Lize Kop

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Lize Kop
Kop with Netherlands in 2018
Personal information
Full name Lize Kop[1]
Date of birth (1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Wormer, Netherlands
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Leicester City
Number 23
Youth career
Telstar
Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2023 Ajax 82 (0)
2023– Leicester City 7 (0)
International career
2014 Netherlands U16 4 (0)
2014–2015 Netherlands U17 5 (0)
2015–2017 Netherlands U19 16 (0)
2018 Netherlands U20 6 (0)
2019 Netherlands U23 2 (0)
2019– Netherlands 9 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing the  Netherlands
FIFA Women's World Cup
Runner-up 2019 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 April 2024

Lize Kop (born 17 March 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Super League club Leicester City and the Netherlands national team, having previously played for Eredivisie club Ajax.[2]

Club career[edit]

On 16 August 2023, Kop signed for Women's Super League club Leicester City on a three year deal.[3]

International career[edit]

Kop was selected for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[4][5] She made her international debut in 2019 against Poland in the Algarve Cup. On 31 May 2023, she was named as part of the Netherlands provisional squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[6]

Career statistics[edit]

International[edit]

As of match played 9 April 2024[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 2019 1 0
2020 4 0
2021 1 0
2022 1 0
2023 0 0
2024 2 0
Total 9 0

Honours[edit]

Ajax
Netherlands

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Netherlands (NED)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 18. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ uefa.com. "Women's World Cup - Lize Kop". UEFA.com. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. ^ LCFC (16 August 2023). "LCFC Women Confirm Lize Kop Signing". lcfc.com. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Sarina Wiegman names Netherlands Women's World Cup squad | KNVB". www.knvb.com. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  5. ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Players - Lize KOP - Lize Kop". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  6. ^ Mark White (5 June 2023). "Netherlands Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 30-player preliminary team named". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  7. ^ Lize Kop at Soccerway
  8. ^ "Dutch women downhearted but have makings of future champions". The Guardian. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast". NU.nl (in Dutch). 7 March 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2023.

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