nederland. 30 October 2009. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Netherlands player profile – Marlous Pieëte". UEFA. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "Vrouwenselectie FC Twente bekend". FC Twente (in Dutch). 1 June 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Laatste thuiswedstrijd Marlous Pieëte". FC Twente (in Dutch). 30 May 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Speler informatie: Marlous Pieete – Eredivisie 2008–2009". vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Adriaanse, Jeroen (28 April 2017). "Marlous Pieëte vertrekt: "Wil nog een buitenlands avontuur aangaan"". damesvoetbalrss.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  7. ↑ Odong, Ann (8 September 2017). "Western Sydney Wanderers' Season 10 squad takes shape". The Women's Game. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  8. ↑ Waning, Stan (18 March 2018). "Marlous Pieëte beëindigt loopbaan" [Marlous Pieëte ends her career]. Tubantia (in Dutch).
  9. ↑ "England 2-1 Holland". The Football Association. 6 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 September 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  10. ↑ "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  11. ↑ Scholten, Berend (9 July 2013). "Pieëte ruled out of Netherlands challenge". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "Eredivisie Vrouwen". KNVB (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 December 2017.
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