Stefanie van der Gragt


Stefanie van der Gragt is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender for the Netherlands national team. She represented her country at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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Club career

Her career started at the youth teams of amateur club Reiger Boys in Heerhugowaard. She then played for Kolping Boys youth team, another amateur club in Oudorp.
A move to AZ Alkmaar in 2009 started her professional career, as she was able to play in the highest professional national league. After two seasons at the club, in 2011, she joined Telstar where she played for the next four years. In 2015 she moved to FC Twente and after one season she joined the German Bundesliga team Bayern Munich. Due to injuries, she had few opportunities to play in Germany and in 2017 she moved back to the Netherlands, signing with [AFC AFC Ajax (women)|Ajax (women)|Ajax].
On 4 July 2018, she joined Spanish side FC Barcelona.
On 12 June 2020, she moved back to join AFC Ajax. On 5 August 2022, Van der Gragt joined Italian club Inter Milan.
In April 2023 she announced her retirement after the 2023 World Cup to join back AZ Alkmaar as manager.

International career

Her debut for the Netherlands women's national football team came on 8 March 2013 against Switzerland in a 2013 Cyprus Cup match.
She was also part of the Dutch teams of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the winning team of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, playing all matches in both tournaments. After the 2017 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.
At the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, she scored in the Netherlands' quarter-final victory over Italy.
On 31 May 2023, she was named as part of the Netherlands provisional squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
She scored in the Netherlands' opening match of the tournament against Portugal which was the only goal of the match. It meant Van der Gragt scored in successive World Cups.

International goals

DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
15 March 2014GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus2–02–22014 Cyprus Women's Cup
210 April 2016Jan Louwers Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands1–21–2Friendly
320 January 2017Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain4–17–1Friendly
419 October 2017NV Arena, Sankt Pölten, Austria1–02–0Friendly
524 November 2017NTC Senec, Senec, Slovakia1–05–02019 WC qualifying
624 November 2017NTC Senec, Senec, Slovakia5–05–02019 WC qualifying
728 February 2018Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal5–16–22018 Algarve Cup
829 June 2019Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes, France2–02–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup
93 September 2019Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen1–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
1018 February 2021Stade Roi Baudouin, Belgium3–16–1Friendly
1127 November 2021Mestsky stadion, Ostrava2–22–22023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
1213 July 2022Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England2–03–2UEFA Women's Euro 2022
1323 July 2023Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand1–01–0FIFA Women's World Cup 2023
1411 August 2023Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand1–11–2FIFA Women's World Cup 2023

Personal life

She had a daughter in 2020 and a son in 2023 with her girlfriend Maryze Borst.

Honours

;AZ Alkmaar
;FC Twente
;AFC Ajax
;FC Barcelona
;Netherlands
;Individual