Eshly Bakker
![]() Bakker in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Eshly Bakker | ||
Date of birth | 10 February 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder / Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Utrecht | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
RKSV Pancratius | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2012 | ADO Den Haag | 13 | (6) |
2012–2016 | AFC Ajax | 82 | (26) |
2016–2017 | FC Twente | 23 | (8) |
2017–2018 | MSV Duisburg | 11 | (0) |
2018–2023 | Ajax | 90 | (23) |
2023– | Utrecht | 20 | (9) |
International career‡ | |||
2008 | Netherlands U-15 | 2 | (2) |
2009 | Netherlands U-16 | 4 | (1) |
2008–2010 | Netherlands U-17 | 11 | (1) |
2010–2012 | Netherlands U-19 | 8 | (9) |
2014– | Netherlands | 14 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:08, 13 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 December 2017 |
Eshly Bakker (born 10 February 1993) is a Dutch footballer who plays as midfielder or forward in the Netherlands Eredivisie for Utrecht and the Netherlands national team.[1][2]
Club career
[edit]ADO Den Haag
[edit]Born in Amsterdam,[1] she started her career at amateur club RKSV Pancratius from Badhoevedorp. In 2010, aged 17 she moved to Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag.[3] Bakker made her league debut against Willem II on 2 September 2010.[4] She scored her first league goals against Heerenveen on 7 October 2011, scoring in the 18th and 82nd minute.[5] She won the women's Dutch League (Eredivisie) and Cup in the 2011–12 season with ADO Den Haag at the age of 19.
Ajax
[edit]Bakker made her league debut against Heerenveen on 24 August 2012.[6] She scored her first league goal against Beerschot AD on 26 April 2013, scoring in the 69th minute.[7] Her second Dutch Cup title came in the 2013–14 season. Bakker scored a hattrick against Gent on 6 June 2014.[8]
FC Twente
[edit]Bakker made her league debut against Ajax on 2 September 2016.[9] She scored her first league goal against ADO Den Haag on 16 October 2016, scoring in the 52nd minute.[10] Bakker scored a hattrick against PEC Zwolle on 2 December 2016.[11]
MSV Duisburg
[edit]Bakker joined German women's Bundesliga club MSV Duisburg on 16 June 2017.[12] She made her league debut against Freiburg on 3 September 2017.[13] Bakker scored her first goal for the club in the DFB-Pokal Frauen against Arminia Bielefeld on 8 October 2017, scoring in the 87th minute.[14]
Second spell at Ajax
[edit]Bakker made her league debut against PEC Zwolle on 7 September 2018.[15] She scored her first league goal against Achilles '29 on 4 November 2018, scoring in the 58th minute.[16] Bakker scored a hattrick against Excelsior on 14 December 2018.[17] She won the Goal of the Month award for March 2021, for her goal against Excelsior.[18] On 9 July 2021, it was announced that Bakker had extended her contract until 2022.[19] She reached 200 matches played for Ajax on 30 October 2022.[20] Bakker left Ajax in 2023, having played the most games in the history of the club.[21]
Utrecht
[edit]Bakker was announced at Utrecht on June 19, 2023.[22] She scored on her league debut against Feyenoord on 10 September 2023.[23] On 10 March 2024, during a match against Ajax, Bakker's twin held up a banner asking Eshly to be a witness at their wedding, which brought Bakker to tears.[24]
International career
[edit]Bakker progressed through the national youth teams, where she played for the under-15,[25] under-16,[26] under-17 (including the 2010 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship)[27] and under-19.[28]
She made her debut for the Netherlands senior national team on 5 April 2014, in a 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match against Greece, coming on as a substitute and scoring the last goal of the 6–0 win.[29]
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.[30]
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 5 April 2014 | Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion, Greece | ![]() |
6–0 | 6–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
2. | 10 April 2014 | Stadion De Braak, Helmond, Netherlands | ![]() |
9–1 | 10–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
3. | 7 February 2015 | Polman Stadion, Almelo, Netherlands | ![]() |
3–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]- ADO Den Haag
- Eredivisie (1): 2011–12
- KNVB Women's Cup (1): 2011–12
- Ajax
- KNVB Women's Cup (3): 2013–14, 2018–19, 2021–22,
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Eshly Bakker profile" (PDF). MSV Duisburg (in German). Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Eshly Bakker vervangt Martens" (in Dutch). onsoranje.nl. 15 October 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Eshly Bakker naar ADO". vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch). 5 June 2010. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "ADO Den Haag vs Willem II - 2 September 2010". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Herenveen vs ADO Den Haag - 7 October 2011". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Ajax vs Heerenveen - 24 August 2012". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Ajax vs Beerschot - 26 April 2013". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Gent v Ajax - 6 June 2014". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Ajax vs Twente - 2 September 2016". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Twente vs ADO Den Haag - 2 September 2016". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "PEC Zwolle vs Twente - 2 December 2016". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "MSV-Frauen: Eshly Bakker wechselt in ZebraStreifen". MSV Duisburg (in German). 16 June 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Freiburg vs MSV Duisburg - 3 September 2017". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Arminia Bielefeld vs MSV Duisburg - 8 October 2017". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Ajax vs PEC Zwolle - 7 September 2018". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Ajax vs Achilles '29 - 4 November 2018". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Excelsior vs Ajax - 14 December 2018". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Eshly Bakker wint Goal of the Month: 'Ben er enorm trots op'". Ajax (in Dutch).
- ^ "Van der Most en Bakker langer bij Ajax Vrouwen". Ajax (in Dutch).
- ^ "Eshly Bakker over haar 200 duels in het Ajax-shirt: 'Droom die is uitgekomen'". Ajax (in Dutch).
- ^ "Eshly Bakker vertrekt bij Ajax Vrouwen". Ajax (in Dutch).
- ^ "International Eshly Bakker versterkt FC Utrecht Vrouwen". FC Utrecht (in Dutch).
- ^ "Utrecht vs Feyenoord - 10 September 2023". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Tranen bij FC Utrecht-speelster Eshly Bakker na spandoek van tweelingzus: 'Wil je mijn getuige zijn?". AD (in Dutch).
- ^ "Profile U-15". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Profile U-16". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Profile U-17". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Profile U-19". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Beenbreuk overschaduwt zege". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 5 April 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 December 2017.
External links
[edit]- Eshly Bakker at DFB (also available in German)
- Eshly Bakker at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
- Eshly Bakker at vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch)
- Eshly Bakker at Soccerway
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Amsterdam
- Dutch women's footballers
- Netherlands women's international footballers
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- Eredivisie (women) players
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- ADO Den Haag (women) players
- AFC Ajax (women) players
- FC Twente (women) players
- MSV Duisburg (women) players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Women's association football forwards
- Dutch expatriate women's footballers
- Netherlands women's youth international footballers