Dominique Janssen

Dominique Janssen

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Janssen played in the B-Youth team for her first club, RKSV Wittenhorst. In the summer of 2013, she joined German Frauen-Bundesliga side SGS Essen, turning down offers from Dutch clubs PSV/FC Eindhoven and AFC Ajax. On 8 September, Janssen made her debut for Essen in their first league game of the season, a 3–3 draw versus BV Cloppenburg. She scored her first goal for Essen on 3 November in the 5–1 win against Hoffenheim. In 2015, Janssen signed for English side Arsenal. This move proved to be fruitful, with Janssen winning the WSL Cup of 2015 thanks to Arsenal's 3–0 victory over Notts County. She once again played in another Cup final the following season, this being the 2016 FA Cup final which took place on 14 May. Arsenal beat Chelsea 1–0 in the match at Wembley to be crowned winners and earn their fourteenth FA Cup title. Following a second FA WSL Cup triumph in 2017–18, Dominique played in 19 of Arsenal's 20 league games and scored three goals as the team won the 2018–19 Women's Super League. She ended up making 100 club appearances for Arsenal. After four years with the Gunners, Janssen signed for German champions Wolfsburg in 2019. She enjoyed a very successful period with Die Wölfinnen, winning two Frauen-Bundesliga titles and a five consecutive DFB-Pokal Frauen Cups. Janssen was a key player for Wolfsburg throughout her time there, playing over 150 matches across five seasons. She started both the 2020 and 2023 UEFA Women's Champions League finals for Wolfsburg, but…

International career

Janssen played for the first time for a Junior selection of Royal Dutch Football Association on 17 March 2010 at the friendly match of U-15 national team against England. In 2012, she was captain of the Dutch U-17 team in the qualifying matches for the 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship and also led the team, as captain, in qualifying for the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. In 2014, she succeeded with her team to qualify for the final round the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Norway, where Netherlands won the title for the first time with 1–0 victory against Spain. Janssen played all five matches in the tournament. In 2014, she was called for the senior team for the first time, taking part in the Netherlands squad for the 2014 Cyprus Cup. On 5 March 2014, she made her debut, coming off the bench in the 65th minute at 2–2 against Australia. Janssen was then a part of the Dutch team that reached the 2015 World Cup Round of 16. Dominique was a member of the Netherlands team that won Euro 2017 on home soil. Capturing the support of the entire nation, Sarina Wiegman's side beat Sweden and England in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively without conceding a goal in order to reach the final against Denmark. The Dutch won the final 4-2 to secure their very first UEFA Women's Championship title and Janssen featured in the historic match when she replaced Desiree van Lunteren in the 57th minute as a substitute for the Oranje. After winning the 2017…

Club
SGS Essen (2013–2015)
Club
Arsenal W.F.C. (2015–2019)
Club
Netherlands women's national association football team (2014–)
Club
VfL Wolfsburg (2019–)
Club
Netherlands women's national under-19 association football team (2012–2014)
Club
Netherlands women's national under-17 association football team (2011–2012)
National team
Netherlands

Trophies & Awards

Award
Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Personal

Personal life

In 2018, Janssen married Brandon Bloodworth and adopted his last name. Bloodworth is a US Air Force veteran and they met in London. He was an NCAA Division 1 track and field sprinter from California. In 2020, Janssen announced that she and Bloodworth had separated and she reverted to using her maiden name. She is in a relationship with German former professional footballer Patrick Platins.

Legacy

Honours

Arsenal

FA Women's Cup: 2015–16 FA WSL Cup: 2015, 2017–18 FA Women's Super League: 2018–19 VfL Wolfsburg

UEFA Women's Champions League runners-up: 2019-20, 2022–23 Frauen Bundesliga: 2019–20, 2021–22, DFB Pokal: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 Manchester United

Women's FA Cup runner-up: 2024–25 Women's League Cup runner-up: 2025–26 Netherlands U19

UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: 2014 Netherlands

UEFA Women's Euro: 2017 FIFA Women's World Cup: runners-up 2019 Algarve Cup: 2018 Individual

Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau: 2017

Clubs

  • Netherlands women's national association football team2014current
  • VfL Wolfsburg2019current
  • Netherlands women's national under-17 association football team2011–2012
  • Netherlands women's national under-19 association football team2012–2014
  • SGS Essen2013–2015
  • Arsenal W.F.C.2015–2019

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Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Description

Dutch association football player

Position

defender

Extract from Wikipedia

Dominique Johanna Anna Petrone Janssen is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender or defensive midfielder for Women's Super League club Manchester United and captains the Netherlands national team.

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