Dione Housheer

Dione Housheer (born 26 September 1999) is a Dutch female handballer for Győri ETO KC and the Dutch national team.

Career

Club Housheer started playing handball at the age of 5 at the Dutch club UGHV. In 2015/2016 she played a single season for HV Fortissimo before signing for VOC Amsterdam. Here she played from 2016-2018, where she won the Eresdivisie in both seasons as well as the Dutch Cup in 2018, before signing for Danish side Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub on a 3 year deal. With Nykøbing Falster she won the Danish cup; the first of its kind for the club.

When her contract ran out she signed for league Rivals Odense Håndbold.

In 2024 she joined Hungarian Győri ETO KC from Odense together with fellow Dutch international Bo van Wetering. She won the 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League and the Hungarian Championship in her first season with the team, and became a leader and top scorer of Győr with 226 goals (all competitions combined). Her original contract was for 3 years, ending in 2027, but in 2025 (after one season) she and the club came to an agreement regarding the prolongation of said contract, therefore she signed for 3 more years, extending until 2030.

National team Housheer debuted for Dutch national team on October 28th 2017 in a match against Germany. Her first major international tournament was the 2018 European Championship where she won Bronze medals with the Dutch team. where the Netherlands surprised many to win the title, beating Spain 30:29 in the final. This was the first title in the country's history.

A year later at the 2020 European Championship she fisnished 6th with the Dutch team.

At the 2020 Olympics she also represented the Netherlands, where the Dutch team finished 5th.

At the 2023 World Championship she finished 5th with the Dutch team, scoring 31 goals.

At the 2025 World Championship, which was co-hosted by the Netherlands, she finished 4th with the Dutch team, scored 44 goals and made 41 assists, and was named the All-Star right back of the competition.

Achievements EHF Champions League Winner: 2025 runner-up: 2026 Dutch National team - World champion 2019 - gold medal in Japan Dutch National team - European Championship 2018 - bronze medal in France Eredivisie: Winner: 2017, 2018 Beker van Nederland: Winner: 2018 Nederlandse Supercup: Winner: 2016 Danish Women's Handball League Winner: 2021, 2022 runner-up: 2023 Danish Santander Cup Winner: 2018 Finalist: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Danish Super Cup Winner : 2023, final game voted best player Finalist: 2022 final game voted best player, 2021 Nemzeti Bajnokság: Winner: 2025, 2026

Awards and recognition All-Star right back of the IHF World Handball Championship: 2025 EHF Excellence Awards: Best Right Back of the Champions League. Season 2024/25 , 2025/26 MVP of the Youth European Open Championship: 2016 Eredivisie Talent of the Year: 2017 Eredivisie Player of the Year: 2018 Best right back Danish Kvindeligaen 2021/22, 2022/23 Best young player nomination in the 2021–22 Women's EHF Champions League Most assists in Danish Kvindeligean 2023/2024 167x, 2022/2023 137x, 2nd place 2021/2022 171 x