Ranneke Derks
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| Full name | Ranneke Johanna Elisabeth Derks | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 April 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Oss, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Ajax | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | PSV | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Ajax | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Netherlands U15 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Netherlands U16 | 4 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Netherlands U17 | 18 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 April 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Ranneke Johanna Elisabeth Derks (born 29 April 2008) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eredivisie Vrouwen club PSV.
Club career
PSV Eindhoven
Derks played for UDI '19 from Uden in her youth. In 2023, she transferred to the PSV youth academy.[1][2]
At the end of 2023, Derks was included in a list of the greatest talents in the Netherlands by the NOS.[3] On 11 May 2024, she made her debut for PSV in the Eredivisie Vrouwen in a home match against Excelsior. Derks was allowed to substitute for Laura Strik in the 79th minute. Derks provided the assist for an own goal by Veerle van Spijk in the 93rd minute, which allowed PSV to win the match.[4]
By the 2024–25 season, Derks gained a permanent place in the selection of the Eindhoven team. On 18 January 2025, she scored her first goal in the Women's Eredivisie in a home game against Excelsior by determining the final score at 4–0 on an assist from Fleur Stoit.[5]
Ajax
After the 2024-25 season, Derks transferred to Ajax, where she signed a contract until mid-2028.[6] She made the switch due to a lack of opportunities for young talent at PSV, which mainly opts for experienced players.[7]
International career
Derks made her debut for the Dutch U15 team on 11 May 2023 in an away match against her peers from Belgium.[8][9] She also made her debut for the Netherlands under 16 in 2023 and with this youth selection she played at the Nordic Tournament a year later. In the same year she also made her debut for the Netherlands U17, for which she played in the qualifying series for the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in the Faroe Islands in 2025. Derks was part of the Netherlands U17 team that became European champions for the first time at this final tournament. Thanks to a goal by Derks in the final, they managed to beat their peers from Norway 2–1.[10] She was also named "player of the tournament".[11]
Honours
Netherlands U17
Individual
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Player of the Tournament: 2025[11]
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2025[12]
References
- ^ "Ranneke Derks naar PSV en Leela de Groot naar PEC Zwolle". www.udi19.nl. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "Voorbereiding Nieuwe gezichten bij Jong PSV Vrouwen". PSV. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "De toekomst van Oranje: twintig grote talenten van Nederland anno 2023". NOS. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Ranneke Derks (16) debuteert in hoofdmacht PSV: "Heel mooi moment"". Vrouwenvoetbalnieuws.nl. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Van den Heuvel, Wil (19 January 2025). "PSV Vrouwen kent geen moeite met hekkensluiter; drie debutanten en basisdebuut Frijns". Eindhovens Dagblad. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "Ajax contracteert Ranneke Derks". Ajax (in Dutch). 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ Van der Doelen, Jaap (29 May 2025). "Beste speelster EK Onder 17' verruilt PSV voor Ajax: 'Ik heb slapeloze nachten gehad van de spanning'". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ "Ranneke Derks OnsOranje O15". OnsOranje. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Selectie speelsters onder 15 voor oefenduels met België". OnsOranje. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Onder 17 (v) schrijft historie: Europees kampioen!". OnsOranje (in Dutch). 17 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Netherlands forward Ranneke Derks named 2025 Women's U17 EURO Player of the Tournament". UEFA. 17 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "2025 Women's U17 EURO Team of the Tournament". uefa.com. 19 May 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.