Desiree van Lunteren


Desiree van Lunteren is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for AFC Ajax in the Eredivisie and the Netherlands national team.

Club career

van Lunteren began her senior career at Eredivisie team AZ Alkmaar before moving Telstar and later joining Ajax in 2012 to play in the first season of the short-lived BeNe League.
In June 2018, a personal sponsor helped her move to SC Freiburg, departing Ajax after 6 years and 166 matches.
In July 2019, after one season in Germany, van Lunteren returned to Ajax on a two-year contract.

International career

Van Lunteren was handed her first senior national team cap by coach Roger Reijners on 15 February 2012, in a 2–1 friendly defeat to France in Nîmes.
She was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.
She was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. Van Lunteren started 5 of the team's 6 games at the tournament and helped the team win the tournament. She assisted a goal in the final before being subbed off in the 57th minute.
On November 21, 2019, Van Lunteren resigned as international.

Honours

Club

;AZ Alkmaar
;AFC Ajax
;Netherlands