Shanice van de Sanden

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.

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 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.

Club

As of match played 18 April 2024

International

As of match played 28 February 2024

Scores and results list Netherlands's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each van de Sanden goal.

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