MARTENS Lieke

Date of Birth: 16 Dec 1992

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.70/5'6''

Place of birth: NIEUW-BERGEN

Birth Country:

Netherlands

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
13	Senior	2015	Canada

UEFA Women's Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Senior	2017	Netherlands

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Dutch, English, Spanish

FC Barcelona [Spain] since 2017

Lluis Cortes [club], ESP; Sarina Wiegman [national], NED

Position style:

Forward (fcbarcelonanoticias.com, 05 Nov 2019)

2011 for Netherlands (theplayerstribune.com, 08 Mar 2018)

She played with a toe injury on her left foot at the 2019 World Cup in France. She was sidelined for four months following the tournament due to the injury. (1limburg.nl, 24 Nov 2019; fcbarcelonanoticias.com, 05 Nov 2019)

National league:

Primera Division Femenina [ESP] (besoccer.com, 10 May 2021)

She began playing football at age four in Bergen, Netherlands. (theplayerstribune.com, 08 Mar 2018)

"My first memory in life is of my mum taking me to see my older brothers play. I couldn't wait to run out onto the pitch myself, but I had to wait until I was four years old. So I'd take a small ball with me to play on my own. That's how people in the village came to recognise me, the little girl who was always running around kicking the ball." (theplayerstribune.com, 08 Mar 2018)

Winning the 2017 European Championship in the Netherlands. (theplayerstribune.com, 08 Mar 2018)

Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho, Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi. (theplayerstribune.com, 08 Mar 2018)

Her parents. (theplayerstribune.com, 08 Mar 2018)

She was named Player of the Tournament at the 2017 European Championship in the Netherlands. (latimes.com, 03 Jun 2019)

In 2017 she was named International Association Football Federation [FIFA] Women's Player of the Year. (fcbarcelona.com, 26 Jul 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 Championship on home soil. (vavel.com, 08 Oct 2019; nos.nl, 25 Oct 2017; womenssoccerunited.com, 14 Jun 2017)

General Interest

General
EARLY DAYS
At age 15 she moved from a small village in the Netherlands to Amsterdam to train with the U19 national team. "I had to grow up quickly there, otherwise I wouldn't have survived. My first tough period came at Christmas. Amsterdam isn't like Barcelona, where it's sunny all the time. It's darker. And I was lonely. My village was two-and-a-half hours away, so I'd go back to see my family and friends. But only for one or two days, and then I'd be back on the train. Luckily, I had my parents. I am so thankful for them. They raised us in a quiet way, me, my two brothers and my little sister. My mother was at home taking care of us, my dad worked a lot. They would do anything for us. If I called them at three in the morning, they'd be there. If I was in Amsterdam and felt unwell, they'd come over. If they hadn't believed in my dream, I couldn't have achieved what I have now." (theplayerstribune.com, 08 Mar 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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