Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Vanity Tonja Caroll Lewerissa [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 1 April 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Maastricht, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Standard Liège | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||
RVVH | |||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | VVV-Venlo | 18 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2015 | Standard Liège | 59 | (41) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | PSV Eindhoven | 52 | (34) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2021 | Ajax | 38 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2024 | Standard Liège | ||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Netherlands | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:08, 12 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 December 2017 |
Vanity Tonja Caroll Lewerissa (born 1 April 1991) is a Dutch former football midfielder. [2] She previously played in the Belgian 1st Division for Standard Liège, with whom she has also played the Champions League. [3]
Lewerissa made her league debut against Heerenveen on 2 September 2010. [4] She scored her first league goals against Willem II on 21 October 2010, scoring a brace in the 23rd and 43rd minute. [5]
Lewerissa scored on her league debut against Zulte Waregem on 25 August 2012, scoring in the 47th minute. [6] She scored a hattrick against K.A.A Gent on 29 November 2013. [7] Lewerissa scored a hattrick against OH Leuven on 24 February 2015. [8]
On 30 July 2015, Lewerissa was announced at PSV. [9] She scored on her league debut against PEC Zwolle on 21 August 2015, scoring in the 68th minute. [10] She scored four goals against VV Alkmaar on 16 October 2015. [11]
Lewerissa made her league debut against PEC Zwolle on 7 September 2018. [12] She scored her first league goal against VV Alkmaar on 30 September 2018, scoring in the 78th minute. [13] Lewerissa scored two goals for Ajax in her final game. [14]
Lewerissa initially announced her retirement, [15] but changed her mind and signed with Standard Liège after leaving Ajax.
In February 2022, Lewerissa was diagnosed with breast cancer. [16] In August 2022, she announced she was cancer-free. [17]
On 29 May 2024, it was announced that Lewerissa had retired. [18]
As a junior international she played the 2010 U-19 European Championship. [19] She made her debut in the senior Netherlands women's national football team on 6 March 2015 in a match against Finland. [20] She was part of the squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. [21] Lewerissa was part of the winning team of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. [22]
After the 2017 tournament, the whole team was honoured by the Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of Sport Edith Schippers and made Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau. [23]
On January 12, 2018, it was announced that Lewerissa was retiring from the national team. [24]