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Full name | Lize Kop [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 17 March 1998 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | 10 | (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 | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 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. She previously played for Dutch Eredivisie club Ajax. [2]
Kop made her league debut against Achilles '29 on 3 September 2017. [3] On 24 January 2023, she played her 100th game for the club in a match against ADO Den Haag. [4]
On 16 August 2023, Kop signed for Women's Super League club Leicester City on a three-year deal. [5] She made her league debut against Everton on 28 January 2024. [6]
Kop was selected for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. [7] [8] She made her international debut in 2019 against Poland in the Algarve Cup. [9] On 10 April 2019, Kop was named in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup squad. [10] On 16 June 2021, she was included in the 2020 Summer Olympics squad. [11] On 31 May 2023, she was named as part of the Netherlands provisional squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. [12] On 24 September 2023, Kop had to withdraw from training camp due to lack of fitness. [13] On 27 May 2024, Kop, Caitlin Dijkstra, and Romée Leuchter had to drop out due to injury. [14]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Netherlands | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
2020 | 4 | 0 | |
2021 | 1 | 0 | |
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
2023 | 0 | 0 | |
2024 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 12 | 0 |
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