Aniek Nouwen

Aniek Nouwen
Nouwen in 2019
Personal information
Full name Aniek Nouwen[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Helmond, Netherlands
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 3
Youth career
–2016 SV Deurne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2021 PSV 101 (19)
2021– Chelsea 18 (1)
2023 → AC Milan (loan) 11 (0)
International career‡
2014–2015 Netherlands U16 13 (1)
2014–2016 Netherlands U17 12 (3)
2016–2018 Netherlands U19 16 (2)
2018 Netherlands U20 6 (1)
2023 Netherlands U23 3 (0)
2019– Netherlands 43 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 December 2023

Aniek Nouwen (born 9 March 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Netherlands national team.

Club career

Early career

Nouwen played with the SV Deurne boys' team for 11 years, before joining PSV aged 17.[2]

PSV

Since 2016, Nouwen played professionally for PSV at the Eredivisie, where she recorded 69 appearances and 15 goals for the team.[3] In 2017 and 2018, she and her team were runners-up of the KNVB Women's Cup, the cup competition for women's football in the Netherlands.

Chelsea

On 12 May 2021, Nouwen agreed pre-contract terms on a three-year deal with Chelsea which commits her to the club until the summer of 2024.[4] She joined them ahead of the 2021/22 campaign.

On 10 October 2021, Nouwen made her first league start for Chelsea in a 2–0 victory against Leicester City, a game in which she would play 90 minutes.[5]

On 26 February 2022, Nouwen scored her first goal for Chelsea in a FA Cup fifth round tie against Leicester City, a game in which Chelsea would go onto win 7–0.[6]

A month later on 27 March 2022, Nouwen scored her first league goal for Chelsea. Once again Leicester City were the opponents, in a game that saw Chelsea win 9–0 away from home.[7]

On 8 May 2022, Nouwen won her first league title as Chelsea lifted the FA WSL trophy on the final day with a 4–2 victory against Manchester United.

On 15 May 2022, Nouwen lifted her second trophy with Chelsea as they defeated Manchester City for the FA Cup, Nouwen played 69 minutes.[8]

On 1 December 2023, Nouwen sustained an anterior cruciate ligament rupture in a friendly with the Netherlands under-23 team against Scotland under-23.[9][10]

Milan (loan)

On 21 January 2023, it was announced that Nouwen had joined Italian side Milan on loan for the remainder of the 2022–23 season,[11] while at the same time it was announced she had signed a new deal to remain at Chelsea until 2025.[12] Nouwen played all 90 minutes in each of her final 10 matches for Milan, and helped the club finish third in the Serie A.[3]

International career

Nouwen played for Netherlands U17 team at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification and at the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification. In both occasions, the Dutch team failed to qualify to the tournament's Elite round.[3] She also played for the Netherlands U19 team at the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and at the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. In 2017, the team reached the semi-finals where they lost 3–2 to Spain. In 2018, the team was eliminated in the Group Stage due to the goal difference criteria. Nouwen played in all matches for the Netherlands in both tournaments.[3] In 2018, Nouwen was called to represent the Netherlands U20 team at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Again, she played all of her team's matches in the tournament. The Dutch team was eliminated in quarter-finals after losing 2–1 for England.

On 4 March 2019, Nouwen made her debut for the Netherlands senior national team when she started and played 63 minutes in the 1–0 defeat for Poland.[13] Two days later, on 6 March, she recorded her second international cap when she replaced Siri Worm in the 66th minute of the match against China PR.[14]

On 23 October 2020, Nouwen scored her first goal for the Netherlands senior national team in a 7–0 victory over Estonia which saw the side qualify for the Women's Euros in 2022. Her second came on 28 June 2022 in a 3–0 victory over Belarus in a World Cup qualifying game.[15]

Nouwen was named to the Netherlands squad for the 2023 World Cup.[16] She made two appearances during the tournament.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 November 2023[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
PSV 2016–17 Eredivisie 25 3 ? ? ? ? — 25 3
2017–18 Eredivisie 22 5 ? ? ? ? — 22 5
2018–19 Eredivisie 22 7 ? ? ? ? — 22 7
2019–20 Eredivisie 12 2 ? ? ? ? — 12 2
2020–21 Eredivisie 20 2 3 0 5 0 2 0 30 2
Total 101 19 3 0 5 0 2 0 111 19
Chelsea 2021–22 Women's Super League 14 1 4 1 3 0 1 0 22 1
2022–23 Women's Super League 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
2023–24 Women's Super League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 18 1 4 1 3 0 2 0 27 1
AC Milan (loan) 2022–23 Serie A 11 0 4 0 — — 15 0
Career total 130 20 11 1 8 0 4 0 153 20
  1. ^ Includes KNVB Women's Cup, Women's FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Eredivisie Cup, FA Women's League Cup
  3. ^ Includes UEFA Women's Champions League

International

As of match played 11 August 2023[3]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 2019 5 0
2020 5 1
2021 14 0
2022 13 1
2023 6 0
Total 43 2
Scores and results list Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nouwen goal.
List of international goals scored by Aniek Nouwen
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 23 October 2020 Euroborg, Groningen, Netherlands  Estonia 6–0 7–0 2022 UEFA Women's Euro qualification
2 28 June 2022 De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands  Belarus 2–0 3–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification


Honours

PSV

Chelsea

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Netherlands (NED)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Koopmans en Nouwen tekenen bij PSV". www.psv.nl (in Dutch). 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "A. Nouwen". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Chelsea transfer agreed for PSV and Netherlands defender". Chelsea F.C. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Womens Match Report: Chelsea 2-0 Leicester City". Chelsea FC. 10 October 2021. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Women's match report: Chelsea 7 Leicester City 0". Chelsea FC. 26 February 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Women's match report: Leicester City 0 Chelsea 9". www.chelseafc.com. 27 March 2022. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Women's FA Cup final report: Chelsea 3 Manchester City 2". Chelsea FC. 15 May 2022. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Aniek Nouwen to return to Chelsea following ACL injury". chelseafc.com. 7 December 2023. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Vriendschappelijk". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 1 December 2023. Archived from the original on 24 November 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Aniek Nouwen joins AC Milan". Milan. 21 January 2023. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Aniek Nouwen extends Chelsea contract and heads out on loan". Chelsea F.C. 21 January 2023. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Netherlands vs. Poland 0 – 1". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  14. ^ "China PR vs. Netherlands 1 – 1". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  15. ^ Grondhuis, Francis (23 October 2020). "Geplaatst! OranjeLeeuwinnen verdedigen Europese titel op WEURO2022". www.onsoranje.nl. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Netherlands Squad". espn.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  17. ^ "ADO-vrouwen strijdend ten onder in bekerfinale". www.omroepwest.nl (in Dutch). 5 June 2021. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2024.