Dutch footballer (born 1986)
Loes Geurts (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlus ˈxøːrts] ;[2] born 12 January 1986) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Damallsvenskan club BK Häcken . Since making her international debut in 2005, Geurts has collected over 100 caps for the Netherlands national team .[3] She kept goal for the Netherlands at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship .
Club career
Geurts' career started at the youth team of club RES in Bolsward . She then played for SC Heerenveen for one season, before returning to RES.[4] [5] In 2004 she played American college soccer for Western Illinois Leathernecks , returning to Europe in March 2006 for the second half of the 2005–06, joining Bundesliga team FFC Heike Rheine .[6]
In 2007, Geurts returned to the Netherlands to play in the newly created professional league Eredivisie with AZ Alkmaar . Her four seasons at the club were very successful, winning the league title three times and the Dutch Cup once. In 2011, she moved to Telstar .[5]
She left Telstar for Sweden's Damallsvenskan in 2012 and joined Vittsjö GIK .[7] Geurts left Vittsjö after her second season in November 2013, signing for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC , who were in the market for a goalkeeper following Kristin Hammarström 's retirement.[8]
After five seasons during four years in Sweden, on 21 September 2016, it was announced she signed a two-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain of the Division 1 Féminine .[9] [10]
In August 2017, citing her "battery was empty", Geurts announced she was taking a break from football.[5] [11] [12]
On 31 January 2018, it was announced that Geurts was returning to Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC where she had previously played from 2014 to 2016.[13]
International career
Loes Geurts training with the Netherlands women's national football team on 6 November 2018
On 20 August 2005, at the age of 19, Geurts was given her debut in the senior Netherlands national team by coach Vera Pauw , playing in a 4–0 defeat to Finland in Oulu .[14] [15]
In 2006, Geurts was elevated to first-choice goalkeeper for the Netherlands when Marleen Wissink retired.[16] Geurts played in every match as the Netherlands reached the semi-final of UEFA Women's Euro 2009 .
In June 2013, national team coach Roger Reijners selected Geurts in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden .[17] She was also part of the Dutch squads of the 2015 [1] and 2019 World Cup as well as the winning team of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 .[18] After the 2017 tournament, the whole team was honoured by the Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of Sport Edith Schippers and made Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau .[19]
Honours
AZ Alkmaar
Netherlands
Individual
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