Manon Melis is a retired Dutch professional footballer who played as a forward for the Netherlands women's national team from 2004 to 2016. During her international career she scored 59 goals from 136 games. From 2010 to 2019 she was the all-time top goalscorer for her country.

Melis scored on her debut for the senior national team on 25 April 2004, in an away game against Belgium, aged 17. Not until her 16th cap did she score again. An even longer goal drought followed, playing 17 matches in which she was unable to score her third. She helped the Dutch qualify for their first major finals by scoring in six of the eight matches in UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying. At the finals held in Finland Melis played five matches, in which she scored once, against Denmark. On 21 August 2010 Melis became the all-time top goalscorer for the Netherlands after scoring twice against Belarus, her 29th and 30th international goals. She overtook Marjoke de Bakker's goal tally of 29, achieved between 1979 and 1991. At the 2013 Euros she played three matches but did not score and the Netherlands were eliminated at the group stage.

Melis earned her last cap on 9 March 2016 in a home game against Sweden, a qualification game for the 2016 Olympics. She scored her last goal, her 59th, in the penultimate match of her career, against Norway. Hers was the only Dutch goal in the 4–1 loss. Her highest number of goals in one match was four, scored in a 6–0 win over Serbia in 2011. In September 2013, she scored a hat-trick against Albania during 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification. Serbia and Switzerland are the teams against which she has scored the most, six goals total, from two and six games respectively. Four of her 59 goals came from penalties; 25 were scored on home soil. Her most productive year was 2011 with 10 goals from 12 games. For nearly nine years Melis held the all-time goalscoring record, until 15 June 2019, when Vivianne Miedema surpassed Melis by scoring her 60th goal in a 3–1 win over Cameroon at a group stage match at the FIFA World Cup Finals in France. As of July 2025, Melis ranks third on the all-time goalscoring list for the Netherlands women's football team, behind Miedema and Lieke Martens.

International goals "Score" represents the score in the match after Melis's goal. "Score" and "Result" list the Netherlands' goal tally first. Cap represents the player's appearance in an international level match at senior level.

+ Key Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick

+ Goals by Melis for the Netherlands' senior national team Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref 1 1 25 April 2004 Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium 2–0 3–0 2005 UEFA Women's Euro qualification 2 16 12 October 2005 Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands 5–0 6–0 Friendly 3 34 21 February 2007 Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion, Almere, Netherlands 2–0 2–0 4 35 14 March 2007 County Ground, Swindon, England 1–0 1–0 5 37 9 May 2007 Herti Allmend Stadion, Zug, Switzerland 1–0 2–2 2009 UEFA Women's Euro qualification 6 39 26 August 2007 Veronica Stadium, Volendam, Netherlands 1–0 2–1 7 40 1 October 2007 Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion, Almere, Netherlands 1–4 1–4 Friendly 8 42 27 January 2008 Frank Cooke Park, Dublin, Ireland 1–0 1–1 9 43 20 February 2008 Newport Stadium, Newport, Wales 1–0 1–0 2009 UEFA Women's Euro qualification 10 44 23 April 2008 Patrostadion, Maasmechelen, Belgium 2–2 2–2 11 46 30 August 2008 Den Haag Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands 1–0 1–1 12 47 27 September 2008 Kras Stadion, Volendam, Netherlands 1–0 3–0 13 2–0 14 48 5 March 2009 Makario Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus 1–0 2–1 2009 Cyprus Cup 15 2–1 16 50 12 March 2009 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus 1–0 5–0 17 3–0 18 51 11 July 2009 Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2–0 5–0 Four Nations Cup 19 52 15 July 2009 2–4 2–4 20 54 8 August 2009 Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg, Netherlands 1–0 2–0 Friendly 21 58 29 August 2009 Lahden Stadion, Lahti, Finland 2–0 2–1 2009 UEFA Women's Euro 22 62 29 October 2009 Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands 3–0 13–1 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 23 64 24 February 2010 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus 1–0 4–1 2010 Cyprus Cup 24 3–1 25 65 26 February 2010 Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus 1–1 1–1 26 67 3 March 2010 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus 1–0 4–0 27 69 22 April 2010 Gradski Stadion, Kumanovo, Macedonia 5–0 7–0 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 28 70 19 June 2010 Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands 1–0 2–2 29 71 21 August 2010 Haradzki Stadium, Maladzechna, Belarus 2–0 4–0 30 3–0 31 72 2 March 2011 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus 2–0 4–1 2011 Cyprus Cup 32 3–0 33 73 4 March 2011 Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus 2–1 2–1 34 77 18 May 2011 De Koel, Venlo, Netherlands 1–1 1–1 Friendly 35 80 24 August 2011 Hohhot City Stadium, Hohhot, China 1–0 1–0 36 81 21 September 2011 TATA Steel Stadion, Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands 1–0 6–0 2013 UEFA Women's Euro qualification 37 3–0 38 5–0 39 6–0 40 82 22 October 2011 Gradski stadion, Vrbovec, Croatia 1–0 3–0 41 85 28 February 2012 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus 1–1 2–1 2012 Cyprus Cup 42 89 5 April 2012 De Koel, Venlo, Netherlands 3–1 3–1 2013 UEFA Women's Euro qualification 43 91 20 June 2012 Stadion Srem Jakovo, Jakovo, Serbia 1–0 4–0 44 2–0 45 97 9 April 2013 Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands 1–3 1–3 Friendly 46 102 26 September 2013 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania 1–0 4–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 47 2–0 48 3–0 49 104 23 November 2013 Stadion Woudestein, Rotterdam, Netherlands 4–0 7–0 50 107 7 March 2014 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus 3–4 3–4 2014 Cyprus Cup 51 109 5 April 2014 Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion, Greece 1–0 6–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 52 115 25 October 2014 Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland 2–0 2–1 53 116 30 October 2014 Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2–0 2–0 54 123 8 April 2015 Strømmen Stadion, Strømmen, Norway 2–1 3–2 Friendly 55 124 30 May 2015 York Stadium, Toronto, Canada 1–0 1–2 56 131 29 November 2015 Kras Stadion, Volendam, Netherlands 2–0 3–1 57 3–1 58 134 2 March 2016 Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands 1–1 4–3 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic qualification 59 135 5 March 2016 Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1–2 1–4

Statistics

+ Appearances and goals by yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsNetherlands200471200511120061502007852008662009169201088201112102012104201311520141442015134201652Total13659

+ Goals by competition Competition Goals Friendlies 13 FIFA World Cup qualifiers 12 UEFA European Championship qualifiers 16 FIFA World Cup finals 0 1 Other 17 Total 59

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