Maruschka Waldus

Maruschka Waldus

Maruschka Waldus at Mallbackens IF Stadium
Personal information
Full name Maruschka Waldus
Date of birth (1992-09-20) 20 September 1992
Place of birth Heerenveen, The Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder / Defender
Club information
Current team
 Mallbackens IF
Number 12
Youth career
2014 Alabama Crimson Tide
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2011–2014 SC Heerenveen 68 (9)
2015 Sky Blue FC 1 (0)
2015 Mallbackens IF 12 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:09, 10 October 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Maruschka Waldus (born 20 September 1992) is a Dutch soccer player who currently plays for Mallbackens IF in the Damallsvenskan in Sweden after playing with Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League in the United States at the start of this season. Waldus made her debut in May 2015 in the NWSL, being the first Dutch soccer player in the NWSL.

Career

Maruschka was two-time member of the KNVB Talent Team (2009 and 2010) in Amsterdam and attended the Johann Cruyff University in the Netherlands.

In 2011 she played three seasons for the soccer club SC Heerenveen in her home town. At first in the Eredivisie (women) which changed later on in the BeNe League. She was named to the women's first team for three consecutive seasons and was team captain in each of the last two seasons. She scored 10 goals during her career at Heerenveen, including 7 in 2013.

In August 2014 Waldus came to the Alabama Crimson Tide.ref as a senior and made an immediate impact early in the season on the defensive side of the ball. Near halfway through the season, she became a defensive midfielder. She started and played in all 20 games of the season and scored 3 goals.

In 2015 Maruschka Waldus earned a spot on the roster of Sky Blue FC. In the summer of 2015 she signed a contract in Sweden with Mallbackens IF that plays in Damallsvenskan, the highest division, for the rest of the season.

Stats

Season Club Country Competition Matches Goals
2011–12 Sc Heerenveen  Netherlands Eredivisie 13 –
2012–13 Sc Heerenveen  Netherlands  Belgium BeNe League 27 6
2013–14 Sc Heerenveen  Netherlands  Belgium BeNe League 28 3
2014 Alabama Crimson Tide  United States NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship 20 3
2015 Sky Blue FC  United States National Women's Soccer League 1 -
2015 Mallbackens IF  Sweden Damallsvenskan 12 1

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