GROENEN Jackie

Date of Birth: 17 Dec 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.65/5'4''

Place of birth: TILBURG

Birth Country:

Netherlands

Place of residence : MANCHESTER

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Football	Women NED Netherlands	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Miyagi Stadium	Women's Group F #04 ZAM Zambia 3 NED Netherlands 10	Finished
	Miyagi Stadium	Women's Group F #10 NED Netherlands 3 BRA Brazil 3	Finished
	International Stadium Yokohama	Women's Group F #15 NED Netherlands 8 CHN China 2	Finished
	International Stadium Yokohama	Women's Quarter-final #20 NED Netherlands 2 (2) USA United States 2 (4) PSO	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

FIFA Women's World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Senior	2019	France

UEFA Women's Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Senior	2017	Netherlands

Little J (Facebook profile, 07 Aug 2017)

Occupation:

Law - University of Tilburg, Netherlands

Languages spoken:

Manchester United [Great Britain] since 2019

Casey Stoney [club], ENG; Sarina Wiegman [national], NED

Position style:

Midfielder (independent.co.uk, 06 Sep 2019)

Right-footed (fbref.com, 07 Jul 2019)

Other sports:

She has competed in judo at national youth level, and is a six-time national age-group champion in the Netherlands. (Facebook page, 11 May 2016)

2016 for Netherlands Against Denmark (manutd.com, 22 May 2019)

At age 17 she broke her hip while competing in a judo competition. She could not play football for three months. (manchestereveningnews.co.uk, 17 Oct 2019; independent.co.uk, 06 Sep 2019)

National league:

Women's Super League [ENG] (bbc.co.uk, 27 Mar 2021)

She began playing football alongside her sister Merel at the Goirless Sportvereniging Blauw Wit club in the Netherlands. She began to focus on football seriously after she ended her judo career in 2011. (dutchreview.com, 04 Jun 2019; manutd.com, 22 May 2019)

She was named in the Team of the Tournament at the 2017 European Championships in the Netherlands. (theguardian.com, 22 May 2019)

In 2017 she was made a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau in the Netherlands. The entire Dutch national team received the honour in recognition of their victory at the 2017 European Championships on home soil. (vavel.com, 08 Oct 2019; nos.nl, 25 Oct 2017; womenssoccerunited.com, 14 Jun 2017)

General Interest

General
UNITED MOVE
Having previously played in England for Chelsea in 2014/15, she moved to Manchester United from German side FFC Frankfurt in 2019. "One of the main reasons I wanted to come was Casey [Stoney, coach], I really wanted to work with her and become a better player and to be able to work on my game every day. And also because it was United and a big club that I've been a fan of for a while. I'd been tracking them last season and when Casey rang I had already made up my mind that I was coming here. The Women's Super League [WSL] has changed massively from five years ago. Not only the way it's viewed but the playing style has developed so much and the football has definitely improved since the last time I was here." (manchestereveningnews.co.uk, 17 Oct 2019; bbc.co.uk, 22 May 2019)

JUDO HELP
She says her judo background has helped her football career. "Looking back [doing judo] is one of the best decisions I have ever made. For my style of play it has been massive. When I talk to young girls, or when people ask me for advice, the first thing I always say is to take judo lessons with playing football. Ajax in Holland do it with the youth players. It is not only about strength, it is about using your body in the right way. I feel like I can tell when I have to step in or when I can put people off balance without really using force. I still miss it sometimes." (independent.co.uk, 06 Sep 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
PSO:: Penalty Shoot-out

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