Daniëlle van de Donk


Daniëlle van de Donk is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and a winger for Arsenal in the FA WSL and The Netherlands national football team.

Club career

Willem II, 2008–2011

Born in Valkenswaard, Netherlands, Van de Donk firstly played as a professional footballer in the Dutch Eredivisie, with club Willem II in 2008. She featured for The Tricolores—nickname of Willem II—at and away from the Willem II Stadion for the next four seasons. During her first season, she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, which kept her out of the field for a few months. While at the club she played in 47 regular season games, scoring 5 times.

VVV-Venlo, 2011–2012

Van de Donk left Willem II and linked up with outfit VVV-Venlo ahead of the 2011–2012 season. She played 18 regular season games, scoring 8 goals in the process. She also helped VVV reach final of the KNVB Women's Cup of 2012.

FC Eindhoven, 2012–2015

She then left Venlo in the summer prior to the upcoming 2012–13 season, so as to link up with PSV/FC Eindhoven. This move came ahead of Eindhoven's participation within the inaugural season of the Dutch & Belgian BeNe League. With PSV/FC Eindhoven, Van de Donk got to the final of the KNVB Cup of 2014 where she eventually earned a runners-up medal. She in all racked up an outstanding 30 goals in 53 appearances for the club.

Göteborg, 2015

In June 2015, Van de Donk was transferred to Swedish Damallsvenskan club Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. Van de Donk made 13 appearances for the club, scoring 4 goals.

Arsenal, 2015–

On 20 November 2015, Van de Donk signed up to play for English club Arsenal of the FA Super League. The move proved successful with her starting in the 2016 FA Cup final on 14 May 2016. Arsenal were eventually crowned champions at Wembley, beating Chelsea 1–0 to earn their fourteenth FA Cup title.
On 7 October 2016, she signed a new contract with Arsenal. Van de Donk was instrumental in Arsenal's 2018–2019 WSL league winning season.
In March 2019, Van de Donk signed a new "long term" contract with Arsenal.

International career

Van de Donk currently plays for the Netherlands national team, making her debut for Oranje on 15 December 2010 at the 2010 City of São Paulo Tournament against Mexico. She scored her first official goal in 2013 European Championship qualifying against Serbia.
In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected Van de Donk in the Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden. She retained her national team place during the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, again under the direction of Reijners.
On 14 June 2017, Van de Donk was selected as part of the Dutch squad for the 2017 UEFA Women's Championship to be held at home in the Netherlands.
She went on to play an integral part within the tournament. In the semi-final match, she scored against England to complete a 3–0 win for the Dutch. Van de Donk also played in the final against Denmark where her creative presence helped to assure the Netherlands winning the 2017 Euros. 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.
Van de Donk was selected in the final squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. On 8 October 2019, she made her 100th international appearance against Russia.

Personal life

Van de Donk is in a relationship with fellow Arsenal player Beth Mead.

Career statistics

International goals

;Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 August 2011Hohhot City Stadium, Hohhot, China1–01–1Friendly
*1 June 2012Woezik, Wijchen, Netherlands2–14–1Friendly
2.20 June 2012Stadion Srem Jakovo, Jakovo, Serbia4–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
3.6 March 2013GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus1–11–12013 Cyprus Cup
4.17 September 2014Nadderud Stadion, Bekkestua, Norway2–02–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5.20 May 2015Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands2–07–0Friendly
6.20 May 2015Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands4–07–0Friendly
7.17 September 2015De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands3–08–0Friendly
8.23 October 2015Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris, France1–02–1Friendly
9.25 January 2016Spice Hotel, Belek, Turkey2–12–1Friendly
10.8 July 2017Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands2–05–0Friendly
11.3 August 2017De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands2–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017
12.8 June 2018Shamrock Park, Portadown, Northern Ireland2–05–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
13.9 April 2019AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands1–07–0Friendly
14.9 April 2019AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands3–07–0Friendly
15.9 April 2019AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands4–07–0Friendly
16.9 April 2019AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands7–07–0Friendly
17.3 September 2019Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen, Netherlands2–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
18.8 October 2019Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands1–02–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
19.8 November 2019Doğanlar Stadium, İzmir, Turkey4–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
20.8 November 2019Doğanlar Stadium, İzmir, Turkey6–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
21.8 November 2019Doğanlar Stadium, İzmir, Turkey7–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

* Note: Match not considered as an official friendly.

Honours

Club

VVV-Venlo
PSV/FC Eindhoven
Arsenal
Netherlands
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