Shanice Janice van de Sanden (born 2 October 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eredivisie club PSV and the Netherlands national team.
Club career Her career started at amateur club VVIJ in IJsselstein, before moving to FC Utrecht in 2008 where she also played for its farm team SV Saestum.
In May 2010, she moved to SC Heerenveen, where she played for one season before joining FC Twente in May 2011.
After four and a half seasons at FC Twente, she signed with Liverpool of the English WSL1 on 4 February 2016.
On 29 August 2017, after two seasons at Liverpool where she played a total of 28 matches (in all competitions), she moved to France and joined Division 1 Féminine club Olympique Lyonnais.
In September 2020 it was announced that Van de Sanden would be moving to Germany to play for Wolfsburg with immediate effect.
On 16 July 2022, Van de Sanden rejoined Liverpool.
International career
Aged 16, she made her debut for the senior Netherlands women's national football team on 14 December 2008 in a friendly match 2–0 win over France. She was part of the Dutch squad in the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in UEFA's Euro 2009 archive and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
In June 2017, she was in the 23 players squad which won the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. 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.
Later that year, she was shortlisted for the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award.
Van de Sanden was selected in the final squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.
On 31 May 2023, she was named as part of the Netherlands provisional squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Career statistics Club
+Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsUtrecht2008–09Eredivisie154??— —1542009–10Eredivisie151?? — —151Total305??——305Heerenveen2010–11Eredivisie218?? — —218Twente2011–12Eredivisie173??— 101832012–13BeNe League254??— —2542013–14BeNe League2511??— 4129122014–15BeNe League246??— 202662015–16Eredivisie128?? — 721910Total10332??—14311735Liverpool2016Women's Super League16300 20 —1832017Women's Super League7031——101Total2333120—284Lyon2017–18D1 Féminine16220—502322018–19D1 Féminine19751—703182019–20D1 Féminine11220—301622020–21D1 Féminine1000—0010Total471191—1507112Wolfsburg2020–21Frauen-Bundesliga15221—211942021–22Frauen-Bundesliga10210— 40152Total25431—61346Liverpool2022–23Women's Super League1410010 —1512023–24Women's Super League1012020—141Total2422030—292Career Total273651735035433072
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsNetherlands20081020099220104020155120161362017171201811420191542020702021133202310202410Total9721
Scores and results list Netherlands's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each van de Sanden goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Shanice van de SandenNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition112 March 2009GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus4–05–02009 Cyprus Women's Cup213 July 2009Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands3–23–2Four Nations Cup320 May 2015Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands5–07–0Friendly422 January 2016Limak Arcadia Atlantis Football Center, Belek, Turkey2–02–0 52 March 2016Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands4–14–32016 Women's Olympic Qualifier67 April 2016Telstar Stadium, Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands1–02–0 Friendly72–0817 September 2016Georgia Dome, Atlanta, United States1–01–3 920 October 2016Tony Macaroni Arena, Livingston, Scotland6–07–0 1016 July 2017Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands1–01–0UEFA Women's Euro 20171128 February 2018Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal4–06–22018 Algarve Cup126 April 2018Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands5–07–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification138 June 2018Shamrock Park, Portadown, Northern Ireland3–05–0 145 September 2018Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda, Netherlands2–02–02019 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Play-off SF159 April 2019AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands6–07–0Friendly161 June 2019Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands1–03–0173–0188 November 2019Bornova Stadium, İzmir, Turkey1–08–02021 UEFA Women's Euro qualification1915 June 2021De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands Norway6–07–0Friendly2021 July 2021Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan6–110–32020 Olympic Games2127 July 2021Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan1–08–2
Honours FC Utrecht KNVB Women's Cup: 2009–10
FC Twente BeNe League: 2012–13, 2013–14 Eredivisie: 2012–13*, 2013–14*, 2014–15*, 2015–16 KNVB Women's Cup: 2014–15 *During the BeNe League period (2012 to 2015), the highest placed Dutch team is considered as national champion by the Royal Dutch Football Association.
Lyon Division 1 Féminine: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 Coupe de France Féminine: 2018–19, 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 Netherlands UEFA Women's Euro: 2017 Algarve Cup: 2018
Individual Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau: 2017
We Play Strong Van de Sanden is one of UEFA's official ambassadors for #WePlayStrong, a social media and vlogging campaign which was launched in 2018. The campaign's "...aim is to promote women’s football as much as we can and to make people aware of women’s football, really,” Evans, another participant explains. “The ultimate goal is to make football the most played sport by females by 2020. So it’s a UEFA initiative to get more women and girls playing football, whether they want to be professional or not.” The series, which also originally included professional footballers Sarah Zadrazil, Eunice Beckmann, Laura Feiersinger and Lisa Evans and now also includes Petronella Ekroth and Shanice van de Sanden, follows the daily lives of female professional footballers.
Personal life Van de Sanden was born in the Netherlands and is of Surinamese descent. As of August 2020, Van de Sanden has a girlfriend. She welcomed her first child in November 2023. She welcomed her 2nd child early 2026
References
External links
Senior national team profile at Onsoranje.nl