Esmee Brugts

Esmee Brugts

Brugts with Barcelona in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Esmee Virginia Brugts [1]
Date of birth	(2003-07-28) 28 July 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Heinenoord, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team	Barcelona
Number	24
Youth career
2008–2016	SV Heinenoord  [ nl ]
2016–2020	FC Binnenmaas  [ nl ]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2023	PSV	54	(15)
2023–	Barcelona	27	(7)
International career‡
2018	Netherlands U-15 [2]	3	(1)
2018	Netherlands U-16 [3]	4	(0)
2018–2020	Netherlands U-17 [4]	19	(13)
2020	Netherlands U-18 [5]	3	(2)
2021	Netherlands U-19 [6]	2	(2)
2021	Netherlands U-23 [7]	3	(1)
2022–	Netherlands [8]	28	(8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 October 2023

Esmee Virginia Brugts (born 28 July 2003) is a Dutch professional football player who plays as a forward for Liga F club Barcelona and the Netherlands national team.

Club career

PSV

Brugts started playing football with boys as a five-year-old for SV Heinenoord. She moved to FC Binnenmaas eight years later to play there for four years. She was highly sought after when she signed her first contract with PSV at age 16 in 2020. On 13 August 2020, Brugts made her debut for PSV in a pre-season match against Olympique Lyonnais. ^[9] She scored her first league goal against ADO Den Haag on 8 November 2020, scoring in the 90th+2nd minute. ^[10] In her first season at PSV she played 13 league games, scoring three goals. In the final of the KNVB Women's Cup she played the whole match, with PSV defeating ADO Den Haag 1–0. ^[9] In her second season she played in the final of the 2022 KNVB Women's Cup, losing 2–1 to Ajax. ^[11] Brugts scored a hattrick against Telstar on 24 March 2023. ^[12]

Barcelona

In August 2023 she signed a four-year contract with Barcelona. ^[13] She scored her first goals for Barcelona with an eight-minute hat-trick against Eibar on 9 December 2023, playing as a number 9 initially and as a left-back later in the match due to a spate of injuries. ^{[14] [15]} By the end of the season, she had played as winger and full-back on both sides, as well as up front. Between the multiple positions and Barcelona notoriously taking time to adapt to, Brugts finished the season with fewer goal contributions, though considered good statistics for her debut season. ^[16]

International career

Brugts has played for several Netherlands youth teams. ^{[2] [5]} On 16 February 2022, she collected her first senior cap for the Netherlands in a game against Brazil during the 2022 Tournoi de France. She came on the field as a substitute for Victoria Pelova six minutes before the end of the match. ^[17] She scored her first goal for the national team on 8 April 2022 in a match against Cyprus. ^[18] On 6 September 2022, she scored a goal in the 93rd minute of the stoppage time in a 1–0 victory over Iceland, to qualify her country as top of Group C to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. ^[19]

On 31 May 2023, she was named as part of the Netherlands provisional squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup. ^[20] She played at all five games for the Netherlands during the World Cup, scoring twice against Vietnam in the final group game. ^[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 June 2024 ^[22]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup [a]		League Cup [b]		Continental [c]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
PSV Eindhoven	2020–21	Eredivisie	18	3	3	0	5	2	2	0	28	5
	2021–22		21	4	4	1	2	0	2	2	29	7
	2022–23		15	8	4	1	2	1	—		21	10
	Total		54	15	11	2	9	3	4	2	78	22
Barcelona	2023–24	Liga F	27	7	4	0	1	0	8	0	40	7
Career total			81	22	15	2	10	3	12	2	118	29

1. Includes KNVB Women's Cup, Copa de la Reina
2. Includes Eredivisie Cup and Supercopa de España Femenina
3. Includes UEFA Women's Champions League

International

As of match played 31 October 2023 ^[23]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	2022	11	3
	2023	15	5
Total		26	8

Scores and results list Netherlands's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Brugts goal.

List of international goals scored by Esmee Brugts

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	8 April 2022	Euroborg, Groningen, Netherlands	Cyprus	12–0	12–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification	[24]
2	6 September 2022	Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands	Iceland	1–0	1–0		[25]
3	11 November 2022		Costa Rica	4–0	4–0	Friendly	[26]
4	21 February 2023	National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Ta' Qali, Malta	Austria	4–0	4–0		[27]
5	1 August 2023	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand	Vietnam	3–0	7–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup	[28]
6				6–0
7	27 October 2023	Goffertstadion, Nijmegen, Netherlands	Scotland	2–0	4–0	2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League	[29]
8	31 October 2023	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	1–0	1–0		[30]
9	29 October 2024	Esbjerg Stadium, Esbjerg, Denmark	Denmark	1–0	2–1	Friendly
10	29 November 2024	Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands	China	4–1	4–1

Honours

PSV Eindhoven

• KNVB Women's Cup: 2020-21

FC Barcelona

• Liga F: 2023–24
• Copa de la Reina: 2023–24
• Supercopa de España: 2023–24
• UEFA Women's Champions League: 2023–24 ^[31]

Individual

• IFFHS Women's Youth (U20) UEFA Team: 2023 ^[32]

References

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13. van Lieshout, Amber. "BREAKING Brugts maakt toptransfer: "Never stop dreaming big"". Vrouwen Voetbal Nieuws (in Dutch).
14. "Brugts maakt razendsnelle hattrick voor Barça". NOS (in Dutch). 9 December 2023.
15. "Esmee Brugts rompe el hielo y se estrena como goleadora del Barça con un hat-trick en ocho minutos". Relevo (in Spanish). 9 December 2023.
16. Tikas, Maria (30 May 2024). "El 1x1 de una temporada perfecta". Diario Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
17. "Brazilië – Nederland". www.onsoranje.nl.
18. "OranjeLeeuwinnen evenaren record met 12–0 winst tegen Cyprus". Ons Oranje (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
19. "Netherlands 1–0 Iceland". UEFA. 6 September 2022.
20. Mark White (5 June 2023). "Netherlands Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 30-player preliminary team named". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
21. "Esmee Brugts". onsoranje.nl. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
22. "Netherlands – E. Brugts – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
23. "Esmee Brugts". OnsOranje. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
24. "Esmee Brugts". Ons Oranje (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association . Retrieved 9 April 2022.
25. "Brugts schiet Oranjeleeuwinnen blessuretijd naar WK". Ons Oranje (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
26. "Netherlands vs Costa Rica - 11 November 2022". int.soccerway.com.
27. "Austria vs Netherlands - 21 February 2023". int.soccerway.com.
28. "Vietnam – Nederland". www.onsoranje.nl. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
29. "Nederland – Schotland". www.onsoranje.nl. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
30. "Schotland – Nederland". www.onsoranje.nl. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
31. "Barcelona retains Women's Champions League title, completing historic quadruple". CNN . 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
32. "IFFHS WOMEN'S YOUTH (U20) UEFA TEAM 2023". IFFHS. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

External links

• Esmee Brugts at Soccerdonna
• Esmee Brugts at Soccerway