Kelly Zeeman

Kelly Zeeman (born 19 November 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer. She played as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Netherlands national team.[1]

Kelly Zeeman
Zeeman with Ajax in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, centre-back
Youth career
SV Marken
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Telstar 21 (2)
2013–2022 Ajax 119 (19)
2021 → SC Heerenveen (loan) 10 (0)
International career‡
2009 Netherlands U16 3 (1)
2009–2010 Netherlands U17 8 (2)
2011 Netherlands U19 2 (0)
2013–2018 Netherlands 24 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing the  Netherlands
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place2017 Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 March 2018

Club career

Zeeman played for Telstar in the BeNe League in the 2012–13 season.[2] In June 2013, she moved to Ajax along with Claudia van den Heiligenberg.[2]

In January 2021, Zeeman joined SC Heerenveen on a loan deal until 30 June 2021. This made her the first Dutch player to be loaned out in Eredivisie.[3]

International career

Zeeman earned her first cap for the national team on 9 February 2013, in a 3–2 friendly win against Belgium.[4]

In June 2017, she was called up by head coach Sarina Wiegman to be part of the Netherlands squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 on home soil.[5] Zeeman made two substitute appearances during the tournament, which the Dutch won to claim their first Women's Euro trophy.[4]

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.[6]

Career statistics

International
As of match played 2 March 2018[4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 201340
201670
2017100
201830
Total240

Honours

Ajax

Netherlands

Individual

References
  1. Kelly Zeeman at Soccerway
  2. "Internationals Heiligenberg en Zeeman naar Ajax" (in Dutch). Vrouwenvoetbalnieuws. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  3. "Kelly Zeeman op huurbasis naar sc Heerenveen". 21 January 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  4. "Kelly Zeeman" (in Dutch). OnsOranje. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  5. "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017" (in Dutch). OnsOranje. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  6. "Voetbalsters Oranje geridderd in Den Haag (in Dutch)". NOS.nl. 25 October 2017.
  7. "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast". NU.nl (in Dutch). 7 March 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2023.


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