Desiree van Lunteren

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Dutch footballerIn this Dutch name, the surname is van Lunteren, not Lunteren.*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2022

Desiree van Lunteren RON (Dutch pronunciation: ; born 30 December 1992) was a Dutch footballer who played as a midfielder for Eredivisie club PSV.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Honours
- 3.1 Club
- 3.2 International
4 References
5 External links

Club career

van Lunteren began her senior career at Eredivisie team AZ Alkmaar before moving Telstar and later joining Ajax in 2012 to play in the first season of the short-lived BeNe League.

In June 2018, a personal sponsor helped her move to SC Freiburg, departing Ajax after 6 years and 166 matches.

In July 2019, after one season in Germany, van Lunteren returned to Ajax on a two-year contract. After finishing her contract she agreed terms with PSV and ended her career in Eindhoven in 2022.

International career

Van Lunteren was handed her first senior national team cap by coach Roger Reijners on 15 February 2012, in a 2–1 friendly defeat to France in Nîmes.

She was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.

She was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. Van Lunteren started 5 of the team's 6 games at the tournament and helped the team win the tournament. She *isted a goal in the final before being subbed off in the 57th minute.

Van Lunteren was an integral part of the Dutch team that finished second in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, playing in every match.

On 21 November 2019 she resigned as international.

Honours

Club

AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie: 2009–10
KNVB Women's Cup: 2010–11

AFC Ajax

KNVB Women's Cup: 2013–14
KNVB Women's Cup: 2016–17
KNVB Women's Cup: 2017–18
Eredivisie: 2016–17
Eredivisie: 2017–18

International

Netherlands

UEFA Women's Euro: 2017
Algarve Cup: 2018

References