Dominique Janssen

Dominique Johanna Anna Janssen RON (Dutch pronunciation: [doːmiˈnik joːˈɦɑnaː ˈʔɑnaː ˈjɑnsə(n)]; formerly Bloodworth; born 17 January 1995) is a Dutch footballer who plays for VfL Wolfsburg and for the Netherlands women's national football team.[1]

Dominique Janssen
Personal information
Full name Dominique Johanna Anna Janssen
Date of birth (1995-01-17) 17 January 1995
Place of birth Horst aan de Maas, Netherlands
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Defender, Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 6
Youth career
2013 RKsv Wittenhorst
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 SGS Essen 42 (3)
2015–2019 Arsenal 66 (11)
2019– VfL Wolfsburg 14 (2)
National team‡
2010 Netherlands U15 3 (0)
2010–2011 Netherlands U16 8 (0)
2011–2012 Netherlands U17 14 (3)
2012–2014 Netherlands U19 24 (0)
2014– Netherlands 60 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 April 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 December 2019

Club career

Janssen played in the B-Youth team for her first club, RKSV Wittenhorst. In the summer of 2013, she joined SGS Essen of the German Bundesliga. In linking up with Essen she turned down offers from teams PSV/FC Eindhoven and AFC Ajax of the BeNe League.[2] On 8 September 2013 (1st Round), she made her club debut in a 3–3 draw vs BV Cloppenburg in the Bundesliga.[3] She scored her first goal in an Essen jersey on 3 November 2013 (7th Round) in the 5–1 win against Hoffenheim. In 2015, the Dutchwoman signed for English side Arsenal Ladies.[3] This move proved to be fruitful for her with Janssen winning the WSL Cup of 2015 in a 3–0 beating of Notts County by Arsenal.[4]

She once again played in another Cup final the following season, this being the 2016 FA Cup final which took place on 14 May. Arsenal beat Chelsea by 1 goal to nil in the match at Wembley and were thus crowned champions, earning their fourteenth FA Cup title.[5][6]

Following the 2018–19 WSL season and 100 club appearances for Arsenal, Janssen signed with German Champions Wolfsburg.[7]

International career
Dominique Janssen training with the Netherlands on 6 November 2018

Janssen played for the first time for a Junior selection of Royal Dutch Football Association on 17 March 2010 at the friendly match of U-15 national team against England. In 2012, she was captain of the Dutch U-17 team in the qualifying matches for the 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship and also led the team, as captain, in qualifying for the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[8] In 2014, she succeeded with her team to qualify for the final round the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Norway, where Netherlands won the title for the first time with 1–0 victory against Spain. Janssen played all five matches in the tournament.[9]

In 2014, she was called for the senior team for the first time, taking part in the Netherlands squad for the 2014 Cyprus Cup. On 5 March 2014 she made her debut, when she came off the bench in the 65th minute at 2–2 against Australia.[10]

Janssen was also part of the Dutch teams of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup[11] and the winning team of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[12] 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.[13]

In 2019 she was named to the squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[14] The Netherlands won every match of the group stage and reached the final, where they lost to the United States.

International goals
Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 June 2019stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes, France Cameroon2–13–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup
2.30 August 2019A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia6–07–02021 UEFA Women's Euro qualification

Personal life

In 2018, Janssen married American Brandon Bloodworth and adopted his name.[15] Bloodworth is a US Air Force veteran and met Janssen in London, England. He was a NCAA Division 1 track and field sprinter from California. He now plays American Football for the Wolfsburg Blue Wings as a running back.[16]

In 2020, Janssen announced that she and Bloodworth had decided to split up and she reverted to using her maiden name.[17]

Honours

Club

Arsenal[5][6]

International

Netherlands U19

Netherlands

References
  1. "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. "SGS Essen: Dominique Janssen kommt". Revier Sport.de.
  3. "Dominique Janssen – Profile". Scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  4. "2015 WSL Cup". FA WSL.com.
  5. "Carter's stunner earns Arsenal their 14th Women's FA Cup". Arsenal.com.
  6. "Ladies complete double signing". Arsenal.com. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  7. "Dominique Bloodworth and Sari Van Veenendaal leave Arsenal". arseblog. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  8. "UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship: Women's U19 2012/13 first qualifying round draw". UEFA.com.
  9. "Netherlands shine in Norway sun". UEFA.com.
  10. "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  11. "List of Players – Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 16. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  12. "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 14 June 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  13. "Voetbalsters Oranje geridderd in Den Haag (in Dutch)". NOS.nl.
  14. "SARINA WIEGMAN NAMES NETHERLANDS WOMEN'S WORLD CUP SQUAD".
  15. Schweimler, Jasmina (25 September 2019). "VfL-Frauen: Warum Dominique mal Janssen und mal Bloodworth heißt". SportBuzzer. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  16. "Brandon Bloodworth Vriend Van Dominique Bloodworth-Janssen". spelersvrouw.nl.
  17. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCTg0fzKi6B/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
  18. Garry, Tom (14 March 2018). "Arsenal Women 1–0 Manchester City Women". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  19. "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast" (in Dutch). nu.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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