Sylvia Smit (born 4 July 1986) is a Dutch female footballer who plays as a midfielder and striker for DTS Ede in the Dutch Topklasse. She has played professional football for clubs in the Dutch Eredivisie Vrouwen and the Belgian-Dutch BeNe League. She also has over 100 appearances for the Netherlands women's national football team.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sylvia Smit | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Stadskanaal, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder / Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | PEC Zwolle | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| VV SETA | |||
| VV SPW | |||
| SC Stadskanaal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Oranje Nassau | ||
| 2005–2007 | Be Quick '28 | ||
| 2007–2008 | FC Twente | 20 | (10) |
| 2008–2011 | SC Heerenveen | 63 | (34) |
| 2011–2014 | PEC Zwolle | 68 | (31) |
| 2014–2015 | SC Heerenveen | 24 | (5) |
| 2015– | DTS Ede | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2004– | Netherlands | 106 | (30) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:15, 1 February 2011 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 January 2018 | |||
Club career edit
Smit career started at amateur clubs SETA (from Musselkanaal), SPW and SC Stadskanaal (both from Stadskanaal). In 2002 she joined Oranje Nassau, winning the KNVB Women's Cup (Dutch Cup) in the last of her three seasons at the club. She then joined Be Quick '28 in 2005 and was the top scorer of the Hoofdklasse. When the professional Dutch women's league (Eredivisie Vrouwen) was formed in 2007, she joined FC Twente for the league's inaugural season and won her second Dutch Cup at the club.[1] In 2008 she joined SC Heerenveen and was the Eredivisie top scorer for two consecutive seasons (14 goals in 2008–09[2] and 11 goals in 2009–10).[3][4]
She joined FC Zwolle in 2011 and when the Belgian and Dutch leagues merged creating the BeNe League, she played the inaugural season for the club (then renamed PEC Zwolle).[1]
On 1 August 2014, she returned to SC Heerenveen and signed a one-year contract.[5][6]
On 11 June 2015, it was announced she was joining DTS Ede in the Dutch Topklasse.[7]
International career edit
On 6 August 2004 Smit debuted for the senior Netherlands women's national football team, playing the first half of a 2–0 friendly defeat to Japan in Zeist.[8][9]
Smit also featured in the Dutch run to the semi-final of UEFA Women's Euro 2009, playing all of the Netherlands five matches in the tournament and scoring a goal.[10]
On 25 November 2012, she earned her 100th cap for the national team in a friendly match against Wales at Velsen, scoring the first goal of the 2–0 Dutch win.[1][8][11][12]
In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected Smit in his Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[13]
International goals edit
- Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.[8]
Honours edit
- Oranje Nassau
- KNVB Women's Cup (1): 2004–05
- FC Twente
- KNVB Women's Cup (1): 2007–08
- DTS Ede
- Topklasse (1): 2015–16
References edit
- ^ a b c "Sylvia Smit". vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch). 22 July 2012. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ Topscorer 2008–09 at vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Topscorer 2009–10 at vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sylvia Smit scorde de meeste goals in 5 jaar". vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch). 23 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Sylvia Smit tekent contract bij vrouwen sc Heerenveen". SC Heerenveen (in Dutch). 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Profile". soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "DTS Ede blij met de komst van Sylvia Smit". vrouwenvoetbalnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 11 June 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "International Matches (Women) 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- ^ "2009 Women's Euro - Netherlands squad". UEFA. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Sylvia Smit, honderd keer Oranje". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 23 November 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Oranjevrouwen winnen van Wales". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 25 November 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ Scholten, Berend (30 June 2013). "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA. Retrieved 25 July 2013.