Kika van Es

Kika van Es RON (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkika vɑn ˈɛs]; born 11 October 1991) is a Dutch football defender who plays for FC Twente in the Eredivisie.

Kika van Es
Personal information
Full name Kika van Es
Date of birth (1991-10-11) 11 October 1991[1]
Place of birth Boxmeer, Netherlands
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 FC Twente
Number 2
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 FC Twente 21 (1)
2018–2019 Ajax 23 (1)
2019–2020 Everton 10 (0)
2020– FC Twente 2 (0)
National team‡
2009– Netherlands 65 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 September 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2020

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 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.[2] After one season with the club, she moved to FC Twente on 16 June 2017.[3]

In September 2020, van Es left Everton.[4]

On 21 September it was announced that van Es had rejoined her former side 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.[5] 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.[6]

In 2017, Van Es was called up to be part of the team that participated in UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[7] She started all 6 games for the team, and helped the team win the tournament.

van Es was selected to the final squad for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.[8] After winning all three of their group stage matches, the team finished at the top of their group and advanced to the knockout stage.[9] During the Round of 16, the Dutch team faced 2011 champions, Japan, who had knocked them out of the 2015 World Cup. This time, the Netherlands won 2–1 and advanced to the quarterfinals. The Dutch team faced Italy in the quarterfinal and won 2–1, advancing to the semifinal for the first time in team history.[10] During the semifinal match against Sweden, the Netherlands scored a goal in the ninth goal of extra time and won the match 1-0, advancing to the final for the first time.[11] The Netherlands faced 2015 champions the United States and lost 2–0.[12]

Honours
Netherlands

References
  1. "Kika van Es". UEFA.com. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  2. "Achilles'29 presenteert selectie vrouwenelftal". Achilles '29 (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. "Kika van Es naar FC Twente Vrouwen, Sherida Spitse verlengt". FC Twente (in Dutch). 16 June 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  4. Frith, Wilf (22 September 2020). "Kika van Es exits Everton Women". She Kicks.
  5. "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  6. Scholten, Berend (30 June 2013). "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  7. "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl. 14 June 2017.
  8. "Sarina Wiegman names Netherlands Women's World Cup squad". KNVB. 10 April 2019.
  9. "Canada's undefeated streak ends in loss to Netherlands and orange wave at Women's World Cup". Toronto Sun. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  10. Bogage, Jacob (29 June 2019). "Netherlands vs Italy: Orange makes Women's World Cup semifinals for first time". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  11. "Netherlands v Sweden: extra time in Women's World Cup semi-final – as it happened". The Guardian. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  12. "World Cup 2019: USWNT defeats Netherlands to win fourth title". Los Angeles Times. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  13. "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast" (in Dutch). nu.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  14. "USWNT wins 4th World Cup by blanking Dutch". ESPN. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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