Anouk Dekker

Club career

She played for FFC Heike Rheine in the Frauen-Bundesliga from 2005 to 2007 before moving to Dutch club FC Twente, which played in the Eredivisie and later the BeNe League, in 2007. After almost nine seasons with FC Twente, she moved to the Division 1 Féminine side Montpellier HSC in January 2016. She played in France for years before moving to Portugal to play for Braga in the summer of 2021.

International career On 21 November 2009, Netherlands national team coach Vera Pauw awarded Dekker her first senior cap, versus Belarus.

She was called up to be part of the national team squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden. Despite suffering a facial injury in the last warm-up friendly, a 3–0 win over Northern Ireland, Dekker retained her place in the squad.

Dekker was also part of the Dutch teams of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the winning team of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, she played all matches in both tournaments and was named in the 2017 UEFA Team of the Tournament. 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.

Dekker was selected in the final squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. She scored in the last group game helping to secure a 2–1 win against Canada. The win left Netherlands top of group E.

International goals Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.

Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 13 June 2010 Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands 1–0 4–1 Friendly 2 19 June 2010 2–2 2–2 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 3 26 October 2013 Estádio José de Carvalho, Maia, Portugal 3–0 7–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 4 17 September 2014 Nadderud Stadion, Bekkestua, Norway 1–0 2–0 5 7 February 2015 Polman Stadion, Almelo, Netherlands 5–0 7–0 Friendly 6 8 March 2017 Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé, Portugal 1–0 3–2 2017 Algarve Cup 7 20 June 2019 Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims, France 1–0 2–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Personal life Dekker has a twin brother, Xander.

Honours Club Twente BeNe League: 2012–13, 2013–14 Eredivisie: 2010–11, 2012–13*, 2013–14*, 2014–15*, 2015–16 KNVB Women's Cup: 2007–08, 2014–15; runner-up 2012–13 BeNe Super Cup: runner-up 2011 During the BeNe League period (2012 to 2015), the highest placed Dutch team is considered as national champion by the Royal Dutch Football Association.

Montpellier Coupe de France Féminine: runner-up 2015–16

International Netherlands UEFA European Women's Championship: 2017

Individual Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau: 2017