Manon Melis

Manon Melis
Manon Melis
Personal information
Full name Gabriëlla Maria Melis
Date of birth 31 August 1986 (1986-08-31) (age 25)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club LdB FC Malmö
Number 14
Youth career
RVVH
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2006–2007 Be Quick '28
2007–2011 LdB FC Malmö 73 (60)
2012– Sky Blue FC
National team
2005– Netherlands
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:57, 21 June 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Gabriëlla Maria "Manon" Melis (born 31 August 1986) is a Dutch professional football player who plays as a forward in the WPS for Sky Blue FC. She is the daughter of former Feyenoord player Harry Melis.

Melis has played for the Netherlands national team since 2005. She played for the Netherlands in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying rounds[1] and the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 finals.[2]

She was the Damallsvenskan top-scorer in 2010 and 2011,[3] playing for LdB Malmö.

Manon scored 4 goals in the 6-0 won UEFA Women's EURO 2013 qualification opening match for The Netherlands against Serbia on 21 September 2011, stating: "It is a great feeling to score four goals, I had never done that before for the national team" [4]

In November 2011 she announced she was moving from Malmö to Sky Blue FC.[5] In her last match she helped LdB secure a spot in Champions League quarterfinals with a goal.[6]

References

  1. ^ Manon Melis – FIFA competition record
  2. ^ Profile at UEFA.com
  3. ^ "Damallsvenskan top scorers". svenskfotboll.se. http://svenskfotboll.se/damallsvenskan/historik/skyttedrottningar-1982-/. Retrieved 12 October 2011. 
  4. ^ "Netherlands 'not underdogs' against England By Berend Scholten on UEFA.com". UEFA.com. http://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/news/newsid=1705417.html. Retrieved 22 October 2011. 
  5. ^ Ingen Melis i LFC Östgöta Correspondenten
  6. ^ Avskedsmatch ledde LdB FC Malmö till avancemang Damfotboll.com

External links

v · d · eNetherlands squad – 2009 UEFA Women's European Championship
1 Geurts • 2 Bito • 3 Koster • 4 Meulen • 5 Hogewoning • 6 Hoogendijk • 7 Kiesel-Griffioen • 8 van de Ven • 9 Melis • 10 Stevens • 11 Smit • 12 Brummel • 13 Christ • 14 de Boer • 15 van den Heiligenberg • 16 Dugardein • 17 Spitse • 18 de Vries • 19 Pieëte • 20 van Dalen • 21 de Ridder • 22 van de Sanden • Coach: Pauw
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