Merel van Dongen

Merel van Dongen

Personal information
Full name	Merel Didi van Dongen
Date of birth	(1993-02-11) 11 February 1993
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	AFC Ajax
Youth career
2012–2014	Alabama Crimson Tide
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Ter Leede
2011–2012	ADO	10	(2)
2015–	AFC Ajax	10	(0)
International career‡
2015–	Netherlands	8	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:07, 8 June 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:44, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Merel Didi van Dongen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmeːrəl ˈdidi vɑn ˈdɔŋən]; born 11 February 1993) is a Dutch football midfielder, and represents the Netherlands women's national football team. As a junior international she played the 2010 and 2011 U-19 European Championships.

Van Dongen made her senior Netherlands women's national football team debut in a 7–0 friendly win over Thailand on 7 February 2015. She was one of the last three players to be cut from national team coach Roger Reijners' final squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden. When Mandy van den Berg subsequently suffered knee ligament damage, Van Dongen was called up as a late replacement. She was also part of the Dutch squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

International goals

Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 May 2015	Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Estonia	3–0	7–0	Friendly

External links

• Profile at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
• Profile at vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch)
• Profile at uefa.com
• Profile at University of Alabama