*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15, 22 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 November 2024
Renate Jansen (born 7 December 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eredivisie club PSV and the Netherlands national team. She has scored the most goals in the history of the top Dutch women's league.[1]
Club career
Jansen's career started at the youth teams of SV Abbenes in her native Abbenes.[2] In 2005, she started to play in the B1 (boys team) of VV Kagia [nl] in Lisserbroek.[3] In 2007, she left the club and joined Ter Leede,[4] and later joined HvA.[5]
On 19 April 2014, she played her 150th official match for ADO (131 league, 16 cup, 2 Champions League, and 1 BeNe Super Cup) against FC Twente; since her club debut on 21 August 2008, she had missed just three matches and scored 87 goals (71 league, 15 cup, and 1 Champions League).[5]
FC Twente
After seven seasons at ADO, where she scored 109 goals in 181 games in all competitions, she joined FC Twente in the summer of 2015.[10] Twente won the league title in her first season, 2015–16.[11] She was third on her team and in the league in goal scored, with 13. She was second the Eredivisie in goals scored in 2020–21 with 12 goals and third the following year with 17 goals. She also scored 14 goals in 29 Champions League matches with the Eschede club.[12]
On 10 April 2024, Jansen announced she would leave the club at the end of the season, hoping to play for a club in another country.[13]
PSV
In June 2024, Jansen signed a two-year contract with PSV, arriving from Twente on a free transfer.[14]
International career
Jansen made her debut for the Dutch national team on 1 April 2010 against Slovakia. She was part of training camps with the national team and played in friendlies until 2017, when she was included in the squad for the 2017 Algarve Cup. Her big break into a major tournament coming soon after, as she was selected for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017,[15] where she played four matches, coming in as a substitute in the tournament won by the Dutch.[16]
On 31 May 2023, she was named as part of the Netherlands provisional squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[19] In September 2023, Jansen scored the winning goal in the 90th minute against England in the UEFA Women's Nations League, keeping the Dutch team's chances alive in the tournament.[20]
International goals
Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.[16]
^"Renate Jansen vertrekt na dit seizoen bij FC Twente Vrouwen". FC Twente (in Dutch). 10 April 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024. [I would like to embark on a new adventure. I hope for a foreign club, the coming period will show whether that is possible]