Loes Geurts

Loes Geurts
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-01-12) 12 January 1986
Place of birth Wûnseradiel, Netherlands
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
Number 1
Youth career
1994–1998 R.E.S.
1998–1999 SC Heerenveen
1999–2004 R.E.S.
2005 Western Illinois Leathernecks
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005–2007 FFC Heike Rheine 27 (0)
2007–2011 AZ 83 (0)
2011 Telstar 5 (0)
2012–2013 Vittsjö 43 (0)
2014– Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 26 (0)
National team‡
2005– Netherlands 107[2] (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:24, 4 June 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:07, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Loes Geurts (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlus ˈxøːrts];[3] born 12 January 1986) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC of the Swedish Damallsvenskan. Since making her international debut in 2005, Geurts has collected over 100 caps for the Netherlands women's national football team. She kept goal for the Netherlands at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.

Club career

After playing American college soccer for Western Illinois Leathernecks, Geurts featured in the German Bundesliga with FFC Heike Rheine. She then returned to the Netherlands and played in the Eredivisie with AZ and its successor Telstar. In 2012 she left Telstar for Sweden's Damallsvenskan and joined Vittsjö GIK.[4]

Geurts left Vittsjö after two seasons in November 2013. She signed for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, who were in the market for a goalkeeper following Kristin Hammarström's retirement.[5]

International career

On 20 August 2005 Geurts debuted for the senior Netherlands women's national football team, playing a 4–0 defeat to Finland in Oulu.[6]

In 2006 Guerts was elevated to first choice goalkeeper for the Netherlands when Marleen Wissink retired.[7] Geurts played in every match as the Netherlands reached the semi-final of UEFA Women's Euro 2009.

In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected Geurts in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 2015 World Cup
  2. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. ↑ In isolation, Geurts is pronounced [ˈɣøːrts].
  4. ↑ Newcomers Vittsjö sign Netherlands national team kepper. Wsoccernews
  5. ↑ Höghäll, Marika (15 November 2013). "Vittsjö tappar sin landslagsmålvakt" (in Swedish). Skånska Dagbladet. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Friezinnen in Oranje – Loes Geurts". Friese Voetballers. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
  7. ↑ "Loes Geurts". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Trio miss cut in Netherlands squad". UEFA.com. UEFA. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

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