Janou Levels

Janou Levels (born 30 October 2000) is a Dutch professional football player who plays as a defender for Liga F club Real Madrid. Levels has captained the Netherlands women's national under-23 football team, and she has been capped for the Netherlands national team once. She previously played for Dutch teams and PSV.

Club career Levels started playing football at the age of five for SHH Herten. At the age of 14, she moved to in Eindhoven. She was a part of the PSV team that lost the 2020 Eredivisie Cup Final to FC Twente. In April 2020, she signed a new contract with PSV. In the 2020–21 KNVB Women's Cup Final against ADO Den Haag, Levels conceded a peculiar penalty for handball. The ball touched her hand in the 18-yard box, when she raised it to appeal for supposed handball by her opponent. Nevertheless, PSV won the match 1–0, and earned their first major honour. In April 2021, she signed a new three-year contract with the club. In total, she made 117 appearances for PSV in five seasons with the club. In June 2023, Levels was transferred to Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.

On 11 July 2026, it was announced that Levels had signed a four-year deal with Liga F club Real Madrid until June 2030.

International career In October 2021, Levels was named to the Netherlands women's national football team for the first time. The next month, she made her senior debut in a match against Japan. She was in the Dutch squad for three matches in February 2022.

Personal life Levels grew up in Herten, Netherlands. She is the daughter of Jo Levels, who played for VVV-Venlo.