Merel Freriks

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Merel Freriks
Personal information
Born (1998-01-06) 6 January 1998 (age 27)
Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Team Esbjerg
Youth career
Team
–
 HV Borger
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
–2017
 Emmen & Omstreken
2017–2019
 HSG Bensheim/Auerbach
2019–2022
 Borussia Dortmund
2022–2024
 Brest Bretagne Handball
2024–01/2025
 Vipers Kristiansand
01/2025–06/2025
 Team Esbjerg
07/2025–
 CSM București
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–
 Netherlands 97 (179)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Japan
European Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 France

Merel Freriks (born 6 January 1998) is a Dutch female handball player for Danish club Team Esbjerg and the Dutch national team. [1] [2] [3]

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She was a part the Netherlands team that won the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship; the first title in the country's history. [4] [5]

Career

Merel Freriks began playing handball at HV Borger. In 2010 she joined E&O. [6]

In 2017 she joined German Bundesliga side HSG Bensheim/Auerbach. [7] In October the same year, she debuted for the Dutch national team. At the 2018 European Championship she won a bronze medal. [8] In 2019 she joined league rivals Borussia Dortmund [9] Here she won the 2021 German championship.

In 2022 she joined French team Brest Bretagne Handball. [10] In November 2023 she suffered a cruciate ligament injury, that made her miss the 2023 World Championship [11] In 2024 she joined Norwegian top club Vipers Kristiansand. [12]

In January 2025 she joined Danish Team Esbjerg, after her former club, Norwegian Vipers Kristiansand went bankrupt. [13]

Achievements

Club

International

References

  1. ↑ EHF profile
  2. ↑ "Merel Freriks Profile". hbf-info.de. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  3. ↑ Merel Freriks
  4. ↑ "Mayonnade maakt definitieve WK-selectie bekend". handbal.nl (in Dutch). 4 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  5. ↑ 2019 World Women's Handball Championship roster
  6. ↑ "E&O talenten naar handbalacademie" (in Dutch). emmen.nu. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Freriks vertrekt naar koploper tweede Bundesliga" (in Dutch). handbalinside.nl. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  8. ↑ eurohandball.com: Merel Freriks (EM 2018), retrieved 6. January 2019
  9. ↑ "Borussia Dortmund bestätigt Neuverpflichtungen von Bensheim/Auerbach" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  10. ↑ ""Eine Rebellin": Brest verpflichtet niederländische Nationalspielerin aus Dortmund" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "Die Niederlande muss bei Handball-WM auf Ex-Bundesligaspielerin verzichten" (in German). handball-world.news. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Merel Freriks er Vipers-spiller" (in Norwegian). Vipers Kristiansand . Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  13. ↑ "Norsk storklub går konkurs - igen" [Norwegian top club in bankrupt - again] (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
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