Kika van Es

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Es, not Es.
Kika van Es
Van Es with Netherlands in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-10-11) 11 October 1991 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth Boxmeer, Netherlands
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Olympia '18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Willem II 36 (1)
2010–2012 VVV-Venlo 37 (4)
2012–2016 PSV/FC Eindhoven 56 (3)
2016–2017 Achilles '29 24 (3)
2017–2018 Twente 21 (1)
2018–2019 Ajax 23 (1)
2019–2020 Everton 10 (0)
2020–2022 Twente 35 (1)
2022–2023 PSV 15 (0)
International career
2006 Netherlands U15 1 (0)
2007–2008 Netherlands U17 16 (1)
2008–2010 Netherlands U19 20 (1)
2009–2022 Netherlands 77 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing the  Netherlands
FIFA Women's World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 France
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kika van Es (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkikaː vɑn ˈɛs]; born 11 October 1991) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender for the Netherlands national team.

Club career

She started her career at Olympia '18 and in 2008 moved to Willem II of the Eredivisie where she played for two seasons. In 2010, she signed with Eredivisie's newly created team VVV-Venlo[2] and when the club dissolved in 2012, all its players were taken by another newly created team, PSV/FC Eindhoven to play in the BeNe League.

In 2016, she signed with Achilles '29.[3] After one season with the club, she moved to FC Twente on 16 June 2017.[4]

After Twente she played a year for Ajax before moving to England to play for Everton. In September 2020, van Es left Everton.[5]

On 21 September it was announced that van Es had rejoined FC Twente after two seasons away from the club.

International career

van Es training with the Netherlands on November 6, 2018

She is a member of the Netherlands women's national football team, making her debut on 21 November 2009 against Belarus.[6] In June 2013 Van Es was among the last three players to be cut from national team coach Roger Reijners' Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[7]

In 2017, Van Es was called up to be part of the team that participated in UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[8] She started all 6 games for the team, and helped the team win the tournament. After the 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.[9]

Van Es was selected to the final squad for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.[10]

On 31 May 2023, she was named as part of the Netherlands provisional squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[11]

Honours

Netherlands
Individual

References

  1. ^ "Kika van Es". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. ^ Lamberts, Marc (27 February 2022). "Eredivisie: Fortuna Sittard and Telstar added to Dutch 2022/23 roster". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Achilles'29 presenteert selectie vrouwenelftal". Achilles '29 (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Kika van Es naar FC Twente Vrouwen, Sherida Spitse verlengt". FC Twente (in Dutch). 16 June 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  5. ^ Frith, Wilf (22 September 2020). "Kika van Es exits Everton Women". She Kicks.
  6. ^ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  7. ^ Scholten, Berend (30 June 2013). "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl. 14 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Voetbalsters Oranje geridderd in Den Haag (in Dutch)". NOS.nl. 25 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Sarina Wiegman names Netherlands Women's World Cup squad". KNVB. 10 April 2019.
  11. ^ Mark White (5 June 2023). "Netherlands Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 30-player preliminary team named". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast" (in Dutch). nu.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  13. ^ "USWNT wins 4th World Cup by blanking Dutch". ESPN. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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