Sherida Spitse


Sherida Spitse is a Dutch football midfielder currently playing for Vålerenga Fotball in the Norwegian Toppserien and the Netherlands women's national football team where she has made over 150 appearances.

Club career

Spitse started her career at VV Sneek before joining SC Heerenveen when the Dutch women's professional league was established in 2007. After five seasons at Heerenveen where she played 100 official matches and scored 13 goals, in 2012 the Dutch and Belgian leagues merged and she moved to FC Twente in May 2012. At Twente she won the BeNe League titles in 2012–13 and 2013–14. She was also the club top scorer in 2012–13.
In December 2013, it was announced that Spitse would transfer to Norwegian Toppserien club LSK Kvinner FK from January 2014. For this transfer, money was paid for the first time in Dutch women's football. Spitse became a Norwegian League and Cup champion at the end of the 2014 season with LSK Kvinner. She was also voted on to Norway's Team of the Year at the annual NISO awards ceremony in Oslo. She remained in the club for the next two seasons winning the League and Cup in both seasons.
On 19 December 2016, during the 2015–16 Eredivisie winter break, she moved back to the Netherlands after agreeing a contract with FC Twente to play the second half of the season. On 16 June 2017, she extended her contract with FC Twente for one season.
During the 2017–18 Eredivisie winter break, on 27 December 2017, she signed a two year contract with Vålerenga Fotball, returning to the Norwegian Toppserien.

International career

Spitse made her debut for the Netherlands women's national football team under coach Vera Pauw on 31 August 2006, in a 4–0 World Cup qualifying defeat to England. At the time, she was 16 years old and still playing in VV Sneek boys team.
At the UEFA Women's Euro 2009, she was a member of the Dutch squad which reach the semifinals of the tournament.
In June 2013, national team coach Roger Reijners selected Spitse in the Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.
On 7 February 2015 she earned her 100th cap for the Dutch team against Thailand. Spitse helped the Netherlands qualify for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and was selected for the final squad. She played all four of the Netherlands matches in the tournament.
In January 2017, she played her 125th match for the national team against Romania. Spitse was part of the Dutch winning team of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, she played in all matches and was named in the 2017 UEFA Team of the Tournament.

International goals

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 November 2006Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion, Almere, Netherlands4–05–0Friendly
2.29 October 2009Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands8–013–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3.19 December 2010Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil2–12–12010 Torneio Internacional
4.2 March 2011GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus1–04–12011 Cyprus Cup
5.3 April 2011Kras Stadion, Volendam, Netherlands4–16–2Friendly
6.3 April 2011Kras Stadion, Volendam, Netherlands6–26–2Friendly
7.24 November 2011Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands2–02–02013 UEFA Women's Euro qualifying
8.15 February 2012Stade des Costières, Nîmes, France1–01–2Friendly
9.1 March 2012GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus1–01–22012 Cyprus Cup
10.24 October 2012Jan Louwers Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands1–01–1Friendly
11.25 November 2012Telstar Stadion, Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands2–02–0Friendly
12.29 June 2013Telstar Stadion, Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands3–13–1Friendly
13.5 April 2014Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion, Greece5–06–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
14.7 February 2015Polman Stadion, Almelo, Netherlands1–07–0Friendly
15.4 April 2015Korinn Stadium, Kópavogur, Iceland1–01–2Friendly
16.17 September 2015De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands5–08–0Friendly
17.17 September 2015De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands7–08–0Friendly
18.4 June 2016Mandemakers Stadion, Waalwijk, Netherlands1–01–0Friendly
19.25 October 2016Scholz Arena, Aalen, Germany1–22–4Friendly
20.3 March 2017VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal2–32–32017 Algarve Cup
21.20 July 2017Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands1–01–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017
22.24 July 2017Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg, Netherlands1–02–1UEFA Women's Euro 2017
23.6 August 2017De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands3–24–2UEFA Women's Euro 2017
24.24 November 2017NTC Senec, Senec, Slovakia2–05–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
25.6 April 2018Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands4–07–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
26.6 April 2018Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands6–07–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
27.10 April 2018Tallaght Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland2–02–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
28.8 June 2018Shamrock Park, Portadown, Northern Ireland4–05–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
29.9 November 2018Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands1–03–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
30.19 January 2019Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, South-Africa1–02–1Friendly
31.30 August 2019A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia3–07–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
32.30 August 2019A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia4–07–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
33.3 September 2019Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen, Netherlands3–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
34.4 October 2019Fazanerija City Stadium, Murska Sobota, Slovenia3–24–2UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
35.4 October 2019Fazanerija City Stadium, Murska Sobota, Slovenia4–24–2UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
36.8 November 2019Doğanlar Stadium, İzmir, Turkey2–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
37.8 November 2019Doğanlar Stadium, İzmir, Turkey8–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
38.12 November 2019GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands1–14–1UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
39.12 November 2019GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands2–14–1UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
40.10 March 2020Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes, France2–03–32020 Tournoi de France

Personal life

Spitse and her wife Jolien van der Tuin had their first baby in April 2017.

Honours

Club

;FC Twente
*During the BeNe League period, the highest placed Dutch team is considered as national champion by the Royal Dutch Football Association.
;LSK Kvinner
;Netherlands