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| Full name | Vanity Tonja Caroll Lewerissa[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Maastricht, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Standard Liège | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| RVVH | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | VVV-Venlo | 18 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Standard Liège | 59 | (41) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | PSV Eindhoven | 52 | (34) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Ajax | 38 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Standard Liège | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Netherlands | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:08, 12 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 December 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
Vanity Tonja Caroll Lewerissa (born 1 April 1991) is a Dutch former football midfielder.[2] She previously played in the Belgian 1st Division for Standard Liège, with whom she has also played the Champions League.[3]
Career[edit]
VVV[edit]
Lewerissa made her league debut against Heerenveen on 2 September 2010.[4] She scored her first league goals against Willem II on 21 October 2010, scoring a brace in the 23rd and 43rd minute.[5]
First spell at Standard Liège[edit]
Lewerissa scored on her league debut against Zulte Waregem on 25 August 2012, scoring in the 47th minute.[6] She scored a hattrick against K.A.A Gent on 29 November 2013.[7] Lewerissa scored a hattrick against OH Leuven on 24 February 2015.[8]
PSV[edit]
On 30 July 2015, Lewerissa was announced at PSV.[9] She scored on her league debut against PEC Zwolle on 21 August 2015, scoring in the 68th minute.[10] She scored four goals against VV Alkmaar on 16 October 2015.[11]
Ajax[edit]
Lewerissa made her league debut against PEC Zwolle on 7 September 2018.[12] She scored her first league goal against VV Alkmaar on 30 September 2018, scoring in the 78th minute.[13] Lewerissa scored two goals for Ajax in her final game.[14]
Lewerissa initially announced her retirement,[15] but changed her mind and signed with Standard Liège after leaving Ajax.
Second spell at Standard Liège[edit]
In February 2022, Lewerissa was diagnosed with breast cancer.[16] In August 2022, she announced she was cancer-free.[17]
On 29 May 2024, it was announced that Lewerissa had retired.[18]
International career[edit]
As a junior international she played the 2010 U-19 European Championship.[19] She made her debut in the senior Netherlands women's national football team on 6 March 2015 in a match against Finland.[20] She was part of the squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[21] Lewerissa was part of the winning team of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[22]
After the 2017 tournament, the whole team was honoured by the Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of Sport Edith Schippers and made Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[23]
On January 12, 2018, it was announced that Lewerissa was retiring from the national team.[24]
Honours[edit]
- Netherlands
- UEFA Women's Euro (1): 2017
- Individual
References[edit]
- ^ "List of Players – Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 16. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ "PSV Vrouwen versterkt zich met international" (in Dutch). PSV. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ Profile in UEFA's website
- ^ "VVV vs Heerenveen - 2 September 2010". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ "VVV vs Willem II - 21 October 2010". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Standard Liège vs Zulte Waregem - 25 August 2012". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Gent vs Standard Liège - 29 November 2013". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ "OH Leuven vs Standard Liège - 24 February 2015". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Lewerissa kiest na lang wikken en wegen voor PSV Vrouwen". www.voetbalcentraal.nl (in Dutch).
- ^ "PEC Zwolle vs PSV - 21 August 2015". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ "PSV vs Alkmaar - 16 October 2015". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Ajax vs PEC Zwolle - 7 September 2018". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Ajax vs Alkmaar - 30 September 2018". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Afscheidsinterview De drie bewogen Ajax-jaren van Vanity Lewerissa". www.ajax.nl (in Dutch).
- ^ "Lewerissa zet na dit seizoen punt achter voetbalcarrière". acc.ajax.nl (in Dutch).
- ^ Stephan van Appeven (22 February 2022). "Borstkanker geconstateerd bij Vanity Lewerissa". rtvmaastricht.nl (in Dutch).
- ^ "Oranje-international Lewerissa terug na borstkanker: 'Opgeven zit er niet in'". nos.nl (in Dutch). 6 August 2022.
- ^ van Lieshout, Amber. "Lewerissa neemt afscheid als voetbalster: "Altijd blijven vechten"". www.vrouwenvoetbalnieuws.nl (in Dutch).
- ^ Magnificent Dutch hit hosts for seven. UEFA
- ^ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 14 June 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Voetbalsters Oranje geridderd in Den Haag (in Dutch)". NOS.nl. 25 October 2017.
- ^ "VANITY LEWERISSA STOPT BIJ DE ORANJELEEUWINNEN". www.onsoranje.nl (in Dutch).
External links[edit]
- Profile (in Dutch) at Onsoranje.nl
- Vanity Lewerissa at Soccerway
- [1] (in Dutch)
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