Jill Roord

Jill Jamie Roord RON (born 22 April 1997) is a Dutch football midfielder who plays for Arsenal in the Women's Super League and for the Dutch national team. She won Dutch national titles on multiple occasions.

Jill Roord
Roord in 2018
Personal information
Full name Jill Jamie Roord[1]
Date of birth (1997-04-22) 22 April 1997
Place of birth Oldenzaal, Netherlands
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 14
Youth career
2008–2013 FC Twente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 FC Twente 105 (57)
2017–2019 Bayern Munich 36 (13)
2019– Arsenal 14 (2)
National team‡
2011–2012 Netherlands U15 8 (4)
2011–2012 Netherlands U16 8 (1)
2011–2013 Netherlands U17 16 (13)
2013–2014 Netherlands U19 18 (18)
2015– Netherlands 55 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 March 2020

Club career

FC Twente, 2013–2017

Roord started her career in 2008 at the under-13 team of FC Twente and quickly progressed through the youth teams. At the age of 16 she made her debut in the first team. She helped the team to win the BeNe League (Belgian and Dutch leagues combined in a single League played between 2012 and 2015) twice, the Eredivisie (Dutch League) once and the KNVB Women's Cup (Dutch Cup) once.[2] Also with the club she made her debut at the UEFA Women's Champions League in 2013.[3] On 1 April 2017, she played her 100th match for the club.[2]

Bayern Munich, 2017–2019

Ahead of the 2017–18 season, Roord signed a two-year contract with Bayern Munich to play in the German Bundesliga.[4][5] On 2 September 2017, she made her debut for the club in a 3–0 win over SGS Essen. On 15 October 2017, she scored her first goal in a 2–0 home victory against SC Sand. On 4 October 2017, she made her first UEFA Women's Champions League appearance for the club in a 1–0 away loss to Chelsea.[6] On 5 May 2019, Roord announced she will be leaving Bayern München at the end of the season.

Arsenal, 2019–

Roord signed with Arsenal on 14 May 2019.[7] She made her debut in a 6-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur, scoring a hat-trick. [8]

International career
Jill Roord & Sisca Folkertsma training with the Netherlands in 2018

She played for the Dutch national youth teams and won the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship before arriving in the senior team.[3] Her debut was on 7 February 2015 against Thailand.[9]

In May 2015, she was among the 23-roster who was called to represent Netherlands in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[10][11]

In June 2017, she was in the 23 players squad which won the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[12] After the tournament ended, all the team was honoured by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Sport and made Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau. [13]

In 2019, she was called to represent the Netherlands in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. [14]

International goals
Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.[9]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.20 May 2015Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands Estonia1–07–0Friendly
2.20 January 2017Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain Romania2–17–1
3.3–1
4.11 June 2019Stade Océane, Le Havre, France New Zealand1–01–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup
5.30 August 2019A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia2-07-0UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

Honours

Club

FC Twente

*During the BeNe League period (2012 to 2015), the highest placed Dutch team is considered as national champion by the Royal Dutch Football Association.[15]

International

Netherlands U19

Netherlands

References
  1. "List of Players – Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 16. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. "Jill Roord naar FC Bayern München". FC Twente (in Dutch). 25 April 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  3. "Profile". UEFA. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  4. "FCB-Frauen verpflichten Jill Roord". Bayern Munich (in German). 8 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  5. Juchem, Markus (25 April 2017). "Bayern München verpflichtet Jill Roord". womensoccer.de (in German). Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  6. "Jill Roord – Spielerinnenprofil". DFB Datencenter. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  7. "Introducing our new summer signing..." Arsenal Women Twitter. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  9. "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  10. KNVB. "Reijners kiest WK-selectie Oranjevrouwen – KNVB". KNVB. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  11. "Profile". FIFA. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  12. "Wiegman kiest Oranjeselectie voor WEURO 2017". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). 14 June 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  15. "Eredivisie Vrouwen". KNVB (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  16. "Finale Algarve Cup tussen Oranjevrouwen en Zweden afgelast" (in Dutch). nu.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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