Liza van der Most

Liza van der Most
Liza van der Most (left) with Tessel Middag in 2014
Personal information
Full name Liza Estefany van der Most[1]
Date of birth (1993-10-08) 8 October 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Bogotá, Colombia[2]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Utrecht
Number 2
Youth career
0000–2008 VV Papendrecht
2008–2012 SteDoCo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 SteDoCo
2012–2023 Ajax 137 (2)
International career
2014–2019 Netherlands 15 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing the  Netherlands
FIFA Women's World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 France Team
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Netherlands Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 July 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 March 2018

Liza Estefany van der Most (born 8 October 1993) is a Dutch footballer who plays as defender for Utrecht in the Eredivisie and the Netherlands women's national football team.

Club career[edit]

As youth player, she played at VV Papendrecht before she joined the girl's academic of SteDoCo at the age of 11. In September 2008 she earned a spot in the KNVB Talent team.[3] In July 2012 she was transferred to Ajax, where she made her professional debut on 24 August 2012 in the match against SC Heerenveen.[4]

International career[edit]

She made her international debut on 20 August 2014 against Brazil.[5]

She was part of the Dutch team which won the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[6] After the 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.[7]

Personal life[edit]

Van der Most was born in Colombia. She was adopted by a family in Papendrecht when she was seven months old.[8]

Honours[edit]

Ajax
Netherlands
Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  2. ^ Buddenberg, Fred (28 June 2019). "'Racisme is er bijna niet meer in voetbal'". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  3. ^ "DROOMTRANSFER VOOR PAPENDRECHTSE LIZA VAN DER MOST (18): VAN STEDOCO NAAR AJAX". janvolwerk.com (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Profile". soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 14 June 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Voetbalsters Oranje geridderd in Den Haag (in Dutch)". NOS.nl.
  8. ^ "Voetbaltalent Liza van der Most" (PDF) (in Dutch). Topsport Amsterdam. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-06.
  9. ^ "Dutch women downhearted but have makings of future champions". The Guardian. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast" (in Dutch). nu.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2018.

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