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Jackie Groenen
Dutch footballer (born 1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jackie Noëlle Groenen (born 17 December 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer and former judoka who plays as a midfielder for Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain and the Netherlands national team.
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![]() Groenen with 1. FFC Frankfurt in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Jackie Noëlle Groenen[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 29) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Poppel, Belgium [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Paris Saint-Germain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
GSBW | |||||||||||||||||||||||
VV Riel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wilhelmina Boys | |||||||||||||||||||||||
SV Rood-Wit Veldhoven | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | SGS Essen | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2014 | FCR 2001 Duisburg | 32 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Chelsea | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2019 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 79 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Manchester United | 50 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Paris Saint-Germain | 31 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Netherlands U15 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Netherlands U17 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Netherlands U19 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016– | Netherlands | 114 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 July 2024 |
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Groenen previously played for German clubs SGS Essen, FCR 2001 Duisburg and FFC Frankfurt, as well as for Chelsea and Manchester United in the English FA WSL. She was born in the Netherlands but grew up just over the Belgian border in Poppel. In 2014, FIFA ruled her ineligible to switch allegiance to Belgium, as she did not hold a Belgian passport when she played for the Netherlands at youth level.[3][4]