Kirsten van de Ven

Kirsten Johanna Maria van de Ven (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɪrstən joːˈɦɑnaː maːˈriaː vɑn də ˈvɛn]; born 11 May 1985) is a retired Dutch professional footballer. She played in the Damallsvenskan for FC Rosengård and Tyresö FF, and in the Eredivisie for FC Twente and Willem II Tilburg. She trained at university level in the United States, spending three seasons with Florida State University's women's soccer team. For the Netherlands women's national football team, she represented her country at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship, and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Van de Ven attended Quinnipiac University in 2004 and was named the North East Conference's Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year. She played the rest of her college career for Florida State Seminoles at NCAA level, as a team mate of Hermann Trophy winner Mami Yamaguchi.

Playing for Tyresö FF in 2012

In 2010 Van de Ven left Willem II for newly promoted Damallsvenskan club Tyresö FF. She won a League Championship with the club in 2012.

After four years at Tyresö FF, Van de Ven joined their Damallsvenkan rivals FC Rosengård in search of a new challenge.

She returned to her home country in January 2016, signing for Dutch champions FC Twente. After winning the Dutch title, she announced her retirement from football on 23 May 2016.

She has played for the senior Netherlands national team since 2004. On 6 August 2004 she played the second half of a 2–0 friendly defeat by Japan in Zeist. Van de Ven played for the Netherlands in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying rounds. On 23 August 2009 she scored the first goal of the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 at the inaugural match against Ukraine, which marked Netherlands' debut at a final stage.

In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected Van de Ven in the 23-player Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.

At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Van de Ven scored in the Netherlands' 1–1 draw with hosts Canada and in their 2–1 second round defeat by Japan.

International goals

Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 October 2008	Pabellón de la Ciudad del Fútbol, Madrid, Spain	Spain	2–0	2–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
2.	23 August 2009	Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland	Ukraine	1–0	2–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2009
3.	26 August 2009	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	1–1	1–2	UEFA Women's Euro 2009
4.	3 March 2010	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Switzerland	4–0	4–0	2010 Cyprus Cup
5.	21 August 2010	Haradzki Stadium, Maladzechna, Belarus	Belarus	1–0	4–0	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
6.	12 December 2010	Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil	Brazil	1–1	2–3	2010 Torneio Internacional
7.	15 December 2010	Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil	Mexico	1–0	3–1	2010 Torneio Internacional
8.	19 December 2010	Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil	Mexico	1–0	2–1	2010 Torneio Internacional
9.	7 March 2011	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Switzerland	1–0	6–0	2011 Cyprus Cup
10.				2–0
11.				3–0
12.	3 April 2011	Kras Stadion, Volendam, Netherlands	Scotland	1–0	6–2	Friendly
13.	22 October 2011	Gradski stadion, Vrbovec, Croatia	Croatia	2–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
14.	19 November 2011	Ivančna Gorica Stadium, Ivančna Gorica, Slovenia	Slovenia	1–0	2–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
15.	5 April 2012	De Koel, Venlo, Netherlands	Slovenia	2–1	3–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
16.	7 February 2015	Polman Stadion, Almelo, Netherlands	Thailand	7–0	7–0	Friendly
17.	15 June 2015	Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada	Canada	1–1	1–1	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
18.	23 June 2015	BC Place, Vancouver, Canada	Japan	1–2	1–2	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Club

Tyresö FF

• Damallsvenskan: 2012

FC Rosengård

• Damallsvenskan: 2014, 2015
• Svenska Supercupen: 2015

FC Twente

• Eredivisie: 2015–16